Don't know if I phrased this question correctly... I'm looking for a complete listing and description of all the departments, branches and sections as well as their chiefs of respectively OKW, OKH, OKL and OKM.
So far I've only managed to find one such OoB, on the following site:
http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/
I should also state that I regrettably don't speak any German.
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Some help...
OK, here is my two cents. I've listed what I have for the OKH (includes the Army Weapons Office, Army Administration Office, Quartermaster General,
General Army Office, and the General Staff.
Some of the dates may be off or out of sequence. Also, where there is an question mark (?) that means I don't know who held that office.
Perhaps someone else on the forum can fill in the blanks...
Thanks,
Doug
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Heereswaffenamt (H Wa A) Army Weapons Office
Commanders
1934 - 1 March 1938: GL Liese
1 March 1938 - 8 April 1940: Gen d Art. Karl Becker (+Suicide 8.4.40 in Berlin)
16 April 1940 - 1 Feb 1945: GM Emil Leeb
1 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945: Gen d. Inf. Walter Buhle
Stellv Chef Heereswaffenamt
20 July 1931 - 15 March 1941: Gen d Art Dr. Ing. Kurt Waeger
Central Group/Zentral Amtsgruppe des Heereswaffenamts (Wa Z)
1 Oct 1937 - 1 May 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Hartmann
1 Oct 1942 - 1 Sept 1944: GL Dipl. Ing. Paul Schricker
Orgnaization Branch/Organizationsabteilung (Wa Z 1)
Issued directives on organization to subordinate ordnance agencies.
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Administrative Section/Gruppe fur Allgemeine Verwaltungsangelegenheiten (Wa Z 2)
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Branch for Plant Efficiency/Betreibwirtschaftliche Abteilung (Wa Z 3)
?
Borschriftenabteilung (Wa Z 4)
?
Branch for Housing, Construction, and Guard Matters/Abteilung fur Allgemeine Unterbringungs-,Bau und Uberwachungsangelegenheiten (Wa Z 6)
Responsible for the acquisition of premises and the construction and patrolling of Army Ordnance Office buildings.
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Development and Testing Group/Amtsgruppe fur Entwicklung und Prufung (Wa Pruf)
This group was responsible for the development and testing of ordnance equipment for all arms and services. Besides certain subdivisions which had special fields, there were those that dealt with ordnance equipment of each combat arm; the numbers assigned to these branches correspond mostly to those of the inspectorates of the same arm in the General Army Office.
10 Nov 1938 - 12 Aug 1941: GM Dipl. Ing. Walther Koch
1 Nov 1944 - 9 May 1945: GenLt Dipl. Ing. Richard John
Ballistic and Ammunition Branch/Ballistische und Munitionabteilung (Wa Pruf 1)
Responsible for the development and testing of all types of ammunition. Divided into various sections dealing with ammunition of the different arms, special types of ammunition, firing tables, explosives, and other special technical matters connected with projectiles.
Obst Geist
15 Aug 1938 - 20 June 1940: GL Erich Dipl. Ing. Schneider
12 March 1942 - 24 Nov 1942: GL Erich Dipl. Ing. Schneider
1 June 1943 - 28 Dec 1944: GL Erich Dipl. Ing. Schneider
1943: GM Dipl. Ing. Eugen Kurz
1 Aug 1937 - 15 Nov 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Paul Schurmann
1 July 1944 - 1 Nov 1944: GenLt Dipl. Ing. Richard John
Infantry Branch/Infantrieabteilung (Wa Pruf 2)
1 Feb 1937 - 15 Nov 1940: Oberst Dipl. Ing. Friedrich-Wilhelm John
16 Nov 1940 - 20 April 1942: GM Dipl. Ing. Paul Dreckmann
20 April 1942 - 20 April 1944: GM Dipl. Ing. Friedrich Kittel
Artillery Branch/Artillerieabteilung (Wa Pruf 4)
1 Oct 1936 - 6 March 1942: GM Hans Wulz
Obst Wohlermann
Abteilung Chefkonstrukteur (Wa Pruf 3)
?
Engineer and Railway Engineer Branch/Pionier und Eisenbahn-Pionierabteilung (Wa Pruf 5)
6 Oct 1936 - 12 Nov 1940: GL Gustav Boehringer 6.10.36-12.11.40
12 Nov 1940 - 22 Nov 1941: GM Dr. Dipl. Ing. Friedrich Stammbach
1944 - 8 May 1945: GM Dr. Dipl. Ing. Friedrich Stammbach
Fortress Engineer Branch/Festungspionierabteilung (Wa Pruf Fest)
Obst Bernhardt
Panzer and Motorized Equipment Branch/Panzer und Motorisierungsabteilung (Wa Pruf 6)
12 Oct 1937 - 15 Sept 1942: GL Sebastian Fichtner
1 July 1942 - 1 Oct 1944: GM Friedrich Holzhauser
Signal Branch/Nachrichtenabteilung (Wa Pruf 7)
April 1936 - March 1938: Willy Gimmler
Branch for Optical, Survey, Meteorological, Artillery Fire Control, and Map-Printing Equipment/Abteilung fur Optik, Messwesen, Heereswetterdienst, Feuerleitung und Kartendruck (Wa Pruf
1 Oct 1937 - 15 July 1940: GL Wilhelm Weidinger
1 Oct 1940 - 20 May 1943: GM Walter Beisswanger
May 1943 - Feb 1944: GM Dipl. Ing. Josef Rossmann
Gas Protection Branch/Gasschutzabteilung (Wa Pruf 9)
1 Feb 1938 - 28 March 1942: GM Dipl Ing. Oskar Schmidt
Army Gas Protection laboratories at Spandau/Heeres Gasschutzlaboratorium Spandau
?
Flugabwehrabt. (Wa Pruf 10)/Became Wa Pruf (BuM) 10 in 7.44
Feb 1944 - Jan 1945: GM Dipl. Ing. Josef Rossmann
Special Equipment Branch/Abteilung fur Sondergerat (Wa Pruf 11)
July 1935 - Jan 1944: GM Walter Dornberger
Jan 1944 - 8 May 1945: GM Dipl. Ing. Leo Zanssen
Wa Pruf 11/II
GM Dipl.Ing. Leo Zanssen
Wa Pruf 11/VI
Jan 1939: MinRat G. Schubert
Branch for Proving Grounds/Abteilung fur Versuchsplatz (Wa Pruf 12)
1939: Obst (W) Bohm
Group for Weapons and Equipment Manufacture/Amtsgruppe fur Industrielle Rustung - Waffen und Gerat (Wa I Ru-W u G)
This group is responsible for the procurement of all ordnance material except ammunition. Its main function was the placing of orders with industry. Here too the numbers of the branches mostly corresponded to those of inspectorates of the same branch of service in the General Army Office.
10 May 1938 - 12 Aug 1940: GM Erich Stud 10.5.38-12.8.40
1 Feb 1940 - 3 Feb 1944: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Philipps
1 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Philipps
Branch for General Army Equipment/Abteilung Allgemeines Heeresgerat (Wa I Ru W u G 1)
Handled all types of equipment, including medical and veterinary.
15 Oct 1935 - 2 March 1942: GM Alfons Ruggenmann
Weapons Branch/Waffenabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 2)
Divided into sections responsible for weapons of the various arms.
6 Oct 1936 - 6 May 1940: GM Walter Dipl. Ing. Hillert
6 May 1940 - 13 Sept 1943: GM Dr. Ing. habil Hans Leyhers
Wa I Ru W u G 3
6 Oct 1936 - 31 July 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Karl Hernekamp
1 April 1939 - 31 Aug 1942: GL Dipl. Ing. Hans Junck
Engineer, Railway Engineer, and Fortress Equipment Branch/Pionier, Eisenbahnpionier, und Festungs-Geratabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 5)
1939: Major Muller (m.W.b.)
Tanks and Tractors Branch/Panzerkampfwagen und Zugkraftwagen Abteilung
(Wa I Ru W u G 6)
1 Oct 1937 - 1 July 1940: GM Karl Zukertort
1 Oct 1940 - 14 Jan 1942: GL Dipl. Ing. Josef Schroetter
14 Jan 1942 - 10 July 1944: GM Dipl. Ing. Oskar Audorsch
Signal Equipment Branch/Nachrichtengerat Abteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 7)
10 Nov 1938 - 15 May 1942: GM Wilhelm Schindke
March 1945: GM Dipl. Ing. Felix Meissner
Optical and Precision Instruments Branch/Abteilung fur optisches und feinmechanisches Gerat (Wa I Ru W u G 8/ZO)
Organisationsabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G/8)
1 Oct 1937 - 1 May 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Hartmann
Pulver und Sprengstoff Fabrikationsabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 9)
1939: MinRat Dr. Zahn
Betriebswirtschaftliche Abteilung (Wa I Ru 10)
1939: MinRat Dr. Zeidelnack
Motor Vehicle Equipment Branch/Kraftwagengerateabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 12)
?
Group for Ammunition Manufacture/Amtsgruppe fur Industrielle Rustung - Munition (Wa I Ru Mun)
This group was responsible for all ordnance equipment.
15 Jan 1940 - 1 Aug 1940: GenLt Dipl. Ing. Karl Hernekamp
1 Aug 1940 - 8 May 1945: GM Dipl. Ing. Hans Henrici
Ammunition Branch 1/Muntionsabteilung 1 (Wa I Ru Mun 1)
?
Ammunition Branch 2/Muntionsabteilung 2 (Wa I Ru Mun 2)
1 Feb 1940 - 22 April 1941: GM Dipl. Ing. Bernhard Heydenreich
Ammunition Branch 3/Muntionsabteilung 3 (Wa I Ru Mun 3)
?
Ammunition Branch 4/Muntionsabteilung 4 (Wa I Ru Mun 4)
1944: Obtlt Soika
Ammunition Branch 5/Muntionsabteilung 5 (Wa I Ru Mun 5)
1944: Obst Herbst
Muntionsabteilung z.b.V. (Wa i Ru Mun zbV)
?
Acceptance Group/Amtsgruppe fur Abnahme (Wa Abn)
Responsible for seeing that all ordnance material is manufactured according to specifications and for accepting it on behalf of the Army. It controls the Acceptance Inspectors (Abnahmeinspizienten) located in each Wehrkreis. It was composed of a Central Branch and Branches 1 and 2.
1939: Obst Lindig
Zentralabteilung
?
1 und 2 Abteilung
?
Heeresabnahmeinspezienten
?
Chief Ordnance Engineer Group/Amtsgruppe Chefingenieur
(Wa Chef Ing)
This group contained various technical branches which design and supervise the manufacture of certain ordnance parts.
?
Chief Designer's Branch/Chefkonstrukteur (Wa Chef Ing 1)
Contained a section which maintained a liaison with the Reich Patent Office. (Reichspatenamt)
?
Pig Iron Branch/Halbzeugstelle (Wa Chef Ing 3/Hz)
?
The Manufacture Branch/Fabrikationsabteilung (Wa Chef Ing 4)
Contained various sections for studying methods of manufacture of weapons, vehicles, and other equipment.
?
The Machine Recording Branch/Maschinelles Berichtswesen (Wa Chef Inf 5 M B)
Responsible for punch-card machines and other mechanical office aids.
?
Section for the Manufacture of Machine Tools, Gauges, and Tools/Fabrikationsgruppe Werkzeugmaschinen, Lehren und Werkzeuge (Wa Chef Ing 6)
?
Section for the Manufacture of Ammunition/Fabrikationsgruppe Muntion (Wa Chef Ing 7)
?
Group for Anti-Aircraft Artillery/Amtsgruppe fur Flakenwicklung (GL/Flak E)
1 Sept 1939 - 25 June 1942: GM Hermann Mertitsch (LW)
25 June 1942 - 12 Sept 1944: Gen d Flak Otto Wilhelm von Renz (LW)
15 May 1943 - April 1945: Obstlt. Wener Knublauch
Branch for Ballistics and Development of Antiaircraft Ammunition/Abteilung fur Ballistik und Entwicklung der Flakmuntion (GL/Flak-E/1)
?
Branch for the Development of Antiaircraft Equipment/Abteilung fur Gerateentwicklung (GL/Flak E/2)
?
Branch for Technical and General Matters/Abteilung fur technische und allgemeine Angelegenheiten (GL/Flak-E/3)
?
Branch for Weapons Development/Abteilung fur Waffenentwicklung (GL/Flak-E/4)
?
Antiaircraft Armament Branch/Abteilung Flakrustung (GL/Flak-Ru)
March 1942 - 1945: Obstlt Dr. Halder
15 Jan 1943 - ?: Obst Nieper
Ordnance Research Branch/Forschungsabteilung (Wa F)
?
Beauftragter des Heereswaffenamts fur Vereinheitlichung von Waffen und Munition
2 March 1941 - 1 July 1944: GenMaj z.V. Ing. Wilhelm Junck
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Heeresverwaltungsamt (H V A) - Army Administration Office
Commanders
1 March 1934 - 15 Sept 1939: Gen d Inf Friedrich Karmann (+Died in Berlin)
18 Sept 1939 - 1 Nov 1944: Gen d Inf Herbert Osterkamp
Group for Officials and Civilian Workers/Amtsgruppe Allgemeine Heeresbeamten, Angestellten-, Arbeiter und Kassenangelegenheiten (Ag V I)
Responsible for personnel administration and pay for Armed Forces officials, salaried workers, and wage earners.
Commander:
Feb 1938 - Dec 1944: GenInt Dr. Heinrich Geier
?- 8 May 1945: GenStabsInt Dr. Wilhelm Weber (+Suicide)
Branch for Army Officials/Heeresabeamtenabteilung (V I)
1 Sept 1939 - 8 May 1945: GeneralOberstabsIntendant Walter Wandersleben
Branch for Civilian Workers/Abteilung fur Gefolgeschaftsangelegenheiten des Heeres (V
?
Branch for Army Accounts and Pay of Officials/Heereskassen und Beamtenbesoldungsabteilung (V 9)
?
Cashier of the OKH/Amtskasse des Oberkommandos des Heeres (AK - OKH)
?
Pay and Allowance Department of the OKH/Gebuhrnisstelle des Oberkommandos des Heeres (G St OKH)
Handled pay and allowances of military personnel and Armed Forces officials in the OKH.
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Wage and Salary Office/Lohnstelle des Oberkommandos des Heeres (Lohnst OKH)
Had sectons concerned with salaried employees, wage earners, and various types of pay deductions.
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Accounting Offices of the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army/Zahlmeistereien I - IV des Ch H Rust u BdE
Had four accounting officies carrying the Roman numerals I to IV.
?
Group for Real Estate, Agriculture, and Forests/Amtsgruppe Liegenschaften, Land, und Forstwirtschaft (Ag V II)
GeneralstabsIntendant Friedrich Steffens (+Died in Russian captivity 1947)
Branch for Real Estate of Garrisons and Procurement of Quarters/Abteilung fur Liegenschaften der Standorte und Wohnungsfursorge (V 2)
GeneralIntendant Friedrich Pauer
Heeres Unterkunfts und Truppenubungsplatzverwaltung (V 3)
GeneralIntendant Ferdinand Winter
Branch for the Administration of Maneuver Areas/Abteilung fur Verwaltung von Ubungsplatzen (V 6)
GeneralIntendant Dr. Erich Knittenscheid
Army Forestry Branch/Heeresforst und Jagdabteilung (V 10)
?
Heeresforstaufsichtsamt I Berlin
Heeresforstaufsichtsamt II Wiesbaden
Heeresforstaufsichtsamt III Linz
Heeresforstaufsichtsamt IV Litzmannstadt
Rations and Procurement Group/Amtsgruppe Heeresverpflegungs und Beschaffungswesen (Ag V III)
Responsible for the procurement and administration of rations.
1939: Generalstabsintendant Geh.Reg.Rat. Pieszcek
25 Nov 1942 - May 1945: Generalstabsintendant Walter Boesler
Heereverpflegungsabteilung (einschl. Lebensmittelforschung)
Heeresbeschaffungsabteilung (V 5)
Generalintendant Paul Heufer
Verpflegungsinpezient im OKH (Verpfl Insp OKH)
?
Construction Group/Amtsgruppe Bau (Ag V IV)
?
Branch for Administration of Army Construction/Heeresbauverwaltungsabteilung (V 4)
1939: MinRat Zieseniss
Branch for Army Construction Activities/Heeresbauwirtschaftsabteilung (V 7)
?
Budget Group/Amtsgruppe Haushalts und Besoldungswesen (Ag Haushalt)
This group was formed in February 1944 by an amalgamation of four independent branches connected with budget and finance matters. Up to August 1944 it was immediately under the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army; it was placed under the control of the Chief of the Army Administration Office.
?
Army Budget Branch/Heeres-Haushaltsabteilung (H Haush)
Sept 1935 - Sept 1939: Herbert Osterkamp
Central Branch in the OKH/Zentralabteilung im OKH (Chef H Rust u BdE -Z)
?
Army Pay Branch/Heeresbesoldungsabteilung (H Bes Abt)
?
Army Finance Branch/Heeres Finanzierungsabteilung
?
Inspector General for Potential Officers and Noncommissioned Officers/Generalinspekteur dur den Fuhrernachwuchs des Heeres (G I F)
Formerly the Inspector of Army (Training and Education (In EB); renamed and broadened in scope and authority in March 1944. Subordinate to the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army. He is responsible for the uniform recruiting, National Socialist instruction and guidance, and uniform training of all potential officers and noncommissioned officers (Fuhrernachwuchs). He was in charge of all officer candidate and noncommissioned officer schools and methods of instruction, particularly the political aspects.
1 March 1944 - 1 Oct 1944: Gen d Inf Karl-Wilhelm Specht
1 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945: GM Vollrath von Hellermann
31 Jan 1942 - June 1942: GM Wener Heyden
Branch for the Procurement of Leaders/Abteilung Heeresnachwuchs (Abt H N)
This branch was independent up to 1944 but became subordinate to the Inspector General for Potential Officers and Noncommissioned Officers when he was appointed. This branch represents the Army in dealing with other services and agencies in all questions concerning the procurement of leaders.
?
Cadet School Branch/Abteilung Kriegsschulen (Abt K S)
Previously called Inspectorate 1 (In 1) and directly under the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army. Administers all officer candidate schools.
