High Command

The phrase high command may refer to:

  • High Command of Capital Hanoi (Bộ tư lệnh Thủ đô Hà Nội), Vietnam
  • German Imperial Naval High Command (Kaiserliches Oberkommando der Marine), 1889-1899 German naval command
  • High Command of Coastal Defence (Küstenverteidigung), World War I German coastal defence
  • German High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), World War II German armed forces command structure
  • German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres), de facto World War II German command on the Western front
  • High Command Trial, post World War II war crimes trial
  • Norwegian High Command (Forsvarets Overkommando), Norway's top military leadership from 1970 to 2003
  • Mobile Barracks of High Command (行轅), Chinese government regional office on behalf of a military commander

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