The command flag was therefore no longer used and replaced by the following: 1938–1945 Personal standard of Adolf Hitler as Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht Adolf Hitler's personal standard, adopted 11 April 1935, and was also used to represent the Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht after Blomberg's dismissal. Since 19 December 1941, it also served as the command flag for the commander-in-chief of the army, following Hitler's takeover of the position. 1938–1941 Command flag for the Chief of the Armed Forces High Command With the direct assumption of command over the Wehrmacht by Hitler, the Reich Ministry of War was dissolved and replaced by a newly created Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW).