Oberkommando des Heeres

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Army High Command
Oberkommando des Heeres
Command flag from 1938 to 1942
Founded	1935
Disbanded	23 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Type	High Command
Part of	Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht)
Headquarters	Maybach I, Wünsdorf
Nickname(s)	OKH
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief of the Army	See list
Chief of the General Staff	See list
Insignia
Command flag 1936–38
Command flag 1938–42

The Oberkommando des Heeres (lit. 'Upper Command of the Army'; abbreviated OKH) was the high command of the Army of Nazi Germany. It was founded in 1935 as part of Adolf Hitler's rearmament of Germany. OKH was de facto the most important unit within the German war planning until the defeat at Moscow in December 1941.

During World War II, OKH had the responsibility of strategic planning of Armies and Army Groups. The General Staff of the OKH managed operational matters. Each German Army also had an Army High Command (Armeeoberkommando or AOK). The Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) then took over this function for theatres other than the Eastern front.

The OKH commander held the title of Commander-in-chief of the Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres). After the Battle of Moscow, the OKH commander Field marshal Walther von Brauchitsch was removed from office, and Hitler appointed himself as Commander-in-Chief of the Army.

From 1938, OKH was, together with Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (transl. Air Force High Command) and Oberkommando der Marine (transl. Naval High Command) formally subordinated to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht.