OB West

The German Army Command in the West (Oberbefehlshaber West (German: initials OB West) was the overall command of the Westheer, the German Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War II. It was directly subordinate to German Armed Forces High Command. The area under the command of the OB West varied as the war progressed. At its farthest extent it reached the French Atlantic coast. By the end of World War II in Europe it was reduced to commanding troops in Bavaria.

Commanders

10 October 19401 April 1941Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
1 May 194115 March 1942Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben
15 March 19422 July 1944Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
2 July 194416 August 1944Field Marshal Günther von Kluge
16 August 19443 September 1944Field Marshal Walter Model
3 September 194411 March 1945Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
11 March 194522 April 1945Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

Order of battle from June 1944 to January 1945

OB West
Army Group BPanzer Group West Army Group G Army Group HArmy Group D
Seventh ArmyFifteenth ArmySixth SS Panzer Army (dec-jan 1944-45)Fifth Panzer ArmyFirst ArmyNineteenth Army1st Parachute Army25th ArmyStructure of the OB West
LXXXIV CorpsLXXXVIII CorpsI SS Panzer CorpsI SS Panzer CorpsXII CorpsLXII CorpsII Parachute CorpsXXX Corps
II Parachute CorpsLXXXVIII CorpsII SS Panzer CorpsXLVII Panzer CorpsXXIV CorpsLXXXV CorpsLXXXVI Corps
LIII Corps (dec. 1944)LXXXVI CorpsLXVII CorpsII SS Panzer CorpsXXIV CorpsLXXXV CorpsLXXXVI Corps

References

http://niehorster.org/011_germany/44-oob/44-06-01_neptune/__OB_WEST.htm

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