Oberbefehlshaber West (German: initials OB West), German for "high commander in the West") was the overall commander of the Westheer, the German armed...

Generalfeldmarschall and Oberbefehlshaber West (commander in chief west) 133rd Swords on 18 February 1945 as Generalfeldmarschall and Oberbefehlshaber West (commander...

and other facilities in the Channel Islands. In a letter from the Oberbefehlshaber West dated 16 June 1941, the reinforcing of the islands was to be carried...

commander: Adolf Hitler Oberbefehlshaber West (Supreme Commander West; OB West): Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (Panzer Group West: General Leo Geyr von...

and in Italy. In the west, operations were further split between the OKW and Oberbefehlshaber West (OBW, Commander in Chief West), who was Generalfeldmarschall...

the commander of Army Group D was also to be considered Oberbefehlshaber West (or OB WEST – the Commander in Chief for the Western Theatre). As a result...

the German occupation of France and temporarily became the first Oberbefehlshaber West in German-occupied France. It was eventually replaced in this function...

Field Marshal Ceremony. On 1 May 1941 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief OB West, succeeding Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt, but only a year later...

Commander, Luftflotte 1 Commander, Luftflotte 2 Oberbefehlshaber Süd Commander, Army Group C Oberbefehlshaber West Died in 1960 at the age of 75. Oberkommando...

reformed on 24 January 1944 as Panzergruppe West ("Panzer Group West"), the armoured reserve for Oberbefehlshaber West. The new army was placed under the command...

code used by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Oberbefehlshaber West (Supreme Commander West; OB West), commander of the Western Front, was broken by...

Generalfeldmarschall, now took over Army Group D (from April 1941 also Oberbefehlshaber West) in occupied France on 26 October 1940, Hilpert also succeeded him...

German industrial capacity left. Facing the Allies was Oberbefehlshaber West ("Army Command West") commanded by Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring...

Gen. Robert C. Macon) Theatre commander Army group commanders Oberbefehlshaber West Generalfeldmarschal Gerd von Rundstedt Forces deployed North to...

the Germans to solidify their lines—something they had been unable to do west of Paris. By the middle of September 1944, the three Western Allied army...

to the German Army fighting on the Western Front after 1941. The Oberbefehlshaber West was the largest command structure for the Westheer. It was composed...

Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt, the commander of Oberbefehlshaber West (OB West), favored a mobile one. In the end, neither was fully adopted...

Centre. In August 1944 Model was sent to the Western Front as commander of OB West and Army Group B. His relationship with Hitler broke down by the end of the...

ground west of the Vire. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Oberbefehlshaber West (OB West, Supreme Commander West) disagreed...

the West, pp. 261, 293. Howe, Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West, p. 344. Howe, Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West, pp...

formed on 25 October 1940. Its commander was additionally known as Oberbefehlshaber West after 15 March 1941. Operation Barbarossa (June 1941) initiated...

majority of German units stationed west of the Rhine were under the responsibility of Oberbefehlshaber West (OB West), commanded at the time by Generalfeldmarschall...

captured Mongmit. Albert Kesselring replaced Gerd von Rundstedt as Oberbefehlshaber West. Adolf Hitler paid his final visit to the front when he traveled...

all headquarters records lost. Field Marshal Günther von Kluge Oberbefehlshaber West (commander of German forces on the Western Front)—was mustering...

He was released in 1947. He wrote a book titled The German Army in the West, which was published in 1952. He appears in a number of interview segments...

instructions to reinforce the islands were transmitted there from Oberbefehlshaber West; the rationale was that an Allied attack "must be reckoned with"...

Wegmüller (1986). Die Abwehr der Invasion. Die Konzeption des Oberbefehlshabers West 1940–1944, p. 244. Lieb (2007). Konventioneller Krieg oder NS-Weltanschauungskrieg...

after his telephone outburst, Gerd von Rundstedt was sacked as Oberbefehlshaber West and replaced by Günther von Kluge. German submarine U-543 was sunk...

1945: (Tucker-Jones pp 263–287) Theatre and army group commanders Oberbefehlshaber West Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt Heeresgruppe B Generalfeldmarschall...

forces entered Chartres. Walter Model replaced Günther von Kluge as Oberbefehlshaber West. German forces launched Operation Doppelkopf, a counter-offensive...