Oberbefehlshaber West (Commander-in-Chief West)

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German military command Wehrmacht high command position military headquarters

Oberbefehlshaber West (Commander-in-Chief West) was the senior German military command responsible for directing Wehrmacht operations on the Western Front during World War II.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military command → Wehrmacht high command position → military headquarters →
appliesToJurisdiction	Western Front →
commanded	German Army Group B (in its area of responsibility at times) → German Army Group D → German Army Group G (in its area of responsibility at times) →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
endTime	1945 →
hasCommander	Albert Kesselring → Gerd von Rundstedt → Günther von Kluge → Walter Model →
headquartersLocation	Paris region → Saint-Germain-en-Laye → Ziegenberg (near Bad Nauheim) in later war years →
hierarchicalLevel	theater-level command →
historicalPeriod	Second World War →
language	German →
location	Western Europe → Western Front →
militaryBranch	Heer (German Army) →
notableCommander	Albert Kesselring → Gerd von Rundstedt → Günther von Kluge → Walter Model →
notableEvent	Allied advance from 1944 to 1945 in Western Europe → Allied invasion of Normandy → Battle of Normandy →
operatedBy	Wehrmacht →
partOf	Oberkommando der Wehrmacht →
responsibleFor	coordination of German forces against Allied invasion in the West → defense of France → defense of Western Germany → defense of the Low Countries →
role	direction of German military operations in the West → operational command of German forces in Western Europe →
shortName	OB West →
significance	principal German command authority on the Western Front →
startTime	1940 →
subordinateTo	Adolf Hitler → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht →
theaterOfOperations	Belgium → France → Luxembourg → Netherlands → Western Germany →
usedBy	Nazi Germany →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Kesselring →	positionHeld