6-589: (Redirected from German Armed Forces High Command ) German High Command may refer to: German Imperial Naval High Command ( Kaiserliches Oberkommando der Marine ) Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL, "Supreme Army Command") of the German Empire Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW, "Supreme Command of the Armed Forces") of Nazi Germany Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, "Supreme Command of
12-573: The Army") of Nazi Germany Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL, "Supreme Command of the Air Force") of Nazi Germany Oberkommando der Marine (OKM, "Supreme Command of the Navy") of Nazi Germany Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title German High Command . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
18-532: The Navy , and the Imperial Naval Office ( Reichsmarineamt ) were established as successor institutions. The Imperial Naval High Command was headed by a commanding admiral, directly subordinate to the emperor, Wilhelm II of Germany . With the same obligations and rights as a commanding general of the army, this admiral fulfilled the duties of a Chief of the Naval Staff . Under instructions from
24-576: The emperor, he commanded all naval units at sea and ashore. When the German Emperor decided to take over the supreme command of the Navy himself on 14 March 1899, the Imperial Naval High Command was disbanded. This happened mainly at the instigation of Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz , to increase the power of his Imperial Naval Office ( Reichsmarineamt ). Some of the powers of the Imperial Naval High Command were transferred to
30-490: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_High_Command&oldid=865047836 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages German Imperial Naval High Command The German Imperial Naval High Command ( German : Kaiserliches Oberkommando der Marine )
36-856: Was an office of the German Empire which existed from 1 April 1889 until 14 March 1899 to command the German Imperial Navy . A similarly named office existed in the Prussian Navy and the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany . After the dissolution of the German Imperial Admiralty (Kaiserliche Admiralität) on 1 April 1889, the Imperial Naval High Command, the Office of the Inspector-General of
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