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Encyclopedia > OB West

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 it 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. Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... Wehrmacht   (armed forces, literally defence force(s)) was the name of the armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... During World War II, the Western Front was the theater of fighting west of Germany, encompassing France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemberg, and Denmark. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW (Wehrmacht High Command, Armed Forces High Command) was part of the command structure of the German armed forces during World War II. In theory, it served as the military general staff for Adolf Hitlers Third Reich, coordinating the efforts of the German Army... During the Battle for Berlin, the Red Flag was raised over the Reichstag, May 1945. ... The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German:  ), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...


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

October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (December 12, 1875 - February 24, 1953) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the German Army during World War II. He held some of the highest field commands in all phases of the war. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (75th in leap years). ... Job-Wilhelm Georg Erwin von Witzleben (born 4 December 1881 in Breslau; died 8 August 1944 in Berlin, executed) was a German army officer (by 1940 a Generalfeldmarschall) and in the Second World War an Army commander and a resistance fighter in the July 20 Plot. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (75th in leap years). ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (December 12, 1875 - February 24, 1953) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the German Army during World War II. He held some of the highest field commands in all phases of the war. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hans Günther von Kluge (October 30, 1882–August 19, 1944), was a German military leader. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... Walther Model (pronounced modal) (January 24, 1891–April 21, 1945) was a German general, and later a Field Marshal, during World War II. He was noted for his defensive skills, and was nicknamed Hitlers fireman. Model served as an infantry officer in World War I. During the Polish... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (December 12, 1875 - February 24, 1953) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the German Army during World War II. He held some of the highest field commands in all phases of the war. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Albrecht von Kesselring (August 8, 1881 - July 16, 1960) was a Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. One of the most respected and skillful generals of Nazi Germany, he was nicknamed Smiling Albert or Smiling Kesselring. // At least one source claims that Kesselring was born on August 8, 1881 [1]. However...

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

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Ob River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (480 words)
The Ob zigzags west and north until it reaches 55° N, where it curves round to the northwest, and again north, wheeling finally eastwards into the Gulf of Ob, a deep (600 mi.) bay of the Karskoe Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
From the river-head of Irtysh to the mouth of Ob, the Ob-Irtysh river flow is the longest in Russia at 5410 km.
Other noteworthy tributaries are: from the east, the Tom, the Chulym, the Ket, the Tym and the Vakh; and, from the west and south, the Vasyugan, the Irtysh (with the Ishim, the Tobol), and the Sosva.
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