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.

Aliases (5)

Commander-in-Chief South ×46
Oberbefehlshaber Süd ×2
Albert Kesselring ×1
Commander-in-Chief Southwest (Oberbefehlshaber Südwest) ×1
Ewald von Kleist ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military command → Wehrmacht high command position → World War II military formation →
alliance	Axis powers →
appliesToPart	Mediterranean theatre of World War II → 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	Oberbefehlshaber Süd →
notableCommander	Albert Kesselring → Ewald von Kleist →
operatedIn	Balkans → Italy → Mediterranean Sea → North Africa → Southern Europe →
opponent	Allied forces in the Mediterranean → British Empire forces → United States forces →
partOf	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	German Armed Forces High Command → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht →
theaterOfOperations	Balkan Campaigns → Italian Campaign → North African Campaign →
timePeriod	Second World War →
usedBy	German Army (Heer) → Wehrmacht →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Kesselring → Albert Kesselring ("Commander-in-Chief Southwest (Oberbefehlshaber Südwest)") →	positionHeld
Commander-in-Chief South ("Oberbefehlshaber Süd") →	alsoKnownAs
Commander-in-Chief South ("Oberbefehlshaber Süd") →	nativeLabel