on April 3th, 1945, according to Hitler's will, Deng Nici Admiral of the fleet, commander of the northern theater, was elected president and Goebbels, the propaganda minister, was appointed prime minister. But Goebbels committed suicide immediately after Hitler committed suicide, and soon Deng Nici surrendered to the Allies. The end of the empire.
As early as 1935, before Hitler tore up the Treaty of Versailles, Nazi Germany expanded its army with a militaristic policy and rebuilt its military strength after the defeat of World War I.. In addition to the army, navy and air force, there is another military force, the Waffen SS. In September, 1939, Hitler declared war on Poland, and quickly destroyed Poland by lightning, which triggered the Second World War. It is estimated that from 1935 to 1945, there were about 18.2 million German soldiers, and about 5.3 million were killed. In addition to the regular army, Nazi Germany also had several secret police organizations to monitor the whole country; There are also SS and SS, which are also one of the sources of its military strength.
regular army:
the supreme command of the national defense forces, the army headquarters of the national defense forces, the navy headquarters of the national defense forces, the air headquarters of the national defense forces, the army, the air force and the navy.
Paramilitary organization:
Emergency unit, armed with Sineitai.
Police organization:
Sineitai, Political Intelligence Police Department, Security Police, Secret National Police (Gestapo), Criminal Police, Sineitai National Security Bureau.
General administrative police departments:
Order police, protective police, rural police and local police.
The Supreme Command of the National Defence Force is responsible for the management of the Army Command, Navy Command and Air Command of the National Defence Force. From 1935 to 1938, the commander-in-chief of the German Defence Force was Werner von Blomberg; from 1938 to April 3, 1945, the commander-in-chief of the Supreme Command of the German Defence Force was Adolf Hitler; from April 3, 1945 to May 9, 1945, he was Karl Doenitz. From 1938 to 1945, the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the National Defence Force was Wilhelm Keitel. During World War II, the head of the operations department of the highest command of the National Defence Force was alfred jodl. William franz canaris is the head of the Intelligence Department of the High Command of the National Defence Force.
previous army commanders-in-chief:
Weiler von Fletcher, first-class general, 1935-1938.
marshal walther von brauchitsch, from 1938 to December 19th, 1941.
adolf Hitler, head of the third Reich-concurrently, from December 19th, 1941 to April 3th, 1945.
Ferdinand Chenal, Marshal, from April 3th to June 8th, 1945.
previous army chief of staff:
baker, second-class artillery general, October 1, 1933–October 31, 1938.
Hald, first-class general, October 31, 1938–September 24, 1942.
Zeitzler, first-class general, September 24, 1942–June 1, 1944.
Heusinger, second-class infantry general, June 1, 1944–July 21, 1944 (agent).
guderian, first-class general, July 21, 1944–March 2, 1945 (agent).
from p>1939 to 1943, erich raeder was the commander-in-chief of the Defence Forces Navy, and from 1943 to 1945, karl doenitz was the commander-in-chief of the Defence Forces Navy.
From April p>1933 to April 1945, the Minister of German Aviation and the Commander-in-Chief of the German Defence Force Air Force were both Hermann G?ring.
Emergency Unit: Captain Ernst Julius Rohm, the staff officer of the 7th Military Region of Munich Army, is the chief of staff. H. Himmler's SS was attached to the SS.
SS: Himmler, the national leader of SS, and reinhard heydrich, the second leader of SS.