Kriegsmarine

armed forces of the Third Reich

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In Wehrmacht: Operation of the Wehrmacht
…outbreak of war, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine units were theoretically subordinated to army command at a tactical level. This did not yield a seamless combined arms approach, however, as the OKW never functioned as a true joint staff. When cross-branch cooperation did occur, it was often the result of local commanders…
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