OKW most notably stands for Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - the high Command of the Third Reich armed forces. The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW (Wehrmacht High Command, Armed Forces High Command) was part of the command structure of the German armed forces during World War II. In theory, it served as the military general staff for Adolf Hitlers Third Reich, coordinating the efforts of the German Army... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...
Old King William's
The much older post-nominal letters; OKW, stand for Old King William's - former pupils, staff and governors of King William's College; a school in the Isle of Man. King Williams College King Williams College is an independent school for ages 3 to 18, situated near Castletown on the Isle of Man. ...
Old Key West
OKW also stands for Old Key West - a resort in the Florida Keys. Palm trees in Islamorada The Florida Keys is an archipelago or cluster of about 1700 islands in the extreme southeast of the United States. ...
The OKW ran military operations on the Western front, Africa and in Italy.
The OKW was headed for the entire war by Wilhelm Keitel and reported directly to Hitler, from whom most operational orders actually originated as he had made himself Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht (Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces) and Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres (head of the OKH).
The OKW was indicted but accquited of charges during the Nuremberg trials of being a criminal organization.
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