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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Label	Occurrences
Oberbefehlshaber West (Commander-in-Chief West) canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military command ⓘ Wehrmacht high command position ⓘ military headquarters ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Western Front ⓘ
commanded	Army Group B ⓘ surface form: German Army Group B (in its area of responsibility at times) German Army Group D ⓘ German Army Group G ⓘ surface form: 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	Grand Paris urban area ⓘ surface form: Paris region Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ Ziegenberg (near Bad Nauheim) in later war years ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	theater-level command ⓘ
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
language	German ⓘ
location	Western Europe ⓘ Western Front ⓘ
militaryBranch	Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: Heer (German Army)
notableCommander	Albert Kesselring ⓘ Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ Günther von Kluge ⓘ Walter Model ⓘ
notableEvent	Allied advance from 1944 to 1945 in Western Europe ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Rhineland ⓘ surface form: Western Germany
usedBy	Nazi Germany ⓘ

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