German Army in France

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The German Army in France was the occupying Wehrmacht force responsible for military control, security operations, and defense against Allied invasion in France during World War II.

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German Army in France canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht formation
military occupation force
allegiance Adolf Hitler
commandedBy Erwin Rommel
Gerd von Rundstedt
Günther von Kluge
Johannes Blaskowitz
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
cooperatedWith German Military Administration in France
SS and Gestapo
surface form: German SS and police in France

French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy regime
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1944
engagedIn anti-partisan operations in France
deportation support operations in France
forced labor requisitions in France
repression of resistance in France
hasComponent Army Group D
German coastal defense units in France
German field divisions in France
German garrison troops in France
German security divisions in France
Luftwaffe field divisions
surface form: Luftwaffe ground units in France

Oberbefehlshaber West
Organisation Todt construction units in France
Waffen-SS units in France
headquartersLocation Paris
Saint-Germain-en-Laye NERFINISHED
languageOfCommand German
notableEngagement Battle of France
Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Atlantic coastal defense
Battle of Normandy
surface form: Normandy landings

Occupation of France
Operation Dragoon
Retreat from Normandy
surface form: Retreat from France 1944
operatedInTerritory France
Occupied France
opposedBy Allied Expeditionary Force
British Army
Canadian Army
Forces françaises de l'intérieur
surface form: Forces françaises de l’intérieur

Free French Forces
French Resistance
Polish Armed Forces in the West
United States Army
partOf German Army
surface form: German Army (Heer)

Wehrmacht
responsibleFor coastal defense of France
defense against Allied invasion of France
enforcement of German occupation policies in France
military occupation of France
security operations in occupied France
startTime 1940
usedInfrastructure Atlantic Wall defences
surface form: Atlantic Wall

coastal fortifications in France
railway network in France

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Friedrich Wiese associatedWith German Army in France
6th Airborne Division opposedBy German Army in France