Oberbefehlshaber West (German: initials OB West), German for "high commander in the West") was the overall commander of the Westheer, the German armed forces on the Western Front during World War II. It was directly subordinate to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (the 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.
Oberbefehlshaber West (German: initials OBWest), German for "high commander in the West") was the overall commander of the Westheer, the German armed...
Look up OB or ob- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. OB, O.B., or Ob may refer to: Ob, a fictional currency in The Great Explosion Sam "O.B." O'Brien...
used by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Oberbefehlshaber West (Supreme Commander West; OBWest), commander of the Western Front, was broken by the end...
Centre. In August 1944 Model was sent to the Western Front as commander of OBWest and Army Group B. His relationship with Hitler broke down by the end of...
Balkans and Greece – (1 January 1943 – 8 May 1945) OB Südwest – Italy – (21 November 1943 – 2 May 1945) OBWest – France, Low countries, Western Germany – (10...
Field Marshal Ceremony. On 1 May 1941 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief OBWest, succeeding Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt, but only a year later...
when in October Hitler appointed him Commander-in-Chief West (Oberbefehlshaber West, or OBWest). By July 1940 Hitler was turning his mind to the invasion...
The Gulf of Ob (Russian: Обская губа, romanized: Obskaya guba; also known as Bay of Ob, Russian: Обский залив, romanized: Obsky zaliv) is a bay of the...
commander of the German Army Command in the West (OBWest), were put in charge of carrying out the operation. In the west supply problems began significantly...
Adolf Hitler Oberbefehlshaber West (Supreme Commander West; OBWest): Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (Panzer Group West: General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg)...
G) fought on the Western Front of World War II and was a component of OBWest. Army Group G was initially deployed as an Armeegruppe-type formation on...
fighting east of the Oder River during February 1945. It was assigned to OBWest and reorganized (and given the command of new units) for combat against...
Adlerhorst had also become the headquarters of the Commander in Chief of OBWest, Gerd von Rundstedt. Hitler arrived at Giessen station on his personal...
Solstice east of the Oder River in February 1945, the army was assigned to OBWest and reorganized in March 1945. Many of the units formerly subordinated...
Yenisei, other main rivers in the West Siberian Plain are from west to east the Irtysh, Ob, Nadym, Pur and Taz. There are many lakes and swamps and large...
Elst, had been defeated, Bittrich, who was under strong pressure from OBWest to continue the assault, decided to change tactics. On the Corps' right...
Band: Die Landstreitkräfte 371-500. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1975, p. 46. OBWest/ObKdo. H.Gr.D. Ia, Anlagen zum K.T.B. vom 16.3.-31.3.44. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv...
of employment of Panzer Group West in the event of an allied invasion was the subject of much controversy, with OBWest commander Gerd von Rundstedt and...
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