Walter Warlimont was a German staff officer during World War II. He served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff, one of departments in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the Armed Forces High Command. Following the war, Warlimont was convicted in the High Command Trial and sentenced to life imprisonment as a war criminal. He was released in 1954.
Warlimont in 1939
Warlimont at the Nuremberg Trials, 1948.
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht was the supreme military command and control office of Nazi Germany during World War II. Created in 1938, the OKW replaced the Reich Ministry of War and had oversight over the individual high commands of the country's armed forces: the army, navy, and air force.
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Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1971 033 01, Alfred Jodl
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1971 033 01, Alfred Jodl