4 Feb 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Gen d. Art Fritz Brand
Noncommissioned Officer School Branch/Abteilung Unteroffzier Vorschulen und Schulen
(U S)
?
Inspector of Army Officer Procurement Offices/Inspkteur der Annahmestellen fur die Offizierbewerber des Heeres (Insp d Annst)
Set up in 1943 as an independent agency in the Army Personnel Office; transferred to the control of the Inspector General for Potential Officer and noncommisisoned officers in 1944. Controlled the officer candidate acceptance centers located in each Wehrkries.
?
Signal Communications Branch of the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army/Nachrichtenbetriebsabteilung des Ch H Rust u BdE
Contained a telephone operating company, a telegraph company, a signal exploitation company, and a radio transmitter center.
?
Army Raw Materials Branch/Heeres Rohstoffabteilung (H Ro)
Charged with the procurement of raw materials for the OKH. Formerly a subordinate unit of the Army Ordnance Office (Rohstoffstelle OKH-Wa Chef Ing 2/Wa Ro), it was made an independent branch in 1942.
1944: Obst von Bomhard
Army Map Service/Heeresplankammer (H P K)
Contained a foreign maps branch, and a map production branch.
?
Army Technical Bureau/Heerestechnisches Buro (H T B)
Was a staff of engineers at the disposal of the OKH.
1945: MinRat Dr. Leinweber
Wietere Behorden und Dienststellen des OKH
Befehlshaber Sonderstab OKH I - IV
Auffrischungsstab Ost
GL Haarde (m.F.b.)
Gruppe Heeresflieger (beim Chef Ausb)
?
Stabstruppen des OKH
Komdt. Fu H Qu (1 Pz Spah Zug, 2 Zuge Krdschtz., 2 Wachzuge, 1 Pakzug)
Kdr. d. Generalstabslehrgange Berlin
8 Oct 1940 - 9 May 1941: Obst i.G. Hermann Foertsch
20 Feb 1941 - 31 Dec 1942: GM Weckmann
Kriegsakademie
Gen Curt Liebmann
1 Jan 1943 - 31 May 1944: GM Weckmann
1 June 1944 - May 1945: Gen d. Art Speth
Evangelischer Feldbischof d. Wehrmacht
1 April 1934 - 22 April 1945: Evangelischer Feldbischof D. h.c. Franz Dohrmann
Katholischer Feldbischof d. Wehrmacht
20 Feb 1938 - 6 Feb 1945: Kath. Feldbischof Franz Justus Rarkowski
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Allgemeinens Heersamt (AHA) - General Army Office
Commanders
1 Sept 1939 - 14 Feb 1940: GenObst Friedrich Fromm
14 Feb 1942 - 20 July 1944: Gen d Inf Friedrich Olbricht (+Executed in Berlin)
1 Aug 1944 - 8 May 1945: Gen d Art. Walter Keiner
Stellv Chef Allgemeinens Heersamt
15 Feb 1940 - 1 March 1941: Gen d. Kav. Karl Erick Koehler
1 March 1941 - ?: Oberst Hellmuth d. G. Reinhard
Staff/Stab AHA Zentralabteilung (Z)
The staff of the General Army Office is a central agency which approves the publications written by subordinate units and issues tables of organization, tables of equipment, manuals, and other publications.
Sept 1939: GenStInt Kuthe
Army Regulations Administration/Heeres Druckvorschriftenverwaltung (DHvV)
Sept 1939: Obstlt. (E) Munster
Stab fur Bekleidung (Stab/Bkl) Army Clothing Department
This section issues all directives on clothing and uniforms
6 Oct 1936 - 1 Aug 1943: GenMaj Karl Boettger
Sonderstab A
This section is concerned with technical developoments in weapons and equipment.
Kurierstelle
?
Wirtschaftsstelle OKH I und II
?
Burodirekteur BdE
?
Sonderstabs Tropen
15 June 1941 - 15 May 1943: GenLt Heinrich Kirchheim
Sonderstabes C
15 May 1943 - 1 April 1945: GenLt Heinrich Kirchheim
Inspectorates of Arms and Services/Waffenabteilung
Infantry Branch/Infantrieabteilung (In 2)
Attached to the Infantry Branch is the Senior Infantry Officer for Land Fortifications (Hoh Inf Offz fur die Landesbef) who is directly subordinate to the Chief of the General Army Office. He assists the Chief Engineer and Fortifications Officer (Inspector of Fortifications) (Insp Fest) at the Army General Staff in fortification matters concerning the infantry.
1 July 1939 - 15 Nov 1940: GenMaj Otto Herfurth
1 May 1938 - 1 May 1942: Gen d Inf. Friedrich Roesse
15 Nov 1940 - 14 Aug 1942: GenMaj Hans Hammer
1 July 1942 - 1 July 1944: GenMaj Hans Joachim von Stotzmann
Chef des Stabes der Inspektion der Infanterie
1 Sept 1934 - 10 Oct 1939: Oberst Erich Jaschke
Hoherer Infanterie Offizier fur die Landbesfestungen (Hoh Inf Offz fur die Landesbef)
15 March 1942 - 1 Oct 1942: GenMaj Alfred Thomas
Riding and Driving Branch/Abteilung Reit und Fahrwesen (In 3)
Concerned with the training of men who handle horses as riders or drivers.
24 Nov 1938 - 4 Dec 1939: Gen d PzTr. Willibald Frhr von Langermann u Erlencamp
15 Feb 1940 - 15 Dec 1940: GenMaj Hewelke
1 Feb 1941 - 1945: GenLt Erich Weingart (+Suicide)
1 May 1945 - 8 May 1945: Oberst Hans-Heinrich Hamann
Stellv Chef Reit und Fahrwesen
Oberst Hamann
Artillery Group/Amtsgruppe Artillerie (Ag Art)
Formed in July 1944 to control the following two inspectorates:
1 July 1944 - 1 Nov 1944: GenMaj Gerhard Huther
Artillery Branch/Artillerieabteilung (In 4)
1 Nov 1938 - 1 Sept 1939: GenLt Walter Petzel
23 Sept 1939 - Nov 1939: Gen d Art Rudolf Frhr von Roman
13 Jan 1940 - 26 Nov 1941: GenLt Hugo Beisswanger
10 Dec 1941 - 1943: GenMaj Gerhard Huther
1 Nov 1944 - 1 Feb 1945: GenMaj Dipl. Ing. Arthur Zierold
Heeres Flakartillerieabteilung (In 13)
1 Feb 1941 - 1 Aug 1944: GenLt Wilhelm Weidinger
Engineer Branch/Pionierabteilung (In 5)
Chief
15 June 1941 - 1 Aug 1943: GenLt Franz Gieger
Chief of Staff:
12 Oct 1937 - 15 June 1941: Oberst Gerhard Jordan
Inspectorate of Fortifications/Inspektion der Festungen (In Fest)
Concerned with the training of fortress engineers
24 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: GenLt Alfred Jacob
Chief of Staff:
10 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Oberst Erwin Jaenecke
Abt. Chef Landebesfestigung
5 Dec 1940 - 1 May 1943: GenMaj Otto Biermann
Insp. f. Landesbefestigung West
Aug 1940 - Feb 1944: GenLt Rudolf Schmetzer
1 Feb 1944 - 21 March 1945: GenLt Rene Eberle
21 March 1945 - ?: GenLt Walther Wollmann
Hoh Inf Offz Landebefestigung West
1 Oct 1942 - 25 March 1943: GenMaj Alfred Thomas
Hoh. Pi. Offz Landebefestigung West
GenLt Dennerlein
Insp. f. Landesbefestigung Ost
1 Aug 1940 - 1 Oct 1943: GenLt Walther Wollmann
25 Sept 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Ing. Otto Kliscz
Hoh. Pi. Offz Landebefestigung Ost
24 Nov 1938 - 1 Aug 1940: GenLt Walther Wollmann
15 March 1939 - 26 Aug 1939: Oberst Rene Eberle
Insp. f. Landesbefestigung Norwegen
12 Dec 1941 - 16 Oct 1942: GenLt Georg Rosenbusch
Insp. f. Landesbefestigung SudWest
19 Oct 1944 - 2 May 1945: GenMaj Stephen Bulowius
Panzer Troop Branch/Abteilung Panzertruppe (In 6)
This branch was transferred to the control of the Inspector General of Panzer Troops (Gen Insp d Pz Tr) when that office was created in 1943.
1 Nov 1938 - ?: GenLt Adolf von Schell
1 May 1941 - 31 March 1943: GenMaj Hans Voigt
1 Jan 1940 - 9 June 1943?: GenMaj Reinhard Gothsche
Chef des Stabs der Inspektion der Panzertruppen
18 Feb 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Dipl. Ing. Ernest Bolbrinker
Signal Group/Amtsgruppe Nachrichtenwesen (created 12.43)
Formed in December 1943 with the expansion of Inspectorate 7. Was controlled by the Chief of Training (Chef Ausb) as well as the General Army Office.
26 Aug 1939 - 20 July 1944: Gen d NachTr. Erich Fellgebel
20 July 1944 - 18 April 1945: GenMaj Wilhelm Arnold
Stellv Chef Nachrichtenwesen
1 Oct 1936 - 1 April 1942: GenLt Fritz Thiele
Signal Branch/Nachrichtentruppen Abteilung (In 7)
?
Signal Equipment Branch/Nachrichtengerat Abteilung (N Ger Abt)
?
Army Communications Branch/Heeresnachrichtenverbindungs Abteilung (HNV)
?
Supply Branch/Abteilung Nachschubtruppen/Inspekteur der Fahrtruppen (In
Attached to this branch is the Senior Officer of Administrative Troops (Hoh Off d Verw Tr). It was responsible for the uniform training of the administrative troops in the Replacement Army under the directives of the Chief of Training.
24 Nov 1938 - 1 July 1939: GenMaj Georg Carp
26 Aug 1939 - 1 May 1943: GenLt Wilhelm Adam
1 May 1943 - 30 April 1945: GenLt Rudolf Trauch
Senior Officer of Administrative Troops/Hoherer Offizier der Verwaltungstruppen (Hoh Offz d Verw. Tr)
1 April 1942 - 30 April 1943: GenMaj Karl Boesser
15 May 1943 - 1 April 1944: GenMaj Carl Wilke
Chemical Warfare and Air Raid Protection Branch/Abteilung Nebeltruppe, Gasabwehr und Luftschutz (In 9)
1 May 1936 - 1 Sept 1939: GenMaj Edgar Theisen
Oberst Herbert Selle
1 Sept 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Ernst Graewe
Stellv Chef Insp. d Nebeltruppen
1 May 1936 - 1 Sept 1940: GenLt Hermann Ochsner
Railway Engineer Branch/Eisenbahnpionier Abteilung (In 10)
24 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: GenLt Alfred Jacob
1 Dec 1940 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Otto Will
Branch for Technical Troops/Abteilung Technische Truppen (In 11)
31 May 1941 - 8 May 1945: Oberst/GenMaj Erich Hampe
Group of the Chief Motor Transport Officer/General des Kraftfahrwesens (Gen d Kfw)
Formally called Chief of Motorization (Gen d. Mot). The Chief Motor Transport Officer, in addition to being responsible for all motor transport in the field, also controlled the following agencies in the General Army Office.
10 Sept 1942 - 15 Feb 1944: Gen d. PzTr. Friedrich Kuhn (+Killed in Berlin airraid)
1944 - 1 June 1944: GenLt Dipl. Ing. Josef Schroetter
1 June 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Kurt Cuno
Motor Transport Branch/Abteilung Kraftfahrwesen (In 12)
?
Chief of Motor Repair/Chef des Instandsetzzungswesens (Chef Inst)
?
Senior Motor Maintenance Troop Officer/Hoherer Offizier der Kraftfahrparktruppen (Hoh Offz d Kf Pk Tr)
This officer supervises the training of motor maintenance troops in the Replacement Army
and his position is equivalent to that of an inspector.
2 Nov 1941 - 1 March 1944: GenMaj Peter-Paul Petersen
Medical Inspectorate/Heeres Sanitatsinspektion (H San Insp)
This inspectorate also contained the staff of the Chief Army Medical Inspector (H San Insp) and is equivalent to a group.
June 1940 - Sept 1944: Dr. Prof Siegfried Handloser
Personnel Branch/Personalabteilung (S In/Per)
1940 - 1 March 1941: Obstarzt Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt
1 March 1941 - 21 Oct 1944: Genarzt Dr. Wilhelm Folsch
Organization Branch/Organisationsabteilung (S In/Org)
Sept 1940 - May 1943: Dr. Hans Hartleben
May 1943 - 8 May 1945: Obstarzt Dr. Joedicke
Branch for Medical Science and Hygiene/Abteilung fur Wissenschaft und Gesundheitsfuhrung (S In/WiG)
1 Sept 1940 - 1 April 1942: Genarzt Prof. Dr. Hans Muller
1 April 1942 - 1 Sept 1943: Genarzt Dr. Walter Schrieber
1 Sept 1943 - 8 May 1945: Obstarzt Prof. Dr. Dr. Deist
Veterinary Inspectorate/Veterinarinspektion (V In)
This inspectorate also contained the staff of the Chief Veterinary Inspector (Vet Insp)
April 1938 - June 1944: Prof. Dr. Kurt Schulze
Ordnance Inspectorate/Feldzeuginspektion (Fz In)
The head of this inspectorate also held the position of Chief Army Ordance Officer (Heerefeldzeugmeister). As such, he controlled the entire system of ordnance depots in Germany.
Oct 1937 - Aug 1943: Gen d Art. Theodor Geib
7 Feb 1944 - 1 May 1945: GenLt Hans Bomers
Engineer Troop Inspectorate (In T)
Sept 1939 - May 1945: GenLt Phillip Linn
Group for Replacement and General Troop Matters/Amtsgruppe Ersatzwesen und Allegemeine Truppenangelegenheiten (AHA/ Ag E Tr)
This group had generally the same responsibilities toward enlisted personnel as the Army Personnel Office (PA) has toward officers, except that it does not concern itself with individuals. It established policies and issued directives on all types of personnel matters. Until the summer of 1943, it included the Replacement Branch (Abt E), which had since been incorporated into the Conscription and Recruiting Office (W E A) in the OKW.
1 May 1937 - 10 Jan 1940: GenLt Gerhard Kauffmann
10 Jan 1940 - 1 Oct 1943: GenLt Karl Edelmann
1 Sept 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Alfred Weidemann
Replacement Branch/Abt Ersatzwesen (Abt E)
12 Oct 1937 - 25 Sept 1939: GenLt Karl Burdach
Branch for General Troop Matters/Abt fur allgemeine Truppenangelegenheiten (Tr Abt)
This was the most important branch in the group. It issued all types of orders to the troops, such as transfer regulations, promotion policies, and regulations regarding welfare and personal affairs. It included a penal section, a section for noncommissioned officer affairs, and a section for German prisoners of war in Alled hands.
1 Oct 1939 - 25 Aug 1940: GenMaj Georg Zwade
Chaplains Section/Gruppe Seelsorge (Gr S)
1939: MinDr. Senftleben
Branch for Billets and Maneuver Areas/Abt. Unterkunft und Truppenubungsplatz
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Army Judge Advocate General's Group/Amtsgruppe Heeresrechtwesen (AHA/Ag HR Wes)
Contained a Judge Advocate's branch (HR) and a legal section (Just)
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Judge Advocate Branch/Heeresrechtsabteilung (H R)
1939: Minrat Otto Neumann
July 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenStRicht Hans Bockelberg
Legal Section/Feldjustizabteilung (Just)
? - 20 July 1944: GenStRicht Dr. Karl Sack
Unit Inactivation Staff/Abwicklungstab
After Stalingrad an inactivation staff was set up to liquidate the affairs of units which were destroyed in the Sixth Army. It later was expanded to deal with those destroyed in Army Group Afrika. In the summer of 1944 this staff was made a permanent part of the High Command structure, with the mission of inactivating all units destroyed on any front. It took charge of any remaining funds which were the property of such units.
10 Jan 1945 - 8 May 1945: Obstlt Gunther Braun
Heeres-Bekleidungsabt. (1939 bei Ag EH)
1 Jan 1940 - 1 April 1944: GenMaj Christoph Stengel
6 Oct 1936 - 1 Aug 1943: GenMaj Karl Bottger
Demobilization Branch/Abteilung Demobilmachung (Abt Demob)
Issued rules and directives for future demobilization
25 June 1940 - 1 Oct 1940: GenLt Alfred Gause
1 Feb 1941 - 9 April 1941: GenLt Gerhard Kuehne
Chief of Army Museums/Chef der Heeresmuseen (Chef Heer Mus)
4 May 1942 - 1 Oct 1943: GenMaj Dr. Rudolf Puhringer
1 Oct 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Albrecht Brand
Chief of Tranining in the Replacement Army/Chef des Ausbildungswesens im Ersatzheer (Chef Ausb)
Appointed in October 1942, this officer is immediately subordinate to the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army. He controlled all training conducted within the Replacement Army, using as his representatives the inspectors of arms and services (Waffeninspekteure) listed below. Through these inspectors he utilitzed the facilities of the inspectorates of the corresponding arms and services in the General Army Office for working out the details of training programs and methods, the issuance of directives and manuals, and other paperwork.
