Organization of The Third Reich - Military Organization

Military Organization

See also: Military history of Germany during World War II

Wehrmacht – Armed Forces

OKW – Armed Forces High Command
Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces – Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Chief of the Operations Staff – Colonel General Alfred Jodl

Heer – Army

OKH – Army High Command
Army Commanders-in-Chief
Colonel General Werner von Fritsch (1935 to 1938)
Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch (1938 to 1941)
Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler (1941 to 1945)
Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner (1945)

Kriegsmarine – Navy

OKM – Navy High Command
Navy Commanders-in-Chief
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder (1928-1943)
Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz (1943-1945)
General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1945)

Luftwaffe – Airforce

OKL – Airforce High Command
Reichsluftschutzbund (Air Force Auxiliary)
Air Force Commanders-in-Chief
Reich Marshal Hermann Göring (to 1945)
Field Marshal Robert Ritter von Greim (1945)

Abwehr – Military Intelligence

Rear Admiral Konrad Patzig {1932-1935)
Vice Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1935-1944)

Waffen-SS – Nazi Party military branch

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