Generalkommandoen

{{Infobox official post | post = Chief | body = the General Command | native_name = {{native name|da|Chefen for Generalkommandoen}} | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = | flag = Army Rank Flag of Denmark - Chief of the General Command.svg | flagsize = | flagborder = yes | flagcaption = Flag for the Chief of the General Command | image = Ebbe Gørtz by Elfelt & Co.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | imagecaption = '''Longest serving<br />{{ill|Ebbe Gørtz|da}}'''<br />29 August 1941–30 September 1950 | department = {{army|Denmark}} | style = His Excellency | type = | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = | reports_to = | residence = Commander's House, ''Kastellet'' | seat = | nominator = | appointer = | appointer_qualified = | termlength = | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = 1st General Command<br />2nd General Command | formation = 7 August 1922 | first = {{ill|Ellis Wolff|da}} | last = {{ill|Ebbe Gørtz|da}} | abolished = 30 September 1950 | succession = Chief of the Army Command | unofficial_names = | deputy = Chief of the General Staff | salary = | website = }} The '''General Command''' ({{langx|da|Generalkommandoen}}) was the highest command body in the Royal Danish Army. It was erected in 1922 Defence Agreement, adopted by Rigsdagen on 7 August 1922 and was a result of collecting 1st and 2nd General Command.{{sfn|Olsen|1985|p=16}} It was terminated in 1950, following the Danish defense reform of 1950, which split it into Eastern and Western Regional Command.

==Role== The Chief of the General Command was responsible for the war preparations, but the execution was left to the General Staff, which until 1932 was an independent institution directly under the Ministry of War. The Chief of the General Staff, thus held an independent advisory position to the Ministry of War even though he was designated as the Chief of Staff to the Chief of the General Command. After the 1932 Defence Agreement, the General Staff was place under the General Command.{{sfn|Olsen|1985|p=135}} This meant the Chief of the General Command had two subordinate staffs:{{sfn|Generalstabens Kommandoafdeling|1935|p=99}} *The General Command Staff: command over the troops, exercises and education *The General Staff: war preparation

Additionally, the Inspector Generals and the heads of the technical corps were also subjugated the Chief of the General Command.{{sfn|Generalstabens Kommandoafdeling|1935|p=99}}

==Chiefs of the General command== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan=2| Portrait ! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(born–died)}} ! colspan=3| Term of office ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}} |- ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office

|- | 1 | frameless|upright=0.4 | Lieutenant general<br />'''{{ill|Ellis Wolff|da}}'''<br />{{small|(1856–1938)}} | 1 April 1923 | 19 October 1926 | {{ayd|1923|04|01|1926|10|19}} | {{sfn|Olsen|1985|pp=16, 30}}{{sfn|Koefoed|1938}} |- | 2 | frameless|upright=0.4 | Lieutenant general<br />'''Anders Gjedde Nyholm'''<br />{{small|(1861–1939)}} | 20 October 1926 | 31 July 1931 | {{ayd|1926|10|1|1931|07|31}} | {{sfn|Olsen|1985|pp=30, 43}}{{sfn|Ramm|1939}} |- | 3 | frameless|upright=0.4 | Lieutenant general<br />'''{{ill|Erik With|da}}'''<br />{{small|(1869–1959)}} | 1 August 1931 | 1 December 1939 | {{ayd|1931|08|01|1939|12|01}} | {{sfn|Olsen|1985|pp=30, 112}}{{sfn|Bjerg|n.d.}} |- | 4 | frameless|upright=0.4 | Lieutenant general<br />'''William Wain Prior'''<br />{{small|(1876–1946)}} | 1 December 1939 | 28 August 1941 | {{ayd|1939|12|01|1941|08|28}} | {{sfn|Olsen|1985|pp=30, 112}}{{sfn|Clemmesen|1982|p=III-3}}<br />{{sfn|Bjerregaard|1946}} |- | 5 | frameless|upright=0.4 | Lieutenant general<br />'''{{ill|Ebbe Gørtz|da}}'''<br />{{small|(1886–1976)}} | 29 August 1941 | 30 September 1950 | {{ayd|1941|08|29|1950|09|30}} | {{sfn|Wolff|n.d.}} |}

==References== {{reflist|30}}

;Bibliography * {{cite book |last1=Bjerg |first1=Hans Christian |title=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |date=n.d.|publisher=Gyldendal |edition=3 |url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Forsvar_og_politi/Officer/Erik_With |accessdate=27 August 2018 |language=Danish |chapter=Erik With }} * {{cite web |last1=Bjerregaard |first1=W. |title=Generalløjtnant W. W. Prior. |url=https://krigsvidenskab.dk/emne/generallojtnant-w-w-prior |website=krigsvidenskab.dk |accessdate=9 September 2020 |language=da |date=24 June 1946}} * {{cite book |last1=Clemmesen |first1=Michael Hesselholt |title=Jyllands landforsvar fra 1901 til 1940 |date=1982 |publisher=Det Krigsvidenskabelige Selskab |location=Copenhagen |isbn=87-981346-0-4 |language=da}} * {{cite book |author1=Generalstabens Kommandoafdeling |editor1-last=Boeck |editor1-first=Hector |editor2-last=Johnstad-Møller |editor2-first=S.E. |editor3-last=Hjalf |editor3-first=C.V. |title=Danmarks Hær |date=1935 |publisher=Selskabet til Udgivelse af Kulturskrifter |location=Copenhagen |pages=97-100 |language=da |volume=1st |chapter=Generalkommandoen}} * {{cite web |last1=Koefoed |first1=E. |title=Generalløjtnant Ellis Wolff |url=https://krigsvidenskab.dk/emne/generallojtnant-ellis-wolff |website=krigsvidenskab.dk |accessdate=9 September 2020 |language=da |date=13 August 1938}} * {{cite book |last1=Olsen |first1=Ole Isgaard |title=Planlægning af det Sjællandske Landforsvar: 1922-1944 |date=1985 |publisher=Forsvarskommandoen |language=da}} * {{cite web |last1=Ramm |first1=P. |title=Generalløjtnant A. G. Nyholm. |url=https://krigsvidenskab.dk/emne/generallojtnant-g-nyholm |website=krigsvidenskab.dk |accessdate=25 August 2020 |language=da |date=5 August 1939}} * {{cite book |last1=Wolff |first1=E. H. |title=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |date=n.d. |publisher=Gyldendal |edition=3 |url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Forsvar_og_politi/Officer/Ebbe_Gørtz |accessdate=27 August 2018 |language=Danish |chapter=Ebbe Gørtz}}

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