Military Organization
See also: Military history of Germany during World War IIWehrmacht – 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
- Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces – Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
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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