Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd)

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German military command Wehrmacht high command position World War II military formation

Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) was a high-level German military command responsible for directing Axis operations in the Mediterranean and southern European theaters during World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Oberbefehlshaber Süd	2
Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) canonical	1
Commander-in-Chief Southwest (Oberbefehlshaber Südwest)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military command ⓘ Wehrmacht high command position ⓘ World War II military formation ⓘ
alliance	Axis powers ⓘ
appliesToPart	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Southern European theatre of World War II
commandStructure	theater-level command ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Ob. Süd ⓘ
hasCommander	Albert Kesselring ⓘ Ewald von Kleist ⓘ
hasPart	Axis allied forces ⓘ German Army units ⓘ German Luftwaffe units ⓘ
hasRole	direction of Axis operations in southern Europe ⓘ direction of Axis operations in the Mediterranean ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Italy ⓘ
historicalEra	20th century ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
militaryBranch	joint command ⓘ
nativeLabel	Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oberbefehlshaber Süd
notableCommander	Albert Kesselring ⓘ Ewald von Kleist ⓘ
operatedIn	Balkans ⓘ Italy ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Southern Europe ⓘ
opponent	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Allied forces in the Mediterranean British Commonwealth forces ⓘ surface form: British Empire forces United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States forces
partOf	OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ surface form: German Army command structure
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief South ⓘ Commander-in-Chief South ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination with Italian armed forces ⓘ strategic coordination of land and air operations in the south ⓘ
scope	operational and strategic command in southern theatre ⓘ
startTime	1941 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: German Armed Forces High Command Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Balkan Campaign ⓘ surface form: Balkan Campaigns Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
usedBy	German Army ⓘ surface form: German Army (Heer) Wehrmacht ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albert Kesselring → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief Southwest (Oberbefehlshaber Südwest)

Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) → nativeLabel → Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Commander-in-Chief South

this entity surface form: Oberbefehlshaber Süd

Commander-in-Chief South → alsoKnownAs → Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oberbefehlshaber Süd