Commader:
15 Sept 1942 - 31 Jan 1945: Gen d Pi. Walter Kuntze
Inspektion des Erziehungs-und Bildungswesens
1 Dec 1943 - 1 March 1944: Gen d Inf. Karl-Wilhelm Specht
Stellv Inspektion des Erziehungs-und Bildungswesens
19 April 1941 - 1 Dec 1942: Gen d. Geb Friedrich Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach
1 Dec 1942 - Nov 1943: Gen d. Inf Ludwig Wolff
Chef der Abteilung fur Unteroffiziersschulen
1 Feb 1941 - 1 March 1943: Oberst Werner Heyden
Waffeninspekteure:
Inspector of Infantry/Inspekteur der Infantrie (Insp d Inf)
26 Aug 1939 - 1 May 1942: Gen d Inf. Friedrich Roese
1 May 1942 - 25 Jan 1945: GenLt Wilhelm Bohnstedt
25 Jan 1945 - May 1945: GenLt Karl Ludwig Rhein
Hoherer Infanterie Offizier 1 in Posen
1 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Karl Kruger
Hoherer Infanterie Offizier 2 in Hannover
15 July 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Karl Klockenbring
HohKavOffz in Potsdam
1 Dec 1944: Oberst von Bischoffshausen
Inspector of Riding and Driving/Inspekteur der Reit und Fahrwesens (Insp Reit u Fahrw)
Aug 1939 - Dec 1939: Gen d PzTr. Willibald Frhr von Langermann u. Erlenkamp
15 Feb 1940 - 15 Dec 1940: GenLt Georg Hewelke
1 Feb 1941 - 1 May 1945: GenLt Erich Weingart
1 May 1945 - ?: Oberst Hans Heinrich Hamann
Inspector of Artillery/Inspekteur der Artillerie (Insp d Art)
Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Walter Petzel
26 Aug 1939 - 31 May 1944: Gen d Art Otto Grun
1 June 1944 - May 1945: GenLt Werner Forst
Hoherer Artillerie Offizier fur die Landbesfestungen (Hoh Art Offz fur die Landesbef)
4 Feb 1938 - 26 March 1941: GenLt Ernst Goettke
Hoherer Offizier d. Art. Beob. Truppen
26 Aug 1939 - 14 Jan 1940: Oberst Karl Ludwig Meyer
Hoherer Artillerie Offizier I in Konigsberg
10 Sept 1943 - 5 Jan 1944: GenMaj von Gallwitz
5 Jan 1944 - ?: GenMaj Karl Meltzer
Hoherer Artillerie Offizier II in Weimar
10 Sept 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Martin Hartmann
Hoherer Artillerie Offizier III in Frankfurt/M
25 Sept 1943 - 27 March 1944: GenMaj Angelo Muller
27 March 1944 - ?: GenMaj Max Winkler
Inspector of Army Antiaircraft Troops/Inspekteur der Heeresflaktruppen (Insp H Flak)
1 Feb 1944 - 1 Aug 1944: GenLt Wilhelm Weidinger
1 Aug 1944 - May 1945: GenLt Eugon Wossner
Inspector of Engineers and Railway Engineers/Inspekteur der Pioniere und Eisenbahnpionier (Insp d Pi u. Eisb Pi)
2 Sept 1939 - 31 Oct 1941: GenLt Hermann Hopff
15 Oct 1942 - 1 Aug 1944: GenLt Martin Dehmel
1 Aug 1944 - 5 Jan 1945: GenLt Oskar Cantzler
5 Jan 1945 - ?: GenLt Dr. Wilhelm Meise
Hoherer Pionier Offz 1
15 Oct 1935 - 1 April 1936: Oberst Alfred Jacob
1 April 1936 - 10 Nov 1938: Oberst Martin Dehmel
15 March 1940 - 5 March 1942: GenMaj Wilhelm Runge
5 March 1942 - 20 July 1942: GenMaj Georg von Majewski
17 Oct 1942 - 1 Dec 1943: Oberst Wagner Hohenlobbese
1 Dec 1943 - ?: Oberst Thieme-Garmann
Hoherer Pionier Offz 2
15 March 1940 - 23 July 1940: GenLt Otto Schaum
23 July 1940 - 25 Feb 1941: GenMaj Fritz Schoenfelder
25 Feb 1941 - 25 Oct 1941: GenMaj Paul Hermann
15 Jan 1942 - 5 Feb 1942: Oberst Dietrich von Schlieben
15 June 1942 - 1 May 1943: GenMaj Hans Bessel
1 May 1943 - ?: Oberst Bingmann
Hoherer Pionier Offz 3
15 March 1940 - 1 Oct 1940: GenMaj Alfred Thomas
1 Oct 1940 - 1 June 1942: GenLt Friedrich Kuckein
1 June 1942 - 22 March 1943: GenMaj Wilhelm Ullersperger
1 May 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Erich Abberger
1 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Johannes Kaliebe
Hoherer Pionier Offz 4
15 Nov 1941 - 19 Sept 1944: GenMaj Richard Baumgartner
Hoherer Pionier Offz 5
10 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Oberst Martin Dehmel
1 Sept 1943 - 1 Sept 1944: Oberst Knopff
1 Sept 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Adolf Karl von Bodecker
Hoherer LandgPi Fuhrer
1 March 1944 - 1945: GenMaj Carl Henke
Inspector of Fast Troops/Inspekteur der Schnellen Truppen (Insp d. Schn.Tr.)
26 Aug 1939 - ?: char GenLt/GenLt zV Kuhn
1 June 1942 - Feb 1943: GenMaj Streich
Inspector of Construction Troops/Inspekteur der Bautruppen (Insp d Bau Tr)
26 Aug 1939 - 1 April 1943: GenLt z.V. Erich Klingbeil
1 April 1943 - 1 Oct 1943: GenLt Dr. Erich von Schawen
Inspector of Signal Troops/Inspekteur der Nachrichtentruppen (Insp d Nach Tr)
1 Sept 1939 - 1 May 1942: GenLt Friedrich Thon (Retired 30.6.42)
1 May 1942 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Josef Russwurm
Inspector of Supply Troops/Inspekteur der Nachschubtruppen (Insp d Nachsch Tr)
26 Aug 1939: GenMaj/Gen zV Wilhelm Adam
1 May 1943 - May 1945: GenMaj/GenLt Rudolf Trauch
Inspector of Chemical Troops/Inspekteur der Nebeltruppen (Insp d Nbl Tr)
1 Sept 1939 - 27 Dec 1941: GenMaj Friedrich Templehoff (+Died in Berlin)
1 Jan 1942 - 31 July 1944: GenLt Erwin Leister
1 Aug 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Johann Albrecht von Blucher
Inspekteur der Kraftfahrtruppe (Insp d Krftf Park Tr)
20 April 1945 - 1945: GenMaj Peter Paul Petersen (+Killed in airraid on Straubing)
Training Film Branch/Abteilung Lehrfilm
Controlled the archives of the Army, the production and proper distribution of training films, and the training of film operators.
Werner Ehrenfeucht
Deutscher Inspekteur der ungarischen Verbande im Ersatzheer
Jan 1945 - 8 May 1945: Gen d Inf Ludwig Wolff
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Generalquartiermiester (Gen Qu) Quartermaster General
This post was created upon mobilization to advise the C-in-C and the general staff on supply matters and to coordinate supply planning.
Commanders
Gen d. Art Eugen Muller 1.9.39-1.8.40
Gen d Art. Eduard Wagner 1.8.40-23.7.44 (+Suicide b. Berlin)
GM Alfred Toppe 23.7.44-8.5.45
Chef des Stabes
Obst i. G.Drescher
Section Qu 1/Gruppe Qu 1 (General Planning and Organization of Supply in the Field)
Establishment of communications lines and rear boundaries of the Theater of Operations, transport questions in conjunction with the Chief Army Transportation Officer and control of those service troops not sub-allotted to army groups and armies.
Chief:
GL Fredrich August Weinknecht 1.4.36-10.40
Alfred Baentsch 10.40-11.40
Eberhard Henrici 10.42-9.43
GL FriedrichWilhelm John 11.43-5.44
Section Qu 2/Gruppe Qu 2 (Civil Affairs Policies in the Communications Zone)
Exploitation of countries for military purposes; evacuation, booty, and prisoners of war.
Chief:
Karl Richard Kossmann 9.39-6.40
Heinz Helmuth von Hinckeldey? 5.43-3.44
Section Qu 3/Gruppe Qu 3 (Action of supply requistions from army groups and armies)
These requisitions were adjusted in accordance with overall plans and policies and were then forwarded to the authorities in the Zone of the Interior.
Chief:
Obst Friedrich Wilhelm John 3.43-11.43
Section III/Gruppe III (Field Legal Administration/Feldjustizverwaltung)
Headed by a chief of the Judge Advocate General's Department in the field, responsible for questions of military law and jurisprudence. This section was upgraded to a branch and transferred to the control of the General for Special Employment sometime after the beginning of the Russian campaign.
GenRichter Dr. Otto Grunewald
Section IVa/Gruppe IVa (Chief Army Administrative Officer/Heeresintendant)
Responsible for the general control of administrative matters and the personnel who deal with them throughout the Field Army. These matters include pay, clothing, personal equipment, rations, billeting, and fiscal matters.
Generaloberstabsintendant Franz Kleeberger 1.9.39-8.5.45
Section IVb/Gruppe IVb (Army Surgeon/Heeresarzt (H Arzt)
Controlled all medical matters and medical personnel throughout the Field Army, subject to the direction of the Chief Army Medical Inspector (H San Insp).
GenStArzt Hermann Ott 9.39-31.1.41
GenObArzt Siegfried Handloser 1.2.41-8.5.45
GenArzt Dr. Walter Schleusener (+Died in Britisch captivity 26 Nov 1945)
Section IVc/Gruppe IVc (Army Veterinarian/Heeresveterinar)
Controlled all veterinary matters and veterinary personnel in the Field Army, subject to the direction of the Chief Veterinary Inspector (Vet Insp)
GenStabsVet Prof. Dr med. vet. Hans Fontaine 00.9.39-00.00.43
Generaloberstabsvet Prof. Dr. Kurt Schulze - 8.5.45
GenStabsVet Dr. Mangelow - 1943 (+Attached to the Army Vet. Research Office)
Section V/Gruppe V (Chief Motor Transport Officer/General des Kraftfahrwesens)
Controlled the motor maintenance troops in the Field Army and is responsible for general questions of availability and utilization of motor transport. He is also in charge of a group in the General Army Office (AHA) responsible for the same matters in the Zone of the Interior and holds, concurrently the office of Chief of Armed Forces Motor Transport
(Chef WKW) under the OKW.
GL Kurt Cuno 6.44-5.45
Group Z/Gruppe Z (Civil Commissioner/Zivilbeauftragter)
Responsible for non-military matters in the civil administration of occupied areas in the Theater of Operations, including relations with the civil authorities and the discipline of the population; cooperated with Sections Qu 2 and III.
MinDir Dr. Justus Danckwerth (Reichs Min d. Innern)
Chief of Supply Troops/General der Nachschubtruppen
Controlled all General Headquarters supply troops, working in cooperation with Section Qu 3 on questions of their employment. Known as Heeresnachschubfuhrer until Oct. 1942.
GL Friedrich Dihm 12.40-20.3.42
GL Karl Zutavern 20.3.42-1.7.43
GM Joself Windisch 1.7.43-8.5.45
Section F.P./Gruppe F P (Army Postmaster/Heeresfeldpostmeister)
Responsible for all questions relating to the Army Postal Service in the Field Army.
MinDir. Dr. Ziegler
Chief of Technical Troops/General der Technischen Truppen (Gen d Techn Tr)
Chief advisor on the organization and employment of the technical troops. These troops, while classified as a combat arm, performed a number of highly technical services requiring specilized equipment for the armies in the field.
GM Erich Hampe 25.8.42-1.7.44
Senior Military Police Officer/Hoherer Feldgendarmerieoffizier (Hoh Feldgend Offz)
Responsible for all matters concerning the organization and employment of the military police in the Field Army.
GM Hans-Dietrich d.Niem 1940- 9.43
GM Hans-Dietrich d.Niem 3.44-End?
Gruppe Geh.Feldpolizei
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Zentralgericht des Heeres
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Chiefs of Branches Attached to the General Staff/Dem Ob d. H bzw dem Chef Gen St d H zugeteilte Waffengenerale
The Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Chief of the Army General Staff had at their disposal in wartime a group of general officers representing the various combat arms who serve as the principle advisors on the organization, training, equipment, and tactical employment of their respective arms in the field. They ususally have no actual command authority but may issue instructions and suggestions to the troops based on the evaluation of experience in the field.
Chief Infantry Officer/General der Infantrie (Gen d Inf)
Responsible for regular infantry, light infantry, mountain infantry, cavalry, and reconnaissance matters.
Gen d Inf Eugen Ott 10.10.39-25.3.41
Gen d Inf Friedrich Herrlein 15.2.42-6.10.43
12 Oct 1943 - 9 May 1945: Gen d Inf Erich Jaschke
Stellv Chef b. Gen. d. Inf
GM Kurt Lottner 20.10.44-10.1.45
Chief of Armored Trains/Kommandeur der Eisenbahn-Panzerzuge (Kdr d Eisb Pz Zuge)
Obst Egon von Olszewski 8.41-3.45
Cheif Artillery Officer/General der Artillerie (Gen d Art)
Controls the Chief Coast and Fortress Artillery Officer (Cen d. H Kust u Fest Art), the Chief Army Anti-aircraft Artillery Officer (Gen d H Flak Tr), and the Chief Armored Artillery Offizer (Hoh Offz Pz Art).
Gen d. Art Fritz Brand 1.10.39-1.10.43
Gen d Art Fritz Lindemann 1.10.43-21.7.44
Gen d Art. Wihelm Berlin 21.7.44-27.2.45
Stellv Chef Artillerie Abt
Gen d Art Martin Wandel 15.10.35-1.9.40
GL Otto Elfeldt 1.9.40-20.10.42
GM Kurt Scheffler 20.10.42-8.5.45
Hoherer Artillerieoffizier fur schwerstes Flachfeuer (bis 1.10.1939)
Gen d Art Karl Thoholte 10.11.38-20.1.41
Gen zbV
GL Karl Zwengauer 7.4.41-3.43 (Retired 31.3.43)
GL Wilhelm Raapke 15.1.45-
GM Dipl. Ing. Arthur Zierold 1.2.45-
General der Heereskusten und Festungsartillerie (Gen d H Kust u Fest Art)
GL Ernst Goettke 15.5.43-8.5.45
General der Heeres-Flaktruppen (Gen d H Flak Tr)
Wilhelm Weidinger 15.1.44-1.8.44 (Retired 31.12.44)
GL Eugen Wossner 1.8.44-5.45
Hoherer Offizier fur Panzer Artillerie (Hoh Offz Pz Art)
GL Dr. Fritz Polack 12.2.44-28.8.44
Friedrich Karl Grosskreutz 28.8.44-
Hoherer Offizier der Beobachtungstruppen
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Chief of Mapping and Survey/Chef des Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesens (Kr Kart Verm Chef)
This officer was a part of the rear echelon of the General Staff (Gen St d. H/2 Staffel) and was represented at the field headquarters by the Commander of Mapping and Survey Troops (Kdr d. Kart u. Verm Tr) who is his direct subordinate.
GL Gerlach Hemmerich 26.8.39-8.5.45
Commander of Mapping and Survey Troops/Kommandeur der Karten und Vermessungstruppen (Kdr d Kart u Verm Tr)
GM Dipl. Ing. Gerhard Muller 1.11.41-1.10.43
Obst Dipl. Ing. Hoppel 10.43-
Hoh Offz. d. Kriegskartenwesens Sudost
GM Rudolf Zu der Luth 1.4.42-20.6.44 (Retird 30.9.44)
General der Schnellen Truppen
Gen d PzTr. Hermann Balck 1.11.41-16.5.42
Gen d PzTr Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma 5.3.40-16.12.40 & 5.3.42-1.7.42
Gen d. PzTr Hans Cramer 1.9.42-22.1.43
Chef des Stabs des General der Schnellen Truppen
Gen d PzTr Hans Cramer 1.4.42-1.9.42
Hoh Pz.Jag. Offizier 1
GL Alfred von Puttkamer 6.12.38-9.39
Hoh Kav Offz
GL Hans Troger 30.11.38-1.12.39
Chief Signal Officer/Chef des Heerenachrichtenwesens (Chef HNW)
Part of the General Staff in wartime, with offices at the rear echelon as well as at field HQ.
Gen d Nach.Tr. Erich Fellgiebel 8.39-20.7.44 (+Executed)
Stellv Chef des Heerenachrichtenwesens
Obst Leo Hepp 29.8.44-8.5.45
Gen zbV
GM Alexander Abt 18.3.45-7.5.45
Kdt Fuhrungs Nachrichtentruppe
GL Hellmuth Schauwecker 5.4.41-10.6.42
Chief Engineer and Fortifications Officer/General der Pioniere und Festungen (Gen d Pi u Fest)
Controls the Inspector of Fortifications (Insp Fest) and shares with the General Army Office control of the Chief of Amphibious Engineers (Hoh Ldgs Pi Fu)
1 Oct 1939 - 8 May 1945: Gen d Pion. Alfred Jacob
Abt Pioniere
GM Hellmuth Dorn 15.11.42-20.4.45
Inspector of Fortifications/Inpekteur der Festungen (Insp Fest)
GM Johann Mirow 1940-17.3.44
Chief of Amphibious Engineers/Hoherer Landungs-Pionierfuhrer (Hoh Ldgs Pi Fu)
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Cheif Chemical Warfare Officer/General der Nebeltruppen (Gen d Nbl Tr) (disbanded 4.9.40)
GL Wilhelm Ochsner 1.9.40-End
General der Osttruppen (changed to Gen.d.Freiw.Verb)
GL Heinz Hellmich 15.12.42-31.12.43
Gen d Kav Ernst August Kostring 1.1.44-4.5.45
Chief of Volunteer Units/General der Freiwilligenverbande (Gen d Freiw Verb)
This post was created in January 1944 to replace the former General of Eastern Troops (Gen d. Ost Tr). It dealt with the organization, equipment, training, and employment of units formed from impressed Soviet prisoners of war. It was subordinate to the Chief of the Army General Staff in matters concerning the Field Army and to the Chief of the Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army in matters concerning the Zone of the Interior. His permanent representative in the Replacement Army is the Commander of Volunteer Units. (Kdo d. Freiw Verb)
Ernst August Kostring 1.44-5.45
Commander of Volunteer Units/Kommandeur der Freiwilligenverbande (Kdr d Freiw Verb)
GL Ralph von Heygendorff 2.44-21.5.44
Insp.d Ungarischen Freiwilligenverbande
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Insp. d. Italienischen Freiwilligenverbande
GL Joachim von Tresckow 20.11.43-1.2.44
Gen d. Inf Eugen Ott 10.2.44-15.1.45
Chief Army Transportation Officer/Chef des Transportwesens (Chef d Trspw)
Also believed to hold the post of Chief of Armed Forces Transportation (Chef Trspw d W). Part of the Army General Staff, responsible for rail and water transportation. He controlled the Chief of Railway Troops (Gen d. Eisb Tr)
Gen d Inf Rudolf Gercke 26.8.39-2.4.43
Gen d Art Rolf Wuthmann 2.4.43-20.6.43
Gen d Inf Rudolf Gercke 20.6.43-8.5.45
Feldtransport-Abt.
