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The only way Germany was winning the war was if they got a whole new leadership structure that didn't rely on a cult of personality.
The Nazi bureaucracy was deliberately convoluted, which paralysed decision making. The OKW oversees the Western theatre of Europe, while the Heer looks after the Eastern front. The OKW is officially the general staff who should lead the overall operations of all branches of the military, but the Heer was given the duplicate responsibility on the Eastern front. So, there was competition between the allocation of resources for both organisations and the prioritisation was divided and inefficient.
Edit: mix up between OKW and Heer