- The
Westheer (Western Army) is the name
given to the
German Army
fighting on the
Western Front after 1941. The
Oberbefehlshaber West was the
largest command...
- for "Commander-in-Chief in the West") was the
overall commander of the
Westheer, the
German armed forces on the
Western Front during World War II. It was...
- with
reinforcements from the
Eastern Front, the
German army in the west (
Westheer)
numbered only 154
divisions against 190
Allied divisions, many of which...
- of
Verdun and the
Battle of the
Somme left the
German western armies (
Westheer)
exhausted and on the
Eastern Front, the
Brusilov Offensive had inflicted...
- a
conference at
Cambrai with the
chiefs of
staff of the
armies of the
Westheer (army of the west) as part of a tour of
inspection of the
Western Front...
- the open
ground beyond and
engage the
numerically inferior German Army (
Westheer) in a war of movement. The
British attack at
Arras was part of the Anglo-French...
- cent) went to Verdun,
against 48
German divisions, 25 per cent of the
Westheer (western army).
Afflerbach wrote that 85
French divisions fought at Verdun...
-
French frontier, from the c. 1,700,000 men
expected to be
mobilised in the
Westheer (Western Army). The main
German force would still advance through Belgium...
-
commanders on the
Western Front had to
reckon on the
German western army (
Westheer)
being strengthened by
reinforcements from the
Ostheer on the
Eastern Front...
- the
Atlantic Wall
defences against an invasion, to keep as much of the
Westheer as
possible away from
Normandy and
operations Bodyline and
Crossbow against...
