OB WEST

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The 'German Army Command in the West' (''Oberbefehlshaber West'' (German: initials 'OB West') was the overall command of German armed forces (''Wehrmacht'') 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 furthest extent it reached the French Altantic coast. By the end of World War II in Europe it was reduced to commanding troops in Bavaria.

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Commanders

Order of battle at the beginning of June 1944

Commanders

10 October 1940	1 April 1941	Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
1 May 1941	15 March 1942	Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben
15 March 1942	2 July 1944	Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
2 July 1944	16 August 1944	Field Marshal Günther von Kluge
16 August 1944	3 September 1944	Field Marshal Walter Model
3 September 1944	11 March 1945	Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
11 March 1945	22 April 1945	Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

Order of battle at the beginning of June 1944

'OB West'
'''Army Group B '''		'''Panzer Group West'''	'''Army Group D'''
Seventh Army	Fifteenth Army	I SS Panzer Corps
LXXXIV Corps	LXXXVIII Corps	XLVII Panzer Corps
II Parachute Corps		II SS-Panzer Corps