Oberkommando des Heeres
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The Oberkommando des Heeres was the high command of the Army of Nazi Germany. It was founded in 1935 as part of Adolf Hitler's rearmament of Germany. OKH was de facto the most important unit within th
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Bundesarchiv Bild 183 E00780, Walther von Brauchitsch
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Bundesarchiv Bild 183 L29176, Ferdinand Schörner
Walther von Brauchitsch
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Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch was a German Generalfeldmarschall and Commander-in-Chief of the German Army during the first two years of World War II. Born into an aristocratic milita
Oberkommando des Heeres
…commander held the title of Commander-in-chief of the Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres). After the Battle of Moscow, the OKH commander Field marshal Walther von Brauchitsch was removed from office, and Hitler appointed himself as Commander-in-Chief of the Army. From 1938, OKH was, together with Oberkommando der Luftwaffe…
Brauchitsch in 1939
Hauptkadettenanstalt Groß Lichterfelde, the military academy Brauchitsch attended
Brauchitsch with Hitler in Warsaw, October 1939