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

when in October Hitler appointed him Commander-in-Chief West (Oberbefehlshaber West, or OB West). By July 1940 Hitler was turning his mind to the invasion...

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...

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

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

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...

Field Marshal Ceremony. On 1 May 1941 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief OB West, succeeding Generalfeldmarschall Rundstedt, but only a year later, on 15...

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...

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