General der Luftwaffe
General der Luftwaffe was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level, equivalent to a US Lieutenant general.
The "General of the branch" ranks of the Luftwaffe were in 1945:
- General of parachute troops
- General of anti-aircraft artillery
- General of the aviators
- General of air force communications troops
- General of the air force
;Heer:
- General of artillery
- General of mountain troops
- General of infantry
- General of cavalry
- General of the communications troops
- General of panzer troops
- General of engineers
- General of the medical corps
- General of the veterinary corps
junior Rank Generalleutnant | General der Luftwaffe | senior Rank Generaloberst |
;Other services:
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
- Admiral of the Kriegsmarine, equivalent to and
- SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.
Officers in this rank
Name | Dates of life | Promotion | Remark |
1879–1972 | July 1, 1942 | Expert of war economy and armament | |
1885–1943 | December 1, 1942 | First commanding officer of the Hermann Görings police Stabswache |
Literature
- Reinhard Stumpf: Die Wehrmacht-Elite - Rang und Herkunftsstruktur der deutschen Generale und Admirale 1933–1945, Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard/Rhein 1982.
- Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1991.