OB West

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German military high command Wehrmacht command

OB West was the German military high command responsible for directing Wehrmacht operations on the Western Front during World War II.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military high command → Wehrmacht command →
appliesToJurisdiction	Western Europe →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
endTime	1945 →
hasPart	Army Group B → Army Group G → various German field armies on Western Front →
headquartersLocation	France → Western Germany →
historicalEra	20th century →
involvedIn	Battle of Normandy NERFINISHED → Battle of the Bulge → Defense against Allied invasion of Normandy → Defense of the Rhine → Defense of the Siegfried Line → Retreat from France 1944 →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time →
militaryBranch	Wehrmacht →
militaryFunction	operational command → strategic planning on Western Front →
nativeLabel	Oberbefehlshaber West →
notableCommander	Albert Kesselring NERFINISHED → Gerd von Rundstedt NERFINISHED → Günther von Kluge NERFINISHED → Heinrich von Vietinghoff NERFINISHED → Johannes Blaskowitz NERFINISHED →
operatedIn	Western Front →
opposedBy	Allied Expeditionary Force → British Army → Canadian Army → United States Army →
partOf	German Armed Forces →
role	direction of German operations on the Western Front → operational control of Wehrmacht forces in the West →
shortName	OB West →
startTime	World War II era →
subordinateTo	OKW → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht →
theaterOfOperations	Belgium → France → Italy (northwestern sector, at times) → Luxembourg → Netherlands → Western Germany →
timePeriod	Second World War →
usedLanguage	German →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
OB West → Oberbefehlshaber West →	shortName