GL Max Hermann Bork 15.1.40-19.1.42
GM Karl Theodor Koerner 19.1.42-1.5.44
Obst Reinhard Petri 1.5.44-9.5.45
Branch for Army Matters/Abteilung Heerwesen (Heer Wes Abt)
Concerned with the maintenance of discipline
GL Alfred Baentsch 1.11.40-1.6.42
GL Helwig Luz 1.8.36-1.12.39
Obst Dr. Hans Joachim Planz 5.8.44-8.5.45
Penal Section/Gruppe Strafen (Gr Str)
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Army Field Legal Branch/Heeres Feldjustizverwaltung
Dr. jur Otto Grunewald 11.42-5.45
Dr. jur. GenStabsRichter Karl Sack -20.7.44 (+executed)
Gruppe Rechtswesens
?
Gruppe Strafvollzug
?
General des Heeres beim Recihsmarchall und Ob d L
Gen d. Art Max Grimmeiss 1.12.41-10.7.44
General des Heeres beim OKM
?
General der Luftwaffe beim Ob d H
Gen d. Flieger Waldemar Klepke (LW) 1.2.38-31.1.39
GL Gunther Lohmann 2.42-12.42
GM Karl-Henning von Barsewisch (LW) 28.11.42-8.5.45
Cheif Army Medical Inspector/Heeres Sanitatsinpekteur (H San Insp)
Instructed the Army Surgeon (H Arzt) on medical matters in the Field Army and controlled medical matters in the Replacement Army, in the same manner as the inspectors of branches, through the Medical Inspectorate (S Jn) in the General Army Office. His activities are subject to the supervision and control of the Armed Forces Surgeon General (Chef W San). (The Chief Army Medical Inspector is believed to hold concurrently the office of Army Surgeon)
GenObstArzt Dr. Anton Waldmann 8.39-1.2.41
GenObstArzt Dr. Siegfried Handloser 1.2.41-1.9.44
GenObstArzt Dr. Paul Walter 1.9.44-8.5.45
Verterinar Inspekteur (Vet Insp)
Instructs the Army Veterinary (H Vet) on veterinary matters in the Field Army and controls veterinary matters in the Replacement Army, in the same manner as the inspectors of branches, through the Veterinary Inspectorate (V Jn) in the General Army Office.
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Chef des Generalstabs des Heeres (Chef Gen St. d H) - Army General Staff
Commanders
GenObst Ludwig Beck 1.7.35-27.8.38 (Retired/+20.7.44 Berlin-Freitod)
GenObst Franz Halder 27.8.38-24.9.42
GenObst Kurt Zeitzler 24.9.42-6.44
GenLt Adolf Heusinger 6.44-21.7.44
GenObst Heinz Guderian 21.7.44-1.4.45
Gen d Inf Hans Krebs 1.4.45-30.4.45 (+Suicide in Berlin)
Stellv Chef des Generalstabs des Heeres
- Gen d Inf Gunther Blumentritt 17.1.42-22.9.42
Adjutant d Chef d Gen St d H
- GenMaj Wolfgang Hauser 10.11.38-23.10.39
Kdt d Hpq Qu d OKH
- GenMaj Kurt Schmelzer 1.9.39-4.3.41 (+Died at Zossen)
First Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister I (O Qu I)
This office dealt with operations and related matters.
- Gen d Inf Carl Heinrich Stulpnagel 26.8.39-15.2.40
- GenLt Friedrich Mieth 15.2.40-30.5.40
- GenLt Friedrich Paulus 30.5.40-1.1.42
- Gen d. Inf Gunther Blumentritt 17.1.42-22.9.42
- GenLt Adolf Heusinger 24.9.42-22.7.44
- Gen d. Pz Walther Wenck 22.7.44-17.2.45
- GenMaj Ivo Thilo von Trotha? 17.2.45-1.4.45
Branch 1/1 Abteilung (Operations)
Concerned with operations, developed and disseminated basic tactical rules and methods of conducting warfare.
- GenMaj Hellmuth Stieff 10.11.38-9.39
- Gen d GebTr. August Winter 1.8.37-31.10.40
- Gen d Inf Hans von Grieffenberg 9.39-10.40
- GenLt Adolf Heusinger 1.10.40-6.44
- Obst Bogislav von Bonin 1.9.44-10.2.45
- GenMaj Ivo Thilo von Trotha 20.2.45-20.4.45
Ia
- GenMaj Heinz Brandt 1.11.40-20.7.44 (+Lazarett Rastenburg)
Branch 5/5 Abteilung (Transportation)
Dealt with transport. Its functions were turned over to the Chief Transportation Officer attached to the General Staff (Gen St d. H/Chef Trspw)
- GenLt Rudolf Gercke 12.10.37-26.8.39
- Disbanded (to GenQu)
Branch 6/6 Abteilung (Rear echelons)
The functions of this branch which was concerned with rear echelons was handled by the Chief Supply and Administration Officer.
- Ludwig Cruwell 9.39-10.39
- Disbanded (to GenQu)
Branch 9/9 Abteilung (Topography)
Topography, the specific responsibility of this branch, was handled by the Chief of Mapping and Survey in the General Staff.
- GenLt Gerlach Hemmerich 1.10.36-8.5.45
Branch 10/10 Abteilung (Operational Planning and maneuvers)
Dealth with manuevers and operational planning. These duties were divided among a number of other agencies of the OKW and OKH, both at field headquarters and at the rear echelon.
- Gen d. Inf Kurt von der Chevallerie 12.10.37-15.8.38
- Gen d Inf Karl Allmendinger 10.11.38-15.10.39
- GenMaj Anton Glasl 15.01.40-2.9.41
- Karl Theodor Koerner 2.9.41-1.42
Second Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister II (O Qu II)
Concerned with training. This function was taken over by the Ersatzheer.
- GenLt Hans Heinrich Sixt von Arnim 11.38-1.9.39
- Gen d. Inf. Karl Heinrich von Stulpnagel 1.9.39-21.10.39
- Disbanded
Branch 4/4 Abteilung (Training)
Was responsible for training within the Theater of Operations; al training in the Zone of the Interior was the under the Chief of Training in the Replacement Army (Chef Ausb)
- Gen d Inf Gunther Blummentritt 11.38-26.8.39
- Gen d. Inf. Hans Krebs 26.8.39-6.10.39
- Gen d Inf Edgar Rohricht 6.10.39-26.10.39
- GenMaj Julius von Bernuth 26.10.40-00.6.41
- Obst Alfred Zerbel 4.9.42-16.2.43
- Obst Hans Richert 1.2.45-8.5.45
Branch 11/11 Abteilung (Schools and Officer Training)
Military schools and officer training which were the functions of this branch were put under the Home Command.
- Gen d Inf Willi Schneckenburger 10.36-1.9.39
- Gen d Inf Hans Krebs 1.9.39-15.12.39
Third Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister III (O Qu III)
This grouping was responsible for organization
- Gen d Inf Otto Stapf 10.11.38-5.11.40
- Disbanded
Branch 2/2 Abteilung (Organization)
This branch was responsible for laying down rules relating to various aspects of organization in the field and, in conjunction with the chiefs of arms and services attached to the General Staff, recommending to the General Army Office (AHA) the issuance of changes in the existing Tables of Organization.
- Gen d. Inf. Walther Buhle 10.11.38-12.1.42
- Gen d. Inf Wilhelm Burgdorf 1.5.42-2.10.42
- GenMaj Burkhardt Muller-Hillebrand 15.4.42-16.10.42
- GenMaj Hellmuth Stieff 26.12.42-7.44 (+Executed 8.8.44)
Branch 8/8 Abteilung (Technical Services)
The function of this branch which was concerned with technical services was taken over by other agencies such as the Chief of Technical Troops under the Chief Supply and Administration Officer.
- Dr. Guderian 9.39-
Fourth Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister IV (O Qu IV)
The intelligence branch. Its two geographical branches were subdivided into various geographical sections which collected and evaluated information and disseminated intelligence regarding the armies of the various countries in the form of printed manuals and periodic reports.
- GenMaj Kurt von Tippelskirch 1.9.39-5.1.41
- GenMaj Gerhard Matzky 5.1.41-10.1.43
Branch 3/3 Abteilung (Frd Heere Ost/Eastern Armies)
- Gen d Inf Eberhard Kinzel 10.11.38-1.5.42
- GenMaj Reinhard Gehlen 1.5.42-10.4.45
Branch 12/12 Abteilung (Frd Heere West/Western Armies)
- GenMaj Ernst von Krause 1.8.32-5.40
- GenMaj Ulrich Liss 15.11.38-1.5.43
- Obst Frhr von Ronne 4.43-1944
- Obst Buerklin 15.8.44-8.5.45
Attachegruppe (AttGr)
- Gen d. Art. Horst von Mellenthin 1.7.37-1.5.43
- Obst Karl Schuchardt 1.5.43-25.8.44
Militarattaches
Bei d. Deutschen Botschaft in Washington u. der Deutschen Gesandschaft in Mexico mit dem Sitz in Washington
- GenLt Friedrich von Boetticher 1.4.33-1.6.42
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Moscau
- GenLt Ernst-August Kostring 1.2.31-31.8.41
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Belgrad
- GenMaj Moritz von Faber du Faur 4.3-9.39
- Gen d. Inf Rudolf Toussaint 1.4.39-00.00.41
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Budapest
- GenLt Theodor Frhr von Wrede 1.10.37-26.10.39
- GenLt Gunther Krappe 26.10.39-1.5.41
- GenLt Friedrich Rabe v. Pappenheim 1.11.41-1.11.43
- Gen d. Inf Hans von Grieffenberg 10.10.43-4.44
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Madrid
- GenLt Gunther Krappe 1.10.41-30.11.42
- GenMaj Walter Bruns 15.10.39-1.10.41
- GenMaj Wilhelm Otzen 1.10.42-18.7.43
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Westkuste Sudamerikas
- GenMaj Friedrich Wolf 1.4.37-8.5.45
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Rom unde der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Tirana mit dem Sitz in Rom
- Gen d Inf Enno von Rintelen 1.10.36-31.8.43
Bei der Deutschen Gesandschaften in Tirana
- Gen d Inf Enno von Rintelen 11.37-4.39
Bei der Deutschen Gesandschaften in mit dem Sitz in Stockholm
- GenLt Bruno v. Uthmann 00.00.37-8.5.45
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Warsaw
- GenLt Kurt Himer 10.11.38-1.9.39
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Ankara u. den Deutschen Gesandtschaften in Athen u. Teheran mit dem Sitz in Ankara
- GenLt Hans Rohde 1.4.36-8.5.45
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Tokio
- Gen d Inf Gerhard Matzky 15.9.38-1.12.40
- GenLt Alfred Kretschmer 1.12.40-8.5.45
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaften in Helsingfors, Riga u. Reval mit dem Sitz in Helsingfors
- GenMaj Horst Rossing 1.4.35-1.2.42 (+Died 1.2.42 Helsingfors/Finnland)
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Prag
- Gen d Inf Rudolf Toussaint 26.7.44-00.00.45
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Bukarest
- GenMaj Carl Wahle 1.8.38-15.10.40
- GenMaj Emil Just 15.10.40-13.10.41
- GenMaj Dr. Karl Spalcke 1.11.40-3.9.44 (POW East)
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Kowno und Riga
- GenMaj Emil Just 15.9.38-31.8.40
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft am Sitze der Nationalen Regierung in Spanien
- Gen d PzTr Hans Frhr von Funck 1.1.39-15.10.39
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in London
- Gen d Art Anton Reichard Frhr von Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim 12.10.37-3.10.39
Bei der Deutschen Geandtschaft in Lissabon mit dem Sitz in Paris
- GenLt Hans-Joachim von Horn 1.12.38-10.9.39
Bei der Deutschen Geandtschaft in Sofia
- GenMaj Hans Bruckmann 1.11.37-19.12.42
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Brusel und der Deutschen Gesandtschaft im Haag mit dem Sitz in Brussel
- Obtlt.Bruckmann
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Bern
- GenMaj Iwan von Ilsemann 1.10.37-30.6.44
- GenLt Hans Joachim von Horn 15. 7.44-8.5.45
Fifth Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister V (O Qu V)
Dealt with military history. This group formerly included special sections for historical research, Army libraries, and Army archives, all of which were transferred in 1942 to the Fuhrer's Official Military Historian.
- Gen d Inf Waldemar Erfurth 26.8.39-12.6.41
- GenLt Hermann Starke 12.6.41-1942
Branch 7/7 Abteilung (Kr Wiss Abt)
Military Science Branch
- GenMaj Walter Scherff 1.4.38-26.8.39
- GenMaj Dipl. Ing. Gerhard Muller 9.39-10.39
- GenLt Alfred Baentsch 7.39-8.39
- GenLt Erich Gudowius 9.39-3.42
Fuhrungsgruppe im GenStdH
Due to the fallout regarding the attempted assasination attempt on Hitler, GenObst Heinz Guderian,who was the head of the Army General Staff at the time, had to fill some gaps in his staff. This was because some were injured in the bomb explosion and others were under arrest. Because of this, he formed a "Command Group" (Fuhrungsgruppe) that included the Operations, Organization, Foreign Armies East, and Fortifications Braches.
- GenLt Walther Wenck 22.7.44-17.2.45
- Gen d Inf Hans Krebs 20.2.45-1.4.45
- GenMaj Erich Dethleffsen
General Army Office, and the General Staff.
Some of the dates may be off or out of sequence. Also, where there is an question mark (?) that means I don't know who held that office.
Perhaps someone else on the forum can fill in the blanks...
Thanks,
Doug
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Heereswaffenamt (H Wa A) Army Weapons Office
Commanders
1934 - 1 March 1938: GL Liese
1 March 1938 - 8 April 1940: Gen d Art. Karl Becker (+Suicide 8.4.40 in Berlin)
16 April 1940 - 1 Feb 1945: GM Emil Leeb
1 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945: Gen d. Inf. Walter Buhle
Stellv Chef Heereswaffenamt
20 July 1931 - 15 March 1941: Gen d Art Dr. Ing. Kurt Waeger
Central Group/Zentral Amtsgruppe des Heereswaffenamts (Wa Z)
1 Oct 1937 - 1 May 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Hartmann
1 Oct 1942 - 1 Sept 1944: GL Dipl. Ing. Paul Schricker
Orgnaization Branch/Organizationsabteilung (Wa Z 1)
Issued directives on organization to subordinate ordnance agencies.
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Administrative Section/Gruppe fur Allgemeine Verwaltungsangelegenheiten (Wa Z 2)
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Branch for Plant Efficiency/Betreibwirtschaftliche Abteilung (Wa Z 3)
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Borschriftenabteilung (Wa Z 4)
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Branch for Housing, Construction, and Guard Matters/Abteilung fur Allgemeine Unterbringungs-,Bau und Uberwachungsangelegenheiten (Wa Z 6)
Responsible for the acquisition of premises and the construction and patrolling of Army Ordnance Office buildings.
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Development and Testing Group/Amtsgruppe fur Entwicklung und Prufung (Wa Pruf)
This group was responsible for the development and testing of ordnance equipment for all arms and services. Besides certain subdivisions which had special fields, there were those that dealt with ordnance equipment of each combat arm; the numbers assigned to these branches correspond mostly to those of the inspectorates of the same arm in the General Army Office.
10 Nov 1938 - 12 Aug 1941: GM Dipl. Ing. Walther Koch
1 Nov 1944 - 9 May 1945: GenLt Dipl. Ing. Richard John
Ballistic and Ammunition Branch/Ballistische und Munitionabteilung (Wa Pruf 1)
Responsible for the development and testing of all types of ammunition. Divided into various sections dealing with ammunition of the different arms, special types of ammunition, firing tables, explosives, and other special technical matters connected with projectiles.
Obst Geist
15 Aug 1938 - 20 June 1940: GL Erich Dipl. Ing. Schneider
12 March 1942 - 24 Nov 1942: GL Erich Dipl. Ing. Schneider
1 June 1943 - 28 Dec 1944: GL Erich Dipl. Ing. Schneider
1943: GM Dipl. Ing. Eugen Kurz
1 Aug 1937 - 15 Nov 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Paul Schurmann
1 July 1944 - 1 Nov 1944: GenLt Dipl. Ing. Richard John
Infantry Branch/Infantrieabteilung (Wa Pruf 2)
1 Feb 1937 - 15 Nov 1940: Oberst Dipl. Ing. Friedrich-Wilhelm John
16 Nov 1940 - 20 April 1942: GM Dipl. Ing. Paul Dreckmann
20 April 1942 - 20 April 1944: GM Dipl. Ing. Friedrich Kittel
Artillery Branch/Artillerieabteilung (Wa Pruf 4)
1 Oct 1936 - 6 March 1942: GM Hans Wulz
Obst Wohlermann
Abteilung Chefkonstrukteur (Wa Pruf 3)
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Engineer and Railway Engineer Branch/Pionier und Eisenbahn-Pionierabteilung (Wa Pruf 5)
6 Oct 1936 - 12 Nov 1940: GL Gustav Boehringer 6.10.36-12.11.40
12 Nov 1940 - 22 Nov 1941: GM Dr. Dipl. Ing. Friedrich Stammbach
1944 - 8 May 1945: GM Dr. Dipl. Ing. Friedrich Stammbach
Fortress Engineer Branch/Festungspionierabteilung (Wa Pruf Fest)
Obst Bernhardt
Panzer and Motorized Equipment Branch/Panzer und Motorisierungsabteilung (Wa Pruf 6)
12 Oct 1937 - 15 Sept 1942: GL Sebastian Fichtner
1 July 1942 - 1 Oct 1944: GM Friedrich Holzhauser
Signal Branch/Nachrichtenabteilung (Wa Pruf 7)
April 1936 - March 1938: Willy Gimmler
Branch for Optical, Survey, Meteorological, Artillery Fire Control, and Map-Printing Equipment/Abteilung fur Optik, Messwesen, Heereswetterdienst, Feuerleitung und Kartendruck (Wa Pruf
1 Oct 1937 - 15 July 1940: GL Wilhelm Weidinger
1 Oct 1940 - 20 May 1943: GM Walter Beisswanger
May 1943 - Feb 1944: GM Dipl. Ing. Josef Rossmann
Gas Protection Branch/Gasschutzabteilung (Wa Pruf 9)
1 Feb 1938 - 28 March 1942: GM Dipl Ing. Oskar Schmidt
Army Gas Protection laboratories at Spandau/Heeres Gasschutzlaboratorium Spandau
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Flugabwehrabt. (Wa Pruf 10)/Became Wa Pruf (BuM) 10 in 7.44
Feb 1944 - Jan 1945: GM Dipl. Ing. Josef Rossmann
Special Equipment Branch/Abteilung fur Sondergerat (Wa Pruf 11)
July 1935 - Jan 1944: GM Walter Dornberger
Jan 1944 - 8 May 1945: GM Dipl. Ing. Leo Zanssen
Wa Pruf 11/II
GM Dipl.Ing. Leo Zanssen
Wa Pruf 11/VI
Jan 1939: MinRat G. Schubert
Branch for Proving Grounds/Abteilung fur Versuchsplatz (Wa Pruf 12)
1939: Obst (W) Bohm
Group for Weapons and Equipment Manufacture/Amtsgruppe fur Industrielle Rustung - Waffen und Gerat (Wa I Ru-W u G)
This group is responsible for the procurement of all ordnance material except ammunition. Its main function was the placing of orders with industry. Here too the numbers of the branches mostly corresponded to those of inspectorates of the same branch of service in the General Army Office.
