Original: Although the SS was autonomous and existed in parallel to the Wehrmacht , the Waffen-SS field units were placed under the operational control of the Supreme High Command of the Armed Forces ( Oberkommando der Wehrmacht , OKW ) or the Supreme High Command of the Army ( Oberkommando des Heeres , OKH ) .
Simplified: The terms of the Treaty of Versailles were announced in May , and in June Germany was forced to sign the contract by which , among other terms , the army was limited to one hundred thousand men with an additional fifteen thousand in the navy .