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: By 1935 , Germany was openly breaking the military restrictions of the Versailles Treaty , and was reintroduced on March 16 , 1935 .