10 May 1938 - 12 Aug 1940: GM Erich Stud 10.5.38-12.8.40
1 Feb 1940 - 3 Feb 1944: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Philipps
1 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Philipps
Branch for General Army Equipment/Abteilung Allgemeines Heeresgerat (Wa I Ru W u G 1)
Handled all types of equipment, including medical and veterinary.
15 Oct 1935 - 2 March 1942: GM Alfons Ruggenmann
Weapons Branch/Waffenabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 2)
Divided into sections responsible for weapons of the various arms.
6 Oct 1936 - 6 May 1940: GM Walter Dipl. Ing. Hillert
6 May 1940 - 13 Sept 1943: GM Dr. Ing. habil Hans Leyhers
Wa I Ru W u G 3
6 Oct 1936 - 31 July 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Karl Hernekamp
1 April 1939 - 31 Aug 1942: GL Dipl. Ing. Hans Junck
Engineer, Railway Engineer, and Fortress Equipment Branch/Pionier, Eisenbahnpionier, und Festungs-Geratabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 5)
1939: Major Muller (m.W.b.)
Tanks and Tractors Branch/Panzerkampfwagen und Zugkraftwagen Abteilung
(Wa I Ru W u G 6)
1 Oct 1937 - 1 July 1940: GM Karl Zukertort
1 Oct 1940 - 14 Jan 1942: GL Dipl. Ing. Josef Schroetter
14 Jan 1942 - 10 July 1944: GM Dipl. Ing. Oskar Audorsch
Signal Equipment Branch/Nachrichtengerat Abteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 7)
10 Nov 1938 - 15 May 1942: GM Wilhelm Schindke
March 1945: GM Dipl. Ing. Felix Meissner
Optical and Precision Instruments Branch/Abteilung fur optisches und feinmechanisches Gerat (Wa I Ru W u G 8/ZO)
Organisationsabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G/8)
1 Oct 1937 - 1 May 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Hartmann
Pulver und Sprengstoff Fabrikationsabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 9)
1939: MinRat Dr. Zahn
Betriebswirtschaftliche Abteilung (Wa I Ru 10)
1939: MinRat Dr. Zeidelnack
Motor Vehicle Equipment Branch/Kraftwagengerateabteilung (Wa I Ru W u G 12)
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Group for Ammunition Manufacture/Amtsgruppe fur Industrielle Rustung - Munition (Wa I Ru Mun)
This group was responsible for all ordnance equipment.
15 Jan 1940 - 1 Aug 1940: GenLt Dipl. Ing. Karl Hernekamp
1 Aug 1940 - 8 May 1945: GM Dipl. Ing. Hans Henrici
Ammunition Branch 1/Muntionsabteilung 1 (Wa I Ru Mun 1)
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Ammunition Branch 2/Muntionsabteilung 2 (Wa I Ru Mun 2)
1 Feb 1940 - 22 April 1941: GM Dipl. Ing. Bernhard Heydenreich
Ammunition Branch 3/Muntionsabteilung 3 (Wa I Ru Mun 3)
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Ammunition Branch 4/Muntionsabteilung 4 (Wa I Ru Mun 4)
1944: Obtlt Soika
Ammunition Branch 5/Muntionsabteilung 5 (Wa I Ru Mun 5)
1944: Obst Herbst
Muntionsabteilung z.b.V. (Wa i Ru Mun zbV)
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Acceptance Group/Amtsgruppe fur Abnahme (Wa Abn)
Responsible for seeing that all ordnance material is manufactured according to specifications and for accepting it on behalf of the Army. It controls the Acceptance Inspectors (Abnahmeinspizienten) located in each Wehrkreis. It was composed of a Central Branch and Branches 1 and 2.
1939: Obst Lindig
Zentralabteilung
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1 und 2 Abteilung
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Heeresabnahmeinspezienten
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Chief Ordnance Engineer Group/Amtsgruppe Chefingenieur
(Wa Chef Ing)
This group contained various technical branches which design and supervise the manufacture of certain ordnance parts.
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Chief Designer's Branch/Chefkonstrukteur (Wa Chef Ing 1)
Contained a section which maintained a liaison with the Reich Patent Office. (Reichspatenamt)
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Pig Iron Branch/Halbzeugstelle (Wa Chef Ing 3/Hz)
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The Manufacture Branch/Fabrikationsabteilung (Wa Chef Ing 4)
Contained various sections for studying methods of manufacture of weapons, vehicles, and other equipment.
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The Machine Recording Branch/Maschinelles Berichtswesen (Wa Chef Inf 5 M B)
Responsible for punch-card machines and other mechanical office aids.
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Section for the Manufacture of Machine Tools, Gauges, and Tools/Fabrikationsgruppe Werkzeugmaschinen, Lehren und Werkzeuge (Wa Chef Ing 6)
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Section for the Manufacture of Ammunition/Fabrikationsgruppe Muntion (Wa Chef Ing 7)
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Group for Anti-Aircraft Artillery/Amtsgruppe fur Flakenwicklung (GL/Flak E)
1 Sept 1939 - 25 June 1942: GM Hermann Mertitsch (LW)
25 June 1942 - 12 Sept 1944: Gen d Flak Otto Wilhelm von Renz (LW)
15 May 1943 - April 1945: Obstlt. Wener Knublauch
Branch for Ballistics and Development of Antiaircraft Ammunition/Abteilung fur Ballistik und Entwicklung der Flakmuntion (GL/Flak-E/1)
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Branch for the Development of Antiaircraft Equipment/Abteilung fur Gerateentwicklung (GL/Flak E/2)
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Branch for Technical and General Matters/Abteilung fur technische und allgemeine Angelegenheiten (GL/Flak-E/3)
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Branch for Weapons Development/Abteilung fur Waffenentwicklung (GL/Flak-E/4)
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Antiaircraft Armament Branch/Abteilung Flakrustung (GL/Flak-Ru)
March 1942 - 1945: Obstlt Dr. Halder
15 Jan 1943 - ?: Obst Nieper
Ordnance Research Branch/Forschungsabteilung (Wa F)
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Beauftragter des Heereswaffenamts fur Vereinheitlichung von Waffen und Munition
2 March 1941 - 1 July 1944: GenMaj z.V. Ing. Wilhelm Junck
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Heeresverwaltungsamt (H V A) - Army Administration Office
Commanders
1 March 1934 - 15 Sept 1939: Gen d Inf Friedrich Karmann (+Died in Berlin)
18 Sept 1939 - 1 Nov 1944: Gen d Inf Herbert Osterkamp
Group for Officials and Civilian Workers/Amtsgruppe Allgemeine Heeresbeamten, Angestellten-, Arbeiter und Kassenangelegenheiten (Ag V I)
Responsible for personnel administration and pay for Armed Forces officials, salaried workers, and wage earners.
Commander:
Feb 1938 - Dec 1944: GenInt Dr. Heinrich Geier
?- 8 May 1945: GenStabsInt Dr. Wilhelm Weber (+Suicide)
Branch for Army Officials/Heeresabeamtenabteilung (V I)
1 Sept 1939 - 8 May 1945: GeneralOberstabsIntendant Walter Wandersleben
Branch for Civilian Workers/Abteilung fur Gefolgeschaftsangelegenheiten des Heeres (V
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Branch for Army Accounts and Pay of Officials/Heereskassen und Beamtenbesoldungsabteilung (V 9)
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Cashier of the OKH/Amtskasse des Oberkommandos des Heeres (AK - OKH)
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Pay and Allowance Department of the OKH/Gebuhrnisstelle des Oberkommandos des Heeres (G St OKH)
Handled pay and allowances of military personnel and Armed Forces officials in the OKH.
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Wage and Salary Office/Lohnstelle des Oberkommandos des Heeres (Lohnst OKH)
Had sectons concerned with salaried employees, wage earners, and various types of pay deductions.
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Accounting Offices of the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army/Zahlmeistereien I - IV des Ch H Rust u BdE
Had four accounting officies carrying the Roman numerals I to IV.
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Group for Real Estate, Agriculture, and Forests/Amtsgruppe Liegenschaften, Land, und Forstwirtschaft (Ag V II)
GeneralstabsIntendant Friedrich Steffens (+Died in Russian captivity 1947)
Branch for Real Estate of Garrisons and Procurement of Quarters/Abteilung fur Liegenschaften der Standorte und Wohnungsfursorge (V 2)
GeneralIntendant Friedrich Pauer
Heeres Unterkunfts und Truppenubungsplatzverwaltung (V 3)
GeneralIntendant Ferdinand Winter
Branch for the Administration of Maneuver Areas/Abteilung fur Verwaltung von Ubungsplatzen (V 6)
GeneralIntendant Dr. Erich Knittenscheid
Army Forestry Branch/Heeresforst und Jagdabteilung (V 10)
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Heeresforstaufsichtsamt I Berlin
Heeresforstaufsichtsamt II Wiesbaden
Heeresforstaufsichtsamt III Linz
Heeresforstaufsichtsamt IV Litzmannstadt
Rations and Procurement Group/Amtsgruppe Heeresverpflegungs und Beschaffungswesen (Ag V III)
Responsible for the procurement and administration of rations.
1939: Generalstabsintendant Geh.Reg.Rat. Pieszcek
25 Nov 1942 - May 1945: Generalstabsintendant Walter Boesler
Heereverpflegungsabteilung (einschl. Lebensmittelforschung)
Heeresbeschaffungsabteilung (V 5)
Generalintendant Paul Heufer
Verpflegungsinpezient im OKH (Verpfl Insp OKH)
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Construction Group/Amtsgruppe Bau (Ag V IV)
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Branch for Administration of Army Construction/Heeresbauverwaltungsabteilung (V 4)
1939: MinRat Zieseniss
Branch for Army Construction Activities/Heeresbauwirtschaftsabteilung (V 7)
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Budget Group/Amtsgruppe Haushalts und Besoldungswesen (Ag Haushalt)
This group was formed in February 1944 by an amalgamation of four independent branches connected with budget and finance matters. Up to August 1944 it was immediately under the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army; it was placed under the control of the Chief of the Army Administration Office.
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Army Budget Branch/Heeres-Haushaltsabteilung (H Haush)
Sept 1935 - Sept 1939: Herbert Osterkamp
Central Branch in the OKH/Zentralabteilung im OKH (Chef H Rust u BdE -Z)
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Army Pay Branch/Heeresbesoldungsabteilung (H Bes Abt)
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Army Finance Branch/Heeres Finanzierungsabteilung
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Inspector General for Potential Officers and Noncommissioned Officers/Generalinspekteur dur den Fuhrernachwuchs des Heeres (G I F)
Formerly the Inspector of Army (Training and Education (In EB); renamed and broadened in scope and authority in March 1944. Subordinate to the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army. He is responsible for the uniform recruiting, National Socialist instruction and guidance, and uniform training of all potential officers and noncommissioned officers (Fuhrernachwuchs). He was in charge of all officer candidate and noncommissioned officer schools and methods of instruction, particularly the political aspects.
1 March 1944 - 1 Oct 1944: Gen d Inf Karl-Wilhelm Specht
1 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945: GM Vollrath von Hellermann
31 Jan 1942 - June 1942: GM Wener Heyden
Branch for the Procurement of Leaders/Abteilung Heeresnachwuchs (Abt H N)
This branch was independent up to 1944 but became subordinate to the Inspector General for Potential Officers and Noncommissioned Officers when he was appointed. This branch represents the Army in dealing with other services and agencies in all questions concerning the procurement of leaders.
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Cadet School Branch/Abteilung Kriegsschulen (Abt K S)
Previously called Inspectorate 1 (In 1) and directly under the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army. Administers all officer candidate schools.
4 Feb 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Gen d. Art Fritz Brand
Noncommissioned Officer School Branch/Abteilung Unteroffzier Vorschulen und Schulen
(U S)
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Inspector of Army Officer Procurement Offices/Inspkteur der Annahmestellen fur die Offizierbewerber des Heeres (Insp d Annst)
Set up in 1943 as an independent agency in the Army Personnel Office; transferred to the control of the Inspector General for Potential Officer and noncommisisoned officers in 1944. Controlled the officer candidate acceptance centers located in each Wehrkries.
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Signal Communications Branch of the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army/Nachrichtenbetriebsabteilung des Ch H Rust u BdE
Contained a telephone operating company, a telegraph company, a signal exploitation company, and a radio transmitter center.
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Army Raw Materials Branch/Heeres Rohstoffabteilung (H Ro)
Charged with the procurement of raw materials for the OKH. Formerly a subordinate unit of the Army Ordnance Office (Rohstoffstelle OKH-Wa Chef Ing 2/Wa Ro), it was made an independent branch in 1942.
1944: Obst von Bomhard
Army Map Service/Heeresplankammer (H P K)
Contained a foreign maps branch, and a map production branch.
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Army Technical Bureau/Heerestechnisches Buro (H T B)
Was a staff of engineers at the disposal of the OKH.
1945: MinRat Dr. Leinweber
Wietere Behorden und Dienststellen des OKH
Befehlshaber Sonderstab OKH I - IV
Auffrischungsstab Ost
GL Haarde (m.F.b.)
Gruppe Heeresflieger (beim Chef Ausb)
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Stabstruppen des OKH
Komdt. Fu H Qu (1 Pz Spah Zug, 2 Zuge Krdschtz., 2 Wachzuge, 1 Pakzug)
Kdr. d. Generalstabslehrgange Berlin
8 Oct 1940 - 9 May 1941: Obst i.G. Hermann Foertsch
20 Feb 1941 - 31 Dec 1942: GM Weckmann
Kriegsakademie
Gen Curt Liebmann
1 Jan 1943 - 31 May 1944: GM Weckmann
1 June 1944 - May 1945: Gen d. Art Speth
Evangelischer Feldbischof d. Wehrmacht
1 April 1934 - 22 April 1945: Evangelischer Feldbischof D. h.c. Franz Dohrmann
Katholischer Feldbischof d. Wehrmacht
20 Feb 1938 - 6 Feb 1945: Kath. Feldbischof Franz Justus Rarkowski
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Allgemeinens Heersamt (AHA) - General Army Office
Commanders
1 Sept 1939 - 14 Feb 1940: GenObst Friedrich Fromm
14 Feb 1942 - 20 July 1944: Gen d Inf Friedrich Olbricht (+Executed in Berlin)
1 Aug 1944 - 8 May 1945: Gen d Art. Walter Keiner
Stellv Chef Allgemeinens Heersamt
15 Feb 1940 - 1 March 1941: Gen d. Kav. Karl Erick Koehler
1 March 1941 - ?: Oberst Hellmuth d. G. Reinhard
Staff/Stab AHA Zentralabteilung (Z)
The staff of the General Army Office is a central agency which approves the publications written by subordinate units and issues tables of organization, tables of equipment, manuals, and other publications.
Sept 1939: GenStInt Kuthe
Army Regulations Administration/Heeres Druckvorschriftenverwaltung (DHvV)
Sept 1939: Obstlt. (E) Munster
Stab fur Bekleidung (Stab/Bkl) Army Clothing Department
This section issues all directives on clothing and uniforms
6 Oct 1936 - 1 Aug 1943: GenMaj Karl Boettger
Sonderstab A
This section is concerned with technical developoments in weapons and equipment.
Kurierstelle
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Wirtschaftsstelle OKH I und II
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Burodirekteur BdE
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Sonderstabs Tropen
15 June 1941 - 15 May 1943: GenLt Heinrich Kirchheim
Sonderstabes C
15 May 1943 - 1 April 1945: GenLt Heinrich Kirchheim
Inspectorates of Arms and Services/Waffenabteilung
Infantry Branch/Infantrieabteilung (In 2)
Attached to the Infantry Branch is the Senior Infantry Officer for Land Fortifications (Hoh Inf Offz fur die Landesbef) who is directly subordinate to the Chief of the General Army Office. He assists the Chief Engineer and Fortifications Officer (Inspector of Fortifications) (Insp Fest) at the Army General Staff in fortification matters concerning the infantry.
1 July 1939 - 15 Nov 1940: GenMaj Otto Herfurth
1 May 1938 - 1 May 1942: Gen d Inf. Friedrich Roesse
15 Nov 1940 - 14 Aug 1942: GenMaj Hans Hammer
1 July 1942 - 1 July 1944: GenMaj Hans Joachim von Stotzmann
Chef des Stabes der Inspektion der Infanterie
1 Sept 1934 - 10 Oct 1939: Oberst Erich Jaschke
Hoherer Infanterie Offizier fur die Landbesfestungen (Hoh Inf Offz fur die Landesbef)
15 March 1942 - 1 Oct 1942: GenMaj Alfred Thomas
Riding and Driving Branch/Abteilung Reit und Fahrwesen (In 3)
Concerned with the training of men who handle horses as riders or drivers.
