title: Western Front command tenures (World War II)
text: # Western Front command tenures (World War II)
  
  This article is a tabular depiction of those generals who held command at the army group echelon or higher on the Western Front of World War II during 1944-1945, and is intended to serve as a reference that can be linked to by other World War II articles. Headquarters and commander names are linked for ease of reference.
  
  Tenures of command on the Western Front in the Second World War, 1944-1945 :
  
  | Month | SHAEF | 21st Army Group | 12th Army Group | 6th Army Group | OB West (OB Süd after 22 Apr 1945) | Army Group B | Army Group G | Army Group H (OB Nordwest after 7 Apr 1945) | OB Oberrhein |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | June 1944 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | | | von Rundstedt 6 Jun 1944 2 Jul 1944 | Rommel 6 Jun 1944 17 Jul 1944 | Blaskowitz 6 Jun 1944 21 Sep 1944 | | |
  | July 1944 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | | von Kluge 2 Jul 1944 16 Aug 1944 | von Kluge 19 Jul 1944 17 Aug 1944 | Blaskowitz 6 Jun 1944 21 Sep 1944 | | |
  | August 1944 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | Model 16 Aug 1944 3 Sep 1944 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Blaskowitz 6 Jun 1944 21 Sep 1944 | | |
  | September 1944 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | von Rundstedt 3 Sep 1944 11 Mar 1945 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Blaskowitz 6 Jun 1944 21 Sep 1944 | | |
  | October 1944 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | von Rundstedt 3 Sep 1944 11 Mar 1945 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Balck 21 Sep 1944 24 Dec 1944 | | |
  | November 1944 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | von Rundstedt 3 Sep 1944 11 Mar 1945 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Balck 21 Sep 1944 24 Dec 1944 | Student 1 Nov 1944 28 Jan 1945 | |
  | December 1944 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | von Rundstedt 3 Sep 1944 11 Mar 1945 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Balck 21 Sep 1944 24 Dec 1944 | Student 1 Nov 1944 28 Jan 1945 | Himmler 10 Dec 1944 23 Jan 1945 Hausser 24 Jan 1945 28 Jan 1945 |
  | January 1945 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | von Rundstedt 3 Sep 1944 11 Mar 1945 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Blaskowitz 24 Dec 1944 29 Jan 1945 | Student 1 Nov 1944 28 Jan 1945 | Himmler 10 Dec 1944 23 Jan 1945 Hausser 24 Jan 1945 28 Jan 1945 |
  | February 1945 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | von Rundstedt 3 Sep 1944 11 Mar 1945 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Hausser 29 Jan 1945 2 Apr 1945 | Blaskowitz 28 Jan 1945 15 Apr 1945 | |
  | March 1945 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | Kesselring 11 Mar 1945 8 May 1945 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Hausser 29 Jan 1945 2 Apr 1945 | Blaskowitz 28 Jan 1945 15 Apr 1945 | |
  | April 1945 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | Kesselring 11 Mar 1945 8 May 1945 | Model 17 Aug 1944 21 Apr 1945 | Schulz 2 Apr 1945 6 May 1945 | Blaskowitz 28 Jan 1945 15 Apr 1945 | |
  | May 1945 | Eisenhower 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Montgomery 6 Jun 1944 8 May 1945 | Bradley 14 Jul 1944 8 May 1945 | Devers 1 Aug 1944 8 May 1945 | Kesselring 11 Mar 1945 8 May 1945 | | Schulz 2 Apr 1945 6 May 1945 | Busch 15 Apr 1945 7 May 1945 | |
  
  * ↑ Tessin articles on Heeresgruppe D, Heeresgruppe B, Heeresgruppe G, Heeresgruppe H
  * ↑ Zaloga, p. 19
  * ↑ 12th Army Group, p. 6
  * ↑ Williams, p. 240
  * 12th Army Group Report of Operations Volume 1, 31 July 1945
  * Georg Tessin (CDROM edition), Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und der Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag, 1967-1998 (17 volumes)
  * Mary Williams (compiler), Chronology 1941-1945, Washington: GPO, 1994
  * Steven Zaloga, Operation Nordwind 1945, Oxford: Osprey, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84603-683-5
  