OB Süd

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OB Süd was the German military high command responsible for directing operations of Axis forces in the southern European and Mediterranean theaters during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military high command
Wehrmacht headquarters
alliance Axis powers
appliesToJurisdiction Axis powers
commandLevel theater-level command
conflict World War II
coordinatedWith Italian armed forces
Regia Aeronautica
Regia Marina
linked to: Italian Navy
country Nazi Germany
fullName Oberbefehlshaber Süd
hasAbbreviation OB Süd
hasCommander Albert Kesselring
Erwin Rommel
other senior German field marshals
historicalEra 20th century
ideologyContext National Socialism
linked to: Nazism
languageOfName German
militaryAllianceContext Tripartite Pact
militaryBranch joint command
notableCampaign Italian Campaign
linked to: Italian campaign

Mediterranean Campaign
North African Campaign
opposedBy Allied forces
British Armed Forces
United States Armed Forces
partOf German Armed Forces High Command structure
Wehrmacht
responsibleFor coordination of Axis air operations in southern theater
coordination of Axis land operations in southern theater
coordination of Axis naval operations in southern theater
operational control of German forces in Italy
operational control of German forces in North Africa
operational control of German forces in the central Mediterranean
strategic planning in Mediterranean theater
role operational command
subordinateTo OKW
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
theaterOfOperations Balkans
Italy
Mediterranean Sea
North Africa
southern Europe
timePeriod Second World War
linked to: World War II
translation Commander-in-Chief South
typeOfJurisdiction geographical theater of war
usedBy German Army
German Luftwaffe NERFINISHED
Kriegsmarine
usedLanguage German

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