24 Nov 1938 - 4 Dec 1939: Gen d PzTr. Willibald Frhr von Langermann u Erlencamp
15 Feb 1940 - 15 Dec 1940: GenMaj Hewelke
1 Feb 1941 - 1945: GenLt Erich Weingart (+Suicide)
1 May 1945 - 8 May 1945: Oberst Hans-Heinrich Hamann
Stellv Chef Reit und Fahrwesen
Oberst Hamann
Artillery Group/Amtsgruppe Artillerie (Ag Art)
Formed in July 1944 to control the following two inspectorates:
1 July 1944 - 1 Nov 1944: GenMaj Gerhard Huther
Artillery Branch/Artillerieabteilung (In 4)
1 Nov 1938 - 1 Sept 1939: GenLt Walter Petzel
23 Sept 1939 - Nov 1939: Gen d Art Rudolf Frhr von Roman
13 Jan 1940 - 26 Nov 1941: GenLt Hugo Beisswanger
10 Dec 1941 - 1943: GenMaj Gerhard Huther
1 Nov 1944 - 1 Feb 1945: GenMaj Dipl. Ing. Arthur Zierold
Heeres Flakartillerieabteilung (In 13)
1 Feb 1941 - 1 Aug 1944: GenLt Wilhelm Weidinger
Engineer Branch/Pionierabteilung (In 5)
Chief
15 June 1941 - 1 Aug 1943: GenLt Franz Gieger
Chief of Staff:
12 Oct 1937 - 15 June 1941: Oberst Gerhard Jordan
Inspectorate of Fortifications/Inspektion der Festungen (In Fest)
Concerned with the training of fortress engineers
24 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: GenLt Alfred Jacob
Chief of Staff:
10 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Oberst Erwin Jaenecke
Abt. Chef Landebesfestigung
5 Dec 1940 - 1 May 1943: GenMaj Otto Biermann
Insp. f. Landesbefestigung West
Aug 1940 - Feb 1944: GenLt Rudolf Schmetzer
1 Feb 1944 - 21 March 1945: GenLt Rene Eberle
21 March 1945 - ?: GenLt Walther Wollmann
Hoh Inf Offz Landebefestigung West
1 Oct 1942 - 25 March 1943: GenMaj Alfred Thomas
Hoh. Pi. Offz Landebefestigung West
GenLt Dennerlein
Insp. f. Landesbefestigung Ost
1 Aug 1940 - 1 Oct 1943: GenLt Walther Wollmann
25 Sept 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Ing. Otto Kliscz
Hoh. Pi. Offz Landebefestigung Ost
24 Nov 1938 - 1 Aug 1940: GenLt Walther Wollmann
15 March 1939 - 26 Aug 1939: Oberst Rene Eberle
Insp. f. Landesbefestigung Norwegen
12 Dec 1941 - 16 Oct 1942: GenLt Georg Rosenbusch
Insp. f. Landesbefestigung SudWest
19 Oct 1944 - 2 May 1945: GenMaj Stephen Bulowius
Panzer Troop Branch/Abteilung Panzertruppe (In 6)
This branch was transferred to the control of the Inspector General of Panzer Troops (Gen Insp d Pz Tr) when that office was created in 1943.
1 Nov 1938 - ?: GenLt Adolf von Schell
1 May 1941 - 31 March 1943: GenMaj Hans Voigt
1 Jan 1940 - 9 June 1943?: GenMaj Reinhard Gothsche
Chef des Stabs der Inspektion der Panzertruppen
18 Feb 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Dipl. Ing. Ernest Bolbrinker
Signal Group/Amtsgruppe Nachrichtenwesen (created 12.43)
Formed in December 1943 with the expansion of Inspectorate 7. Was controlled by the Chief of Training (Chef Ausb) as well as the General Army Office.
26 Aug 1939 - 20 July 1944: Gen d NachTr. Erich Fellgebel
20 July 1944 - 18 April 1945: GenMaj Wilhelm Arnold
Stellv Chef Nachrichtenwesen
1 Oct 1936 - 1 April 1942: GenLt Fritz Thiele
Signal Branch/Nachrichtentruppen Abteilung (In 7)
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Signal Equipment Branch/Nachrichtengerat Abteilung (N Ger Abt)
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Army Communications Branch/Heeresnachrichtenverbindungs Abteilung (HNV)
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Supply Branch/Abteilung Nachschubtruppen/Inspekteur der Fahrtruppen (In
Attached to this branch is the Senior Officer of Administrative Troops (Hoh Off d Verw Tr). It was responsible for the uniform training of the administrative troops in the Replacement Army under the directives of the Chief of Training.
24 Nov 1938 - 1 July 1939: GenMaj Georg Carp
26 Aug 1939 - 1 May 1943: GenLt Wilhelm Adam
1 May 1943 - 30 April 1945: GenLt Rudolf Trauch
Senior Officer of Administrative Troops/Hoherer Offizier der Verwaltungstruppen (Hoh Offz d Verw. Tr)
1 April 1942 - 30 April 1943: GenMaj Karl Boesser
15 May 1943 - 1 April 1944: GenMaj Carl Wilke
Chemical Warfare and Air Raid Protection Branch/Abteilung Nebeltruppe, Gasabwehr und Luftschutz (In 9)
1 May 1936 - 1 Sept 1939: GenMaj Edgar Theisen
Oberst Herbert Selle
1 Sept 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Ernst Graewe
Stellv Chef Insp. d Nebeltruppen
1 May 1936 - 1 Sept 1940: GenLt Hermann Ochsner
Railway Engineer Branch/Eisenbahnpionier Abteilung (In 10)
24 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: GenLt Alfred Jacob
1 Dec 1940 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Otto Will
Branch for Technical Troops/Abteilung Technische Truppen (In 11)
31 May 1941 - 8 May 1945: Oberst/GenMaj Erich Hampe
Group of the Chief Motor Transport Officer/General des Kraftfahrwesens (Gen d Kfw)
Formally called Chief of Motorization (Gen d. Mot). The Chief Motor Transport Officer, in addition to being responsible for all motor transport in the field, also controlled the following agencies in the General Army Office.
10 Sept 1942 - 15 Feb 1944: Gen d. PzTr. Friedrich Kuhn (+Killed in Berlin airraid)
1944 - 1 June 1944: GenLt Dipl. Ing. Josef Schroetter
1 June 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Kurt Cuno
Motor Transport Branch/Abteilung Kraftfahrwesen (In 12)
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Chief of Motor Repair/Chef des Instandsetzzungswesens (Chef Inst)
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Senior Motor Maintenance Troop Officer/Hoherer Offizier der Kraftfahrparktruppen (Hoh Offz d Kf Pk Tr)
This officer supervises the training of motor maintenance troops in the Replacement Army
and his position is equivalent to that of an inspector.
2 Nov 1941 - 1 March 1944: GenMaj Peter-Paul Petersen
Medical Inspectorate/Heeres Sanitatsinspektion (H San Insp)
This inspectorate also contained the staff of the Chief Army Medical Inspector (H San Insp) and is equivalent to a group.
June 1940 - Sept 1944: Dr. Prof Siegfried Handloser
Personnel Branch/Personalabteilung (S In/Per)
1940 - 1 March 1941: Obstarzt Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt
1 March 1941 - 21 Oct 1944: Genarzt Dr. Wilhelm Folsch
Organization Branch/Organisationsabteilung (S In/Org)
Sept 1940 - May 1943: Dr. Hans Hartleben
May 1943 - 8 May 1945: Obstarzt Dr. Joedicke
Branch for Medical Science and Hygiene/Abteilung fur Wissenschaft und Gesundheitsfuhrung (S In/WiG)
1 Sept 1940 - 1 April 1942: Genarzt Prof. Dr. Hans Muller
1 April 1942 - 1 Sept 1943: Genarzt Dr. Walter Schrieber
1 Sept 1943 - 8 May 1945: Obstarzt Prof. Dr. Dr. Deist
Veterinary Inspectorate/Veterinarinspektion (V In)
This inspectorate also contained the staff of the Chief Veterinary Inspector (Vet Insp)
April 1938 - June 1944: Prof. Dr. Kurt Schulze
Ordnance Inspectorate/Feldzeuginspektion (Fz In)
The head of this inspectorate also held the position of Chief Army Ordance Officer (Heerefeldzeugmeister). As such, he controlled the entire system of ordnance depots in Germany.
Oct 1937 - Aug 1943: Gen d Art. Theodor Geib
7 Feb 1944 - 1 May 1945: GenLt Hans Bomers
Engineer Troop Inspectorate (In T)
Sept 1939 - May 1945: GenLt Phillip Linn
Group for Replacement and General Troop Matters/Amtsgruppe Ersatzwesen und Allegemeine Truppenangelegenheiten (AHA/ Ag E Tr)
This group had generally the same responsibilities toward enlisted personnel as the Army Personnel Office (PA) has toward officers, except that it does not concern itself with individuals. It established policies and issued directives on all types of personnel matters. Until the summer of 1943, it included the Replacement Branch (Abt E), which had since been incorporated into the Conscription and Recruiting Office (W E A) in the OKW.
1 May 1937 - 10 Jan 1940: GenLt Gerhard Kauffmann
10 Jan 1940 - 1 Oct 1943: GenLt Karl Edelmann
1 Sept 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Alfred Weidemann
Replacement Branch/Abt Ersatzwesen (Abt E)
12 Oct 1937 - 25 Sept 1939: GenLt Karl Burdach
Branch for General Troop Matters/Abt fur allgemeine Truppenangelegenheiten (Tr Abt)
This was the most important branch in the group. It issued all types of orders to the troops, such as transfer regulations, promotion policies, and regulations regarding welfare and personal affairs. It included a penal section, a section for noncommissioned officer affairs, and a section for German prisoners of war in Alled hands.
1 Oct 1939 - 25 Aug 1940: GenMaj Georg Zwade
Chaplains Section/Gruppe Seelsorge (Gr S)
1939: MinDr. Senftleben
Branch for Billets and Maneuver Areas/Abt. Unterkunft und Truppenubungsplatz
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Army Judge Advocate General's Group/Amtsgruppe Heeresrechtwesen (AHA/Ag HR Wes)
Contained a Judge Advocate's branch (HR) and a legal section (Just)
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Judge Advocate Branch/Heeresrechtsabteilung (H R)
1939: Minrat Otto Neumann
July 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenStRicht Hans Bockelberg
Legal Section/Feldjustizabteilung (Just)
? - 20 July 1944: GenStRicht Dr. Karl Sack
Unit Inactivation Staff/Abwicklungstab
After Stalingrad an inactivation staff was set up to liquidate the affairs of units which were destroyed in the Sixth Army. It later was expanded to deal with those destroyed in Army Group Afrika. In the summer of 1944 this staff was made a permanent part of the High Command structure, with the mission of inactivating all units destroyed on any front. It took charge of any remaining funds which were the property of such units.
10 Jan 1945 - 8 May 1945: Obstlt Gunther Braun
Heeres-Bekleidungsabt. (1939 bei Ag EH)
1 Jan 1940 - 1 April 1944: GenMaj Christoph Stengel
6 Oct 1936 - 1 Aug 1943: GenMaj Karl Bottger
Demobilization Branch/Abteilung Demobilmachung (Abt Demob)
Issued rules and directives for future demobilization
25 June 1940 - 1 Oct 1940: GenLt Alfred Gause
1 Feb 1941 - 9 April 1941: GenLt Gerhard Kuehne
Chief of Army Museums/Chef der Heeresmuseen (Chef Heer Mus)
4 May 1942 - 1 Oct 1943: GenMaj Dr. Rudolf Puhringer
1 Oct 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Albrecht Brand
Chief of Tranining in the Replacement Army/Chef des Ausbildungswesens im Ersatzheer (Chef Ausb)
Appointed in October 1942, this officer is immediately subordinate to the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army. He controlled all training conducted within the Replacement Army, using as his representatives the inspectors of arms and services (Waffeninspekteure) listed below. Through these inspectors he utilitzed the facilities of the inspectorates of the corresponding arms and services in the General Army Office for working out the details of training programs and methods, the issuance of directives and manuals, and other paperwork.
Commader:
15 Sept 1942 - 31 Jan 1945: Gen d Pi. Walter Kuntze
Inspektion des Erziehungs-und Bildungswesens
1 Dec 1943 - 1 March 1944: Gen d Inf. Karl-Wilhelm Specht
Stellv Inspektion des Erziehungs-und Bildungswesens
19 April 1941 - 1 Dec 1942: Gen d. Geb Friedrich Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach
1 Dec 1942 - Nov 1943: Gen d. Inf Ludwig Wolff
Chef der Abteilung fur Unteroffiziersschulen
1 Feb 1941 - 1 March 1943: Oberst Werner Heyden
Waffeninspekteure:
Inspector of Infantry/Inspekteur der Infantrie (Insp d Inf)
26 Aug 1939 - 1 May 1942: Gen d Inf. Friedrich Roese
1 May 1942 - 25 Jan 1945: GenLt Wilhelm Bohnstedt
25 Jan 1945 - May 1945: GenLt Karl Ludwig Rhein
Hoherer Infanterie Offizier 1 in Posen
1 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Karl Kruger
Hoherer Infanterie Offizier 2 in Hannover
15 July 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Karl Klockenbring
HohKavOffz in Potsdam
1 Dec 1944: Oberst von Bischoffshausen
Inspector of Riding and Driving/Inspekteur der Reit und Fahrwesens (Insp Reit u Fahrw)
Aug 1939 - Dec 1939: Gen d PzTr. Willibald Frhr von Langermann u. Erlenkamp
15 Feb 1940 - 15 Dec 1940: GenLt Georg Hewelke
1 Feb 1941 - 1 May 1945: GenLt Erich Weingart
1 May 1945 - ?: Oberst Hans Heinrich Hamann
Inspector of Artillery/Inspekteur der Artillerie (Insp d Art)
Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Walter Petzel
26 Aug 1939 - 31 May 1944: Gen d Art Otto Grun
1 June 1944 - May 1945: GenLt Werner Forst
Hoherer Artillerie Offizier fur die Landbesfestungen (Hoh Art Offz fur die Landesbef)
4 Feb 1938 - 26 March 1941: GenLt Ernst Goettke
Hoherer Offizier d. Art. Beob. Truppen
26 Aug 1939 - 14 Jan 1940: Oberst Karl Ludwig Meyer
Hoherer Artillerie Offizier I in Konigsberg
10 Sept 1943 - 5 Jan 1944: GenMaj von Gallwitz
5 Jan 1944 - ?: GenMaj Karl Meltzer
Hoherer Artillerie Offizier II in Weimar
10 Sept 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Martin Hartmann
Hoherer Artillerie Offizier III in Frankfurt/M
25 Sept 1943 - 27 March 1944: GenMaj Angelo Muller
27 March 1944 - ?: GenMaj Max Winkler
Inspector of Army Antiaircraft Troops/Inspekteur der Heeresflaktruppen (Insp H Flak)
1 Feb 1944 - 1 Aug 1944: GenLt Wilhelm Weidinger
1 Aug 1944 - May 1945: GenLt Eugon Wossner
Inspector of Engineers and Railway Engineers/Inspekteur der Pioniere und Eisenbahnpionier (Insp d Pi u. Eisb Pi)
2 Sept 1939 - 31 Oct 1941: GenLt Hermann Hopff
15 Oct 1942 - 1 Aug 1944: GenLt Martin Dehmel
1 Aug 1944 - 5 Jan 1945: GenLt Oskar Cantzler
5 Jan 1945 - ?: GenLt Dr. Wilhelm Meise
Hoherer Pionier Offz 1
15 Oct 1935 - 1 April 1936: Oberst Alfred Jacob
1 April 1936 - 10 Nov 1938: Oberst Martin Dehmel
15 March 1940 - 5 March 1942: GenMaj Wilhelm Runge
5 March 1942 - 20 July 1942: GenMaj Georg von Majewski
17 Oct 1942 - 1 Dec 1943: Oberst Wagner Hohenlobbese
1 Dec 1943 - ?: Oberst Thieme-Garmann
Hoherer Pionier Offz 2
15 March 1940 - 23 July 1940: GenLt Otto Schaum
23 July 1940 - 25 Feb 1941: GenMaj Fritz Schoenfelder
25 Feb 1941 - 25 Oct 1941: GenMaj Paul Hermann
15 Jan 1942 - 5 Feb 1942: Oberst Dietrich von Schlieben
15 June 1942 - 1 May 1943: GenMaj Hans Bessel
1 May 1943 - ?: Oberst Bingmann
Hoherer Pionier Offz 3
15 March 1940 - 1 Oct 1940: GenMaj Alfred Thomas
1 Oct 1940 - 1 June 1942: GenLt Friedrich Kuckein
1 June 1942 - 22 March 1943: GenMaj Wilhelm Ullersperger
1 May 1943 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Erich Abberger
1 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Johannes Kaliebe
Hoherer Pionier Offz 4
15 Nov 1941 - 19 Sept 1944: GenMaj Richard Baumgartner
Hoherer Pionier Offz 5
10 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Oberst Martin Dehmel
1 Sept 1943 - 1 Sept 1944: Oberst Knopff
1 Sept 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Adolf Karl von Bodecker
Hoherer LandgPi Fuhrer
1 March 1944 - 1945: GenMaj Carl Henke
Inspector of Fast Troops/Inspekteur der Schnellen Truppen (Insp d. Schn.Tr.)
