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 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 from June 1944 to January 1945

OB West
Army Group B			Panzer Group West	Army Group G		Army Group H		Army Group D
Seventh Army	Fifteenth Army	Sixth SS Panzer Army (dec. 1944)	Fifth Panzer Army	First Army	Nineteenth Army	1st Parachute Army	25th Army	Structure of the OB West
LXXXIV Corps	LXXXVIII Corps	I SS Panzer Corps	I SS Panzer Corps	XII Corps	LXII Corps	II Parachute Corps	XXX Corps
II Parachute Corps	LXXXVIII Corps	II SS Panzer Corps	XLVII Panzer Corps	XXIV Corps	LXXXV Corps	LXXXVI Corps
LIII Corps (dec. 1944)	LXXXVI Corps	LXVII Corps	II SS Panzer Corps	XXIV Corps	LXXXV Corps	LXXXVI Corps

References

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