Oberkommando des Heeres

The Oberkommando des Heeres or OKH for short was Nazi Germany's Army's High Command.

There also were an OKM = Oberkommando der Marine and an OKL = Oberkommando der Luftwaffe for the navy and the air force respectively.

The Army commanders (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres, or OBdH for short) of the Wehrmacht were:

1935 to 1938 - W. von Fritsch

1938 to 19 Dec 1941 - Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch

19 Dec 1941 to 30 Apr 1945 - Adolf Hitler

30 Apr 1945 to 8 May 1945 - Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner

Following German tradition the OBdH was not planning operations. This task was left to the general staff, so actually the most important man in the Army (and the Navy, but less so in the Luftwaffe, which was commanded by Hermann Goering) was the chief of the general staff (Chef des Generalstabs des Heeres, or Chef GenStdH for short).

During World War II this were:

1 Sep 1939 to 24 Sep 1942 - Generaloberst Franz Halder

24 Sep 1942 to 10 June 1944 - Generaloberst Kurt Zeitzler

10 June 1944 to 21 July 1944 - Generalleutnant Adolf Heusinger

21 July 1944 to 28 Mar 1945 - Generaloberst Heinz Guderian

1 Apr 1945 to 30 Apr 1945 - General der Infanterie Hans Krebs

When Hitler took command of the army on 19 Dec 1941, the importance of the GenStdH decreased, and Hitler was responsible more and more for the operational planning.

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I think this article should have been left on Oberkommando des Heeres, because, for instance, WojPoj has linked to it on Nazi Germany/Organisations. Golly, why isn't it at Nazi Germany/Oberkommando des Heeres or Nazi Organizations/Oberkommando des Heeres? It doesn't make any sense. Yes, yes, the world doesn't always make sense, that's what everyone always tries to tell me, but golly, maybe we can maybe try to make it make a little more sense... --see Larry Sanger/Why I am suspicious of subpages