Setting different parts of the Nazi bureaucracy to compete for his favor in areas where their administration overlapped was a standard tactic employed by Hitler to reinforce his authority; and just as in other areas of government, there was a rivalry between the OKW and the OKH.
At lade forskellige dele af det nazistiske bureaukrati kæmpe om Hitlers gunst på områder, hvor deres kompetencer lappede over, var en sædvanlig taktik anvendt af Hitler til at styrke sin autoritet, og ligesom mellem ministerierne var der en rivalisering mellem OKW og OKH.