26 Aug 1939 - ?: char GenLt/GenLt zV Kuhn
1 June 1942 - Feb 1943: GenMaj Streich
Inspector of Construction Troops/Inspekteur der Bautruppen (Insp d Bau Tr)
26 Aug 1939 - 1 April 1943: GenLt z.V. Erich Klingbeil
1 April 1943 - 1 Oct 1943: GenLt Dr. Erich von Schawen
Inspector of Signal Troops/Inspekteur der Nachrichtentruppen (Insp d Nach Tr)
1 Sept 1939 - 1 May 1942: GenLt Friedrich Thon (Retired 30.6.42)
1 May 1942 - 8 May 1945: GenLt Josef Russwurm
Inspector of Supply Troops/Inspekteur der Nachschubtruppen (Insp d Nachsch Tr)
26 Aug 1939: GenMaj/Gen zV Wilhelm Adam
1 May 1943 - May 1945: GenMaj/GenLt Rudolf Trauch
Inspector of Chemical Troops/Inspekteur der Nebeltruppen (Insp d Nbl Tr)
1 Sept 1939 - 27 Dec 1941: GenMaj Friedrich Templehoff (+Died in Berlin)
1 Jan 1942 - 31 July 1944: GenLt Erwin Leister
1 Aug 1944 - 8 May 1945: GenMaj Johann Albrecht von Blucher
Inspekteur der Kraftfahrtruppe (Insp d Krftf Park Tr)
20 April 1945 - 1945: GenMaj Peter Paul Petersen (+Killed in airraid on Straubing)
Training Film Branch/Abteilung Lehrfilm
Controlled the archives of the Army, the production and proper distribution of training films, and the training of film operators.
Werner Ehrenfeucht
Deutscher Inspekteur der ungarischen Verbande im Ersatzheer
Jan 1945 - 8 May 1945: Gen d Inf Ludwig Wolff
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Generalquartiermiester (Gen Qu) Quartermaster General
This post was created upon mobilization to advise the C-in-C and the general staff on supply matters and to coordinate supply planning.
Commanders
Gen d. Art Eugen Muller 1.9.39-1.8.40
Gen d Art. Eduard Wagner 1.8.40-23.7.44 (+Suicide b. Berlin)
GM Alfred Toppe 23.7.44-8.5.45
Chef des Stabes
Obst i. G.Drescher
Section Qu 1/Gruppe Qu 1 (General Planning and Organization of Supply in the Field)
Establishment of communications lines and rear boundaries of the Theater of Operations, transport questions in conjunction with the Chief Army Transportation Officer and control of those service troops not sub-allotted to army groups and armies.
Chief:
GL Fredrich August Weinknecht 1.4.36-10.40
Alfred Baentsch 10.40-11.40
Eberhard Henrici 10.42-9.43
GL FriedrichWilhelm John 11.43-5.44
Section Qu 2/Gruppe Qu 2 (Civil Affairs Policies in the Communications Zone)
Exploitation of countries for military purposes; evacuation, booty, and prisoners of war.
Chief:
Karl Richard Kossmann 9.39-6.40
Heinz Helmuth von Hinckeldey? 5.43-3.44
Section Qu 3/Gruppe Qu 3 (Action of supply requistions from army groups and armies)
These requisitions were adjusted in accordance with overall plans and policies and were then forwarded to the authorities in the Zone of the Interior.
Chief:
Obst Friedrich Wilhelm John 3.43-11.43
Section III/Gruppe III (Field Legal Administration/Feldjustizverwaltung)
Headed by a chief of the Judge Advocate General's Department in the field, responsible for questions of military law and jurisprudence. This section was upgraded to a branch and transferred to the control of the General for Special Employment sometime after the beginning of the Russian campaign.
GenRichter Dr. Otto Grunewald
Section IVa/Gruppe IVa (Chief Army Administrative Officer/Heeresintendant)
Responsible for the general control of administrative matters and the personnel who deal with them throughout the Field Army. These matters include pay, clothing, personal equipment, rations, billeting, and fiscal matters.
Generaloberstabsintendant Franz Kleeberger 1.9.39-8.5.45
Section IVb/Gruppe IVb (Army Surgeon/Heeresarzt (H Arzt)
Controlled all medical matters and medical personnel throughout the Field Army, subject to the direction of the Chief Army Medical Inspector (H San Insp).
GenStArzt Hermann Ott 9.39-31.1.41
GenObArzt Siegfried Handloser 1.2.41-8.5.45
GenArzt Dr. Walter Schleusener (+Died in Britisch captivity 26 Nov 1945)
Section IVc/Gruppe IVc (Army Veterinarian/Heeresveterinar)
Controlled all veterinary matters and veterinary personnel in the Field Army, subject to the direction of the Chief Veterinary Inspector (Vet Insp)
GenStabsVet Prof. Dr med. vet. Hans Fontaine 00.9.39-00.00.43
Generaloberstabsvet Prof. Dr. Kurt Schulze - 8.5.45
GenStabsVet Dr. Mangelow - 1943 (+Attached to the Army Vet. Research Office)
Section V/Gruppe V (Chief Motor Transport Officer/General des Kraftfahrwesens)
Controlled the motor maintenance troops in the Field Army and is responsible for general questions of availability and utilization of motor transport. He is also in charge of a group in the General Army Office (AHA) responsible for the same matters in the Zone of the Interior and holds, concurrently the office of Chief of Armed Forces Motor Transport
(Chef WKW) under the OKW.
GL Kurt Cuno 6.44-5.45
Group Z/Gruppe Z (Civil Commissioner/Zivilbeauftragter)
Responsible for non-military matters in the civil administration of occupied areas in the Theater of Operations, including relations with the civil authorities and the discipline of the population; cooperated with Sections Qu 2 and III.
MinDir Dr. Justus Danckwerth (Reichs Min d. Innern)
Chief of Supply Troops/General der Nachschubtruppen
Controlled all General Headquarters supply troops, working in cooperation with Section Qu 3 on questions of their employment. Known as Heeresnachschubfuhrer until Oct. 1942.
GL Friedrich Dihm 12.40-20.3.42
GL Karl Zutavern 20.3.42-1.7.43
GM Joself Windisch 1.7.43-8.5.45
Section F.P./Gruppe F P (Army Postmaster/Heeresfeldpostmeister)
Responsible for all questions relating to the Army Postal Service in the Field Army.
MinDir. Dr. Ziegler
Chief of Technical Troops/General der Technischen Truppen (Gen d Techn Tr)
Chief advisor on the organization and employment of the technical troops. These troops, while classified as a combat arm, performed a number of highly technical services requiring specilized equipment for the armies in the field.
GM Erich Hampe 25.8.42-1.7.44
Senior Military Police Officer/Hoherer Feldgendarmerieoffizier (Hoh Feldgend Offz)
Responsible for all matters concerning the organization and employment of the military police in the Field Army.
GM Hans-Dietrich d.Niem 1940- 9.43
GM Hans-Dietrich d.Niem 3.44-End?
Gruppe Geh.Feldpolizei
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Zentralgericht des Heeres
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Chiefs of Branches Attached to the General Staff/Dem Ob d. H bzw dem Chef Gen St d H zugeteilte Waffengenerale
The Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Chief of the Army General Staff had at their disposal in wartime a group of general officers representing the various combat arms who serve as the principle advisors on the organization, training, equipment, and tactical employment of their respective arms in the field. They ususally have no actual command authority but may issue instructions and suggestions to the troops based on the evaluation of experience in the field.
Chief Infantry Officer/General der Infantrie (Gen d Inf)
Responsible for regular infantry, light infantry, mountain infantry, cavalry, and reconnaissance matters.
Gen d Inf Eugen Ott 10.10.39-25.3.41
Gen d Inf Friedrich Herrlein 15.2.42-6.10.43
12 Oct 1943 - 9 May 1945: Gen d Inf Erich Jaschke
Stellv Chef b. Gen. d. Inf
GM Kurt Lottner 20.10.44-10.1.45
Chief of Armored Trains/Kommandeur der Eisenbahn-Panzerzuge (Kdr d Eisb Pz Zuge)
Obst Egon von Olszewski 8.41-3.45
Cheif Artillery Officer/General der Artillerie (Gen d Art)
Controls the Chief Coast and Fortress Artillery Officer (Cen d. H Kust u Fest Art), the Chief Army Anti-aircraft Artillery Officer (Gen d H Flak Tr), and the Chief Armored Artillery Offizer (Hoh Offz Pz Art).
Gen d. Art Fritz Brand 1.10.39-1.10.43
Gen d Art Fritz Lindemann 1.10.43-21.7.44
Gen d Art. Wihelm Berlin 21.7.44-27.2.45
Stellv Chef Artillerie Abt
Gen d Art Martin Wandel 15.10.35-1.9.40
GL Otto Elfeldt 1.9.40-20.10.42
GM Kurt Scheffler 20.10.42-8.5.45
Hoherer Artillerieoffizier fur schwerstes Flachfeuer (bis 1.10.1939)
Gen d Art Karl Thoholte 10.11.38-20.1.41
Gen zbV
GL Karl Zwengauer 7.4.41-3.43 (Retired 31.3.43)
GL Wilhelm Raapke 15.1.45-
GM Dipl. Ing. Arthur Zierold 1.2.45-
General der Heereskusten und Festungsartillerie (Gen d H Kust u Fest Art)
GL Ernst Goettke 15.5.43-8.5.45
General der Heeres-Flaktruppen (Gen d H Flak Tr)
Wilhelm Weidinger 15.1.44-1.8.44 (Retired 31.12.44)
GL Eugen Wossner 1.8.44-5.45
Hoherer Offizier fur Panzer Artillerie (Hoh Offz Pz Art)
GL Dr. Fritz Polack 12.2.44-28.8.44
Friedrich Karl Grosskreutz 28.8.44-
Hoherer Offizier der Beobachtungstruppen
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Chief of Mapping and Survey/Chef des Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesens (Kr Kart Verm Chef)
This officer was a part of the rear echelon of the General Staff (Gen St d. H/2 Staffel) and was represented at the field headquarters by the Commander of Mapping and Survey Troops (Kdr d. Kart u. Verm Tr) who is his direct subordinate.
GL Gerlach Hemmerich 26.8.39-8.5.45
Commander of Mapping and Survey Troops/Kommandeur der Karten und Vermessungstruppen (Kdr d Kart u Verm Tr)
GM Dipl. Ing. Gerhard Muller 1.11.41-1.10.43
Obst Dipl. Ing. Hoppel 10.43-
Hoh Offz. d. Kriegskartenwesens Sudost
GM Rudolf Zu der Luth 1.4.42-20.6.44 (Retird 30.9.44)
General der Schnellen Truppen
Gen d PzTr. Hermann Balck 1.11.41-16.5.42
Gen d PzTr Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma 5.3.40-16.12.40 & 5.3.42-1.7.42
Gen d. PzTr Hans Cramer 1.9.42-22.1.43
Chef des Stabs des General der Schnellen Truppen
Gen d PzTr Hans Cramer 1.4.42-1.9.42
Hoh Pz.Jag. Offizier 1
GL Alfred von Puttkamer 6.12.38-9.39
Hoh Kav Offz
GL Hans Troger 30.11.38-1.12.39
Chief Signal Officer/Chef des Heerenachrichtenwesens (Chef HNW)
Part of the General Staff in wartime, with offices at the rear echelon as well as at field HQ.
Gen d Nach.Tr. Erich Fellgiebel 8.39-20.7.44 (+Executed)
Stellv Chef des Heerenachrichtenwesens
Obst Leo Hepp 29.8.44-8.5.45
Gen zbV
GM Alexander Abt 18.3.45-7.5.45
Kdt Fuhrungs Nachrichtentruppe
GL Hellmuth Schauwecker 5.4.41-10.6.42
Chief Engineer and Fortifications Officer/General der Pioniere und Festungen (Gen d Pi u Fest)
Controls the Inspector of Fortifications (Insp Fest) and shares with the General Army Office control of the Chief of Amphibious Engineers (Hoh Ldgs Pi Fu)
1 Oct 1939 - 8 May 1945: Gen d Pion. Alfred Jacob
Abt Pioniere
GM Hellmuth Dorn 15.11.42-20.4.45
Inspector of Fortifications/Inpekteur der Festungen (Insp Fest)
GM Johann Mirow 1940-17.3.44
Chief of Amphibious Engineers/Hoherer Landungs-Pionierfuhrer (Hoh Ldgs Pi Fu)
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Cheif Chemical Warfare Officer/General der Nebeltruppen (Gen d Nbl Tr) (disbanded 4.9.40)
GL Wilhelm Ochsner 1.9.40-End
General der Osttruppen (changed to Gen.d.Freiw.Verb)
GL Heinz Hellmich 15.12.42-31.12.43
Gen d Kav Ernst August Kostring 1.1.44-4.5.45
Chief of Volunteer Units/General der Freiwilligenverbande (Gen d Freiw Verb)
This post was created in January 1944 to replace the former General of Eastern Troops (Gen d. Ost Tr). It dealt with the organization, equipment, training, and employment of units formed from impressed Soviet prisoners of war. It was subordinate to the Chief of the Army General Staff in matters concerning the Field Army and to the Chief of the Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army in matters concerning the Zone of the Interior. His permanent representative in the Replacement Army is the Commander of Volunteer Units. (Kdo d. Freiw Verb)
Ernst August Kostring 1.44-5.45
Commander of Volunteer Units/Kommandeur der Freiwilligenverbande (Kdr d Freiw Verb)
GL Ralph von Heygendorff 2.44-21.5.44
Insp.d Ungarischen Freiwilligenverbande
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Insp. d. Italienischen Freiwilligenverbande
GL Joachim von Tresckow 20.11.43-1.2.44
Gen d. Inf Eugen Ott 10.2.44-15.1.45
Chief Army Transportation Officer/Chef des Transportwesens (Chef d Trspw)
Also believed to hold the post of Chief of Armed Forces Transportation (Chef Trspw d W). Part of the Army General Staff, responsible for rail and water transportation. He controlled the Chief of Railway Troops (Gen d. Eisb Tr)
Gen d Inf Rudolf Gercke 26.8.39-2.4.43
Gen d Art Rolf Wuthmann 2.4.43-20.6.43
Gen d Inf Rudolf Gercke 20.6.43-8.5.45
Feldtransport-Abt.
GL Max Hermann Bork 15.1.40-19.1.42
GM Karl Theodor Koerner 19.1.42-1.5.44
Obst Reinhard Petri 1.5.44-9.5.45
Branch for Army Matters/Abteilung Heerwesen (Heer Wes Abt)
Concerned with the maintenance of discipline
GL Alfred Baentsch 1.11.40-1.6.42
GL Helwig Luz 1.8.36-1.12.39
Obst Dr. Hans Joachim Planz 5.8.44-8.5.45
Penal Section/Gruppe Strafen (Gr Str)
?
Army Field Legal Branch/Heeres Feldjustizverwaltung
Dr. jur Otto Grunewald 11.42-5.45
Dr. jur. GenStabsRichter Karl Sack -20.7.44 (+executed)
Gruppe Rechtswesens
?
Gruppe Strafvollzug
?
General des Heeres beim Recihsmarchall und Ob d L
Gen d. Art Max Grimmeiss 1.12.41-10.7.44
General des Heeres beim OKM
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General der Luftwaffe beim Ob d H
Gen d. Flieger Waldemar Klepke (LW) 1.2.38-31.1.39
GL Gunther Lohmann 2.42-12.42
GM Karl-Henning von Barsewisch (LW) 28.11.42-8.5.45
Cheif Army Medical Inspector/Heeres Sanitatsinpekteur (H San Insp)
Instructed the Army Surgeon (H Arzt) on medical matters in the Field Army and controlled medical matters in the Replacement Army, in the same manner as the inspectors of branches, through the Medical Inspectorate (S Jn) in the General Army Office. His activities are subject to the supervision and control of the Armed Forces Surgeon General (Chef W San). (The Chief Army Medical Inspector is believed to hold concurrently the office of Army Surgeon)
GenObstArzt Dr. Anton Waldmann 8.39-1.2.41
GenObstArzt Dr. Siegfried Handloser 1.2.41-1.9.44
GenObstArzt Dr. Paul Walter 1.9.44-8.5.45
Verterinar Inspekteur (Vet Insp)
Instructs the Army Veterinary (H Vet) on veterinary matters in the Field Army and controls veterinary matters in the Replacement Army, in the same manner as the inspectors of branches, through the Veterinary Inspectorate (V Jn) in the General Army Office.
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Chef des Generalstabs des Heeres (Chef Gen St. d H) - Army General Staff
Commanders
GenObst Ludwig Beck 1.7.35-27.8.38 (Retired/+20.7.44 Berlin-Freitod)
GenObst Franz Halder 27.8.38-24.9.42
GenObst Kurt Zeitzler 24.9.42-6.44
GenLt Adolf Heusinger 6.44-21.7.44
GenObst Heinz Guderian 21.7.44-1.4.45
Gen d Inf Hans Krebs 1.4.45-30.4.45 (+Suicide in Berlin)
Stellv Chef des Generalstabs des Heeres
- Gen d Inf Gunther Blumentritt 17.1.42-22.9.42
Adjutant d Chef d Gen St d H
- GenMaj Wolfgang Hauser 10.11.38-23.10.39
Kdt d Hpq Qu d OKH
- GenMaj Kurt Schmelzer 1.9.39-4.3.41 (+Died at Zossen)
First Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister I (O Qu I)
This office dealt with operations and related matters.
- Gen d Inf Carl Heinrich Stulpnagel 26.8.39-15.2.40
- GenLt Friedrich Mieth 15.2.40-30.5.40
- GenLt Friedrich Paulus 30.5.40-1.1.42
- Gen d. Inf Gunther Blumentritt 17.1.42-22.9.42
- GenLt Adolf Heusinger 24.9.42-22.7.44
- Gen d. Pz Walther Wenck 22.7.44-17.2.45
- GenMaj Ivo Thilo von Trotha? 17.2.45-1.4.45
Branch 1/1 Abteilung (Operations)
Concerned with operations, developed and disseminated basic tactical rules and methods of conducting warfare.
- GenMaj Hellmuth Stieff 10.11.38-9.39
- Gen d GebTr. August Winter 1.8.37-31.10.40
- Gen d Inf Hans von Grieffenberg 9.39-10.40
- GenLt Adolf Heusinger 1.10.40-6.44
- Obst Bogislav von Bonin 1.9.44-10.2.45
- GenMaj Ivo Thilo von Trotha 20.2.45-20.4.45
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- GenMaj Heinz Brandt 1.11.40-20.7.44 (+Lazarett Rastenburg)
Branch 5/5 Abteilung (Transportation)
Dealt with transport. Its functions were turned over to the Chief Transportation Officer attached to the General Staff (Gen St d. H/Chef Trspw)
- GenLt Rudolf Gercke 12.10.37-26.8.39
- Disbanded (to GenQu)
Branch 6/6 Abteilung (Rear echelons)
The functions of this branch which was concerned with rear echelons was handled by the Chief Supply and Administration Officer.
