Foreign Armies West

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Foreign Armies West was a German military intelligence section of the Wehrmacht during World War II responsible for analyzing and assessing the armed forces of Western countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht unit
military intelligence organization
activeDuring 1939–1945
analyzes enemy dispositions
enemy equipment
enemy operational doctrine
enemy tactics
enemy troop strengths
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
dissolvedIn 1945
field military intelligence
order of battle analysis
strategic analysis
focus British Armed Forces
surface form: British armed forces

French Armed Forces
surface form: French armed forces

United States Armed Forces
surface form: United States armed forces

armed forces of Western countries
other Western Allies
language German
notableFor influence on German assessments of Western threat
systematic analysis of Western Allied forces
operatedBy German Army
opposes Allied forces
surface form: Western Allies
parentOrganization OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
partOf OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: German Army High Command

Wehrmacht
produces intelligence reports
order of battle summaries
situation assessments
reasonForDissolution defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
regionOfActivity Western Europe
Western Front
responsibleFor analyzing Western Allied armed forces
assessing military capabilities of Western countries
producing intelligence estimates on Western fronts
role intelligence analysis
strategic assessment
supporting German operational planning on Western front
subordinateTo German General Staff
surface form: German Army General Staff
timePeriod World War II
surface form: Second World War
usedBy OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: German Army High Command

German operational planners

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High Command of the Armed Forces hasPart Foreign Armies West