- Ludwig Cruwell 9.39-10.39
- Disbanded (to GenQu)
Branch 9/9 Abteilung (Topography)
Topography, the specific responsibility of this branch, was handled by the Chief of Mapping and Survey in the General Staff.
- GenLt Gerlach Hemmerich 1.10.36-8.5.45
Branch 10/10 Abteilung (Operational Planning and maneuvers)
Dealth with manuevers and operational planning. These duties were divided among a number of other agencies of the OKW and OKH, both at field headquarters and at the rear echelon.
- Gen d. Inf Kurt von der Chevallerie 12.10.37-15.8.38
- Gen d Inf Karl Allmendinger 10.11.38-15.10.39
- GenMaj Anton Glasl 15.01.40-2.9.41
- Karl Theodor Koerner 2.9.41-1.42
Second Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister II (O Qu II)
Concerned with training. This function was taken over by the Ersatzheer.
- GenLt Hans Heinrich Sixt von Arnim 11.38-1.9.39
- Gen d. Inf. Karl Heinrich von Stulpnagel 1.9.39-21.10.39
- Disbanded
Branch 4/4 Abteilung (Training)
Was responsible for training within the Theater of Operations; al training in the Zone of the Interior was the under the Chief of Training in the Replacement Army (Chef Ausb)
- Gen d Inf Gunther Blummentritt 11.38-26.8.39
- Gen d. Inf. Hans Krebs 26.8.39-6.10.39
- Gen d Inf Edgar Rohricht 6.10.39-26.10.39
- GenMaj Julius von Bernuth 26.10.40-00.6.41
- Obst Alfred Zerbel 4.9.42-16.2.43
- Obst Hans Richert 1.2.45-8.5.45
Branch 11/11 Abteilung (Schools and Officer Training)
Military schools and officer training which were the functions of this branch were put under the Home Command.
- Gen d Inf Willi Schneckenburger 10.36-1.9.39
- Gen d Inf Hans Krebs 1.9.39-15.12.39
Third Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister III (O Qu III)
This grouping was responsible for organization
- Gen d Inf Otto Stapf 10.11.38-5.11.40
- Disbanded
Branch 2/2 Abteilung (Organization)
This branch was responsible for laying down rules relating to various aspects of organization in the field and, in conjunction with the chiefs of arms and services attached to the General Staff, recommending to the General Army Office (AHA) the issuance of changes in the existing Tables of Organization.
- Gen d. Inf. Walther Buhle 10.11.38-12.1.42
- Gen d. Inf Wilhelm Burgdorf 1.5.42-2.10.42
- GenMaj Burkhardt Muller-Hillebrand 15.4.42-16.10.42
- GenMaj Hellmuth Stieff 26.12.42-7.44 (+Executed 8.8.44)
Branch 8/8 Abteilung (Technical Services)
The function of this branch which was concerned with technical services was taken over by other agencies such as the Chief of Technical Troops under the Chief Supply and Administration Officer.
- Dr. Guderian 9.39-
Fourth Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister IV (O Qu IV)
The intelligence branch. Its two geographical branches were subdivided into various geographical sections which collected and evaluated information and disseminated intelligence regarding the armies of the various countries in the form of printed manuals and periodic reports.
- GenMaj Kurt von Tippelskirch 1.9.39-5.1.41
- GenMaj Gerhard Matzky 5.1.41-10.1.43
Branch 3/3 Abteilung (Frd Heere Ost/Eastern Armies)
- Gen d Inf Eberhard Kinzel 10.11.38-1.5.42
- GenMaj Reinhard Gehlen 1.5.42-10.4.45
Branch 12/12 Abteilung (Frd Heere West/Western Armies)
- GenMaj Ernst von Krause 1.8.32-5.40
- GenMaj Ulrich Liss 15.11.38-1.5.43
- Obst Frhr von Ronne 4.43-1944
- Obst Buerklin 15.8.44-8.5.45
Attachegruppe (AttGr)
- Gen d. Art. Horst von Mellenthin 1.7.37-1.5.43
- Obst Karl Schuchardt 1.5.43-25.8.44
Militarattaches
Bei d. Deutschen Botschaft in Washington u. der Deutschen Gesandschaft in Mexico mit dem Sitz in Washington
- GenLt Friedrich von Boetticher 1.4.33-1.6.42
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Moscau
- GenLt Ernst-August Kostring 1.2.31-31.8.41
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Belgrad
- GenMaj Moritz von Faber du Faur 4.3-9.39
- Gen d. Inf Rudolf Toussaint 1.4.39-00.00.41
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Budapest
- GenLt Theodor Frhr von Wrede 1.10.37-26.10.39
- GenLt Gunther Krappe 26.10.39-1.5.41
- GenLt Friedrich Rabe v. Pappenheim 1.11.41-1.11.43
- Gen d. Inf Hans von Grieffenberg 10.10.43-4.44
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Madrid
- GenLt Gunther Krappe 1.10.41-30.11.42
- GenMaj Walter Bruns 15.10.39-1.10.41
- GenMaj Wilhelm Otzen 1.10.42-18.7.43
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Westkuste Sudamerikas
- GenMaj Friedrich Wolf 1.4.37-8.5.45
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Rom unde der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Tirana mit dem Sitz in Rom
- Gen d Inf Enno von Rintelen 1.10.36-31.8.43
Bei der Deutschen Gesandschaften in Tirana
- Gen d Inf Enno von Rintelen 11.37-4.39
Bei der Deutschen Gesandschaften in mit dem Sitz in Stockholm
- GenLt Bruno v. Uthmann 00.00.37-8.5.45
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Warsaw
- GenLt Kurt Himer 10.11.38-1.9.39
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Ankara u. den Deutschen Gesandtschaften in Athen u. Teheran mit dem Sitz in Ankara
- GenLt Hans Rohde 1.4.36-8.5.45
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Tokio
- Gen d Inf Gerhard Matzky 15.9.38-1.12.40
- GenLt Alfred Kretschmer 1.12.40-8.5.45
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaften in Helsingfors, Riga u. Reval mit dem Sitz in Helsingfors
- GenMaj Horst Rossing 1.4.35-1.2.42 (+Died 1.2.42 Helsingfors/Finnland)
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Prag
- Gen d Inf Rudolf Toussaint 26.7.44-00.00.45
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Bukarest
- GenMaj Carl Wahle 1.8.38-15.10.40
- GenMaj Emil Just 15.10.40-13.10.41
- GenMaj Dr. Karl Spalcke 1.11.40-3.9.44 (POW East)
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Kowno und Riga
- GenMaj Emil Just 15.9.38-31.8.40
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft am Sitze der Nationalen Regierung in Spanien
- Gen d PzTr Hans Frhr von Funck 1.1.39-15.10.39
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in London
- Gen d Art Anton Reichard Frhr von Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim 12.10.37-3.10.39
Bei der Deutschen Geandtschaft in Lissabon mit dem Sitz in Paris
- GenLt Hans-Joachim von Horn 1.12.38-10.9.39
Bei der Deutschen Geandtschaft in Sofia
- GenMaj Hans Bruckmann 1.11.37-19.12.42
Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Brusel und der Deutschen Gesandtschaft im Haag mit dem Sitz in Brussel
- Obtlt.Bruckmann
Bei der Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Bern
- GenMaj Iwan von Ilsemann 1.10.37-30.6.44
- GenLt Hans Joachim von Horn 15. 7.44-8.5.45
Fifth Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister V (O Qu V)
Dealt with military history. This group formerly included special sections for historical research, Army libraries, and Army archives, all of which were transferred in 1942 to the Fuhrer's Official Military Historian.
- Gen d Inf Waldemar Erfurth 26.8.39-12.6.41
- GenLt Hermann Starke 12.6.41-1942
Branch 7/7 Abteilung (Kr Wiss Abt)
Military Science Branch
- GenMaj Walter Scherff 1.4.38-26.8.39
- GenMaj Dipl. Ing. Gerhard Muller 9.39-10.39
- GenLt Alfred Baentsch 7.39-8.39
- GenLt Erich Gudowius 9.39-3.42
Fuhrungsgruppe im GenStdH
Due to the fallout regarding the attempted assasination attempt on Hitler, GenObst Heinz Guderian,who was the head of the Army General Staff at the time, had to fill some gaps in his staff. This was because some were injured in the bomb explosion and others were under arrest. Because of this, he formed a "Command Group" (Fuhrungsgruppe) that included the Operations, Organization, Foreign Armies East, and Fortifications Braches.
- GenLt Walther Wenck 22.7.44-17.2.45
- Gen d Inf Hans Krebs 20.2.45-1.4.45
- GenMaj Erich Dethleffsen
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Doug, thanks for sharing this list. It´s an awesome list.
Some corrections:
I have no clue why Krause is mentioned. Liß was the first Dept. Leader from 1938 on.
That´s needless to say. The Oberquartiermeister I was always the Deputy Chief of General Staff. Blumentritt was Oberquartiermeister I.
Klepke was followed by Bogatsch.
More to follow.
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Some corrections:
I think it´s a mistake. Bruckmann was in Sofia from 1937-1942. Rabe von Pappenheim was in BE/NL from 1937-1940.Bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Brusel und der Deutschen Gesandtschaft im Haag mit dem Sitz in Brussel
- Obtlt.Bruckmann
Branch 12/12 Abteilung (Frd Heere West/Western Armies)
- GenMaj Ernst von Krause 1.8.32-5.40
- GenMaj Ulrich Liss 15.11.38-1.5.43
- Obst Frhr von Ronne 4.43-1944
- Obst Buerklin 15.8.44-8.5.45
I have no clue why Krause is mentioned. Liß was the first Dept. Leader from 1938 on.
Actually, OQuM II held the additional title "Verbindungsoffizier des Heeres beim RMdL & OBdL". Indeed, the Liaison Officers to the Air Force were Stapf (1.), Konrad (2.), Grimmeiß (3.).Third Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister III (O Qu III)
This grouping was responsible for organization
- Gen d Inf Otto Stapf 10.11.38-5.11.40
- Disbanded
General des Heeres beim Recihsmarchall und Ob d L
Gen d. Art Max Grimmeiss 1.12.41-10.7.44
I think that´s a copy/paste error. Dept. No 10 ended with Allmendinger. Glasl and Koerner belong to the Transp. unit of OKH.Branch 10/10 Abteilung (Operational Planning and maneuvers)
Dealth with manuevers and operational planning. These duties were divided among a number of other agencies of the OKW and OKH, both at field headquarters and at the rear echelon.
- Gen d. Inf Kurt von der Chevallerie 12.10.37-15.8.38
- Gen d Inf Karl Allmendinger 10.11.38-15.10.39
- GenMaj Anton Glasl 15.01.40-2.9.41
- Karl Theodor Koerner 2.9.41-1.42
Stellv Chef des Generalstabs des Heeres
- Gen d Inf Gunther Blumentritt 17.1.42-22.9.42
That´s needless to say. The Oberquartiermeister I was always the Deputy Chief of General Staff. Blumentritt was Oberquartiermeister I.
There is a mess from 1938-1940. Greiffenberg was the only Dept. Head this time. He took over from Erik-Oskar Hansen. He had a Gruppenleiter West (Winter August) and a Gruppenleiter Ost (Heusinger Adolf).Branch 1/1 Abteilung (Operations)
Concerned with operations, developed and disseminated basic tactical rules and methods of conducting warfare.
- GenMaj Hellmuth Stieff 10.11.38-9.39
- Gen d GebTr. August Winter 1.8.37-31.10.40
- Gen d Inf Hans von Grieffenberg 9.39-10.40
- GenLt Adolf Heusinger 1.10.40-6.44
- Obst Bogislav von Bonin 1.9.44-10.2.45
- GenMaj Ivo Thilo von Trotha 20.2.45-20.4.45
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- GenMaj Heinz Brandt 1.11.40-20.7.44 (+Lazarett Rastenburg)
General der Luftwaffe beim Ob d H
Gen d. Flieger Waldemar Klepke (LW) 1.2.38-31.1.39
GL Gunther Lohmann 2.42-12.42
GM Karl-Henning von Barsewisch (LW) 28.11.42-8.5.45
Klepke was followed by Bogatsch.
More to follow.
Best regards,
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Additionally:
I think the Group (Amtsgruppe) was the former Wa I Rü 3 (Mun) from 01.1940 on.
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I think two Dept. are mixed up. DI Wilhelm Hartmann was Dept. Head Wa I Rü 8 (Organisation) this time.Central Group/Zentral Amtsgruppe des Heereswaffenamts (Wa Z)
1 Oct 1937 - 1 May 1940: GL Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Hartmann
1 Oct 1942 - 1 Sept 1944: GL Dipl. Ing. Paul Schricker
Gimmler still held the position on 01.01.1939. I think he stayed there until 1941.Signal Branch/Nachrichtenabteilung (Wa Pruf 7)
April 1936 - March 1938: Willy Gimmler
DI Zanssen was also Cdr. Heeres-Versuchsstelle Peenemünde.GM Dipl.Ing. Leo Zanssen
Group for Ammunition Manufacture/Amtsgruppe fur Industrielle Rustung - Munition (Wa I Ru Mun)
I think the Group (Amtsgruppe) was the former Wa I Rü 3 (Mun) from 01.1940 on.
Liebmann who led the Academy since the set up retired on 30.04.1939. Gen. d. Art. Eugen Müller took over on 01.05.1939.Kriegsakademie
Gen Curt Liebmann
1 Jan 1943 - 31 May 1944: GM Weckmann
1 June 1944 - May 1945: Gen d. Art Speth
The 1st Chief of Staff was Gen. Maj. Haseloff (I think).Stellv Chef Allgemeinens Heersamt
15 Feb 1940 - 1 March 1941: Gen d. Kav. Karl Erick Koehler
1 March 1941 - ?: Oberst Hellmuth d. G. Reinhard
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Inspector was Gen. Lt. Hermann Hopff. 1st Chief of Staff until 1941 was Gerhard Jordan, followed by Franz Geiger.Engineer Branch/Pionierabteilung (In 5)
Chief
15 June 1941 - 1 Aug 1943: GenLt Franz Gieger
Chief of Staff:
12 Oct 1937 - 15 June 1941: Oberst Gerhard Jordan
Inspectorate of Fortifications/Inspektion der Festungen (In Fest)
Concerned with the training of fortress engineers
24 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: GenLt Alfred Jacob
Chief of Staff:
10 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939: Oberst Erwin Jaenecke
Abt. Chef Landebesfestigung
5 Dec 1940 - 1 May 1943: GenMaj Otto Biermann
Until 26.08.1939 the structure was the following:Re: Generale der ... vs. Inspekteure der ...
Insp. d. Inf. (In2): Ott Eugen
Ch. d. St., zugl. Dept. Ldr.: Jaschke Erich
Insp. d. Art. (In4): Petzel Walter
Ch. d. St., zugl. Dept. Ldr.: Wandel Martin
Insp. d. Pion. u. Fest. (In5): Jacob Alfred
Ch. d. St., zugl. Dept. Ldr. (Pion.): Jordan Gerhard
Ch. d. St., zugl. Dept. Ldr. (Fest.): Jaenecke Erwin
Insp. d. Nachr. Tr. (In7): Fellgiebel Erich
Ch. d. St., zugl. Dept. Ldr.: Thiele Friedrich
Insp. d. Eisenbahnpioniere (In10): Jacob Alfred
Ch. d. St., zugl. Dept. Ldr.: Will Otto
and so on .. so on .. so on
On 26.08.1939 there were created new Inspectors to be subordinated under the Reserve Army. The guys were retired Inspectors, resp. School Commanders (Thon).
Inf.: Roese
Art.: Grün
Pion. & E-Pion.: Hopff
Nachr. Tr.: Thon
The old Inspectors became General der ... directly under Brauchitsch and Halder.
Inf.: Ott
Art.: Brand (took over from Petzel)
Pion. & E-Pion.: Jacob
Nachr. Tr.: Fellgiebel
The Chiefs of Staffs of the Inspections are actually Dept. Leaders in the General Army Office.
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Thanks
I know that a lot of the names and dates are a bit off, but I've been trying to complile an accurate list for some time now. So any help that you can provide will be a big help.
Doug
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Doug,
nevertheless a great list and helped me, too. I didn´t know the Dept. Head Training Dept. (Krebs) and I didn´t know the last Head of AGr. Heer- und Ersatzwesen (Weidemann). Thank you.
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nevertheless a great list and helped me, too. I didn´t know the Dept. Head Training Dept. (Krebs) and I didn´t know the last Head of AGr. Heer- und Ersatzwesen (Weidemann). Thank you.
I think Blumentritt was the last OQuM I. The OQuM I was disb..First Senior General Staff Officer/Oberquartiermeister I (O Qu I)
This office dealt with operations and related matters.
- Gen d Inf Carl Heinrich Stulpnagel 26.8.39-15.2.40
- GenLt Friedrich Mieth 15.2.40-30.5.40
- GenLt Friedrich Paulus 30.5.40-1.1.42
- Gen d. Inf Gunther Blumentritt 17.1.42-22.9.42
- GenLt Adolf Heusinger 24.9.42-22.7.44
- Gen d. Pz Walther Wenck 22.7.44-17.2.45
- GenMaj Ivo Thilo von Trotha? 17.2.45-1.4.45
I think the 1st Heeres-Nachschubführer was Gen. Lt. Weingart.Chief of Supply Troops/General der Nachschubtruppen
Controlled all General Headquarters supply troops, working in cooperation with Section Qu 3 on questions of their employment. Known as Heeresnachschubfuhrer until Oct. 1942.
GL Friedrich Dihm 12.40-20.3.42
GL Karl Zutavern 20.3.42-1.7.43
GM Joself Windisch 1.7.43-8.5.45
Regards,
Stauffenberg
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Doug Batson
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Sure!
Be my guest. Like I mentioned before, a lot of it is in disarray and the dates are off on quite a few of the positions. So any help would be appreciated.
Doug
Doug