''General der Flakartillerie'' (en: ''General of anti-aircraft artillery'') was a
General of the branch
A general of the branch, general of the branch of service or general of the ... (where instead of the ellipsis an appropriate name of the military branch is being put) is a three-star rank, three or four-star rank, four-star general officer rank i ...
rank of the
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
(en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end of
World War II
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in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on
three-star level (
OF-8), equivalent to a US
Lieutenant general
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.
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
General of the Air Force (GAF) is a five-star general officer rank and is the highest possible rank in the United States Air Force. General of the Air Force ranks immediately above a general and is equivalent to General of the Army in the Unit ...
The rank was equivalent to the
General of the branch
A general of the branch, general of the branch of service or general of the ... (where instead of the ellipsis an appropriate name of the military branch is being put) is a three-star rank, three or four-star rank, four-star general officer rank i ...
ranks of the ''
Heer'' (army) as follows:
;Heer:
*
General of artillery
*
General of mountain troops
*
General of infantry General of the infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to:
* General of the Infantry (Austria)
* General of the Infantry (Bulgaria)
* General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Imper ...
*
General of cavalry
*
General of the communications troops
*
General of panzer troops (armoured troops)
*
General of engineers
*
General of the medical corps
*
General of the veterinary corps
;Other services:
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
*
''Admiral'' of the
Kriegsmarine
The (, ) was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official military branch, branche ...
, equivalent to (US
Vice admiral
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Australia
In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of Vice ...
) and
* ''
SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS'' in the ''Waffen-SS''.
List of officers who were General der Flakartillerie
A
*
Walther von Axthelm (1893-1972)
B
*
Heinrich Burchard (1894-1945)
D
*
Otto Deßloch (1889-1977) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
G
* (1872-1943)
H
* (1887-1969)
* (1891-1977)
* (1883-1979)
* (1887-1969)
O
*
Job Odebrecht (1892-1982)
P
*
Wolfgang Pickert (1897-1984)
R
*
Richard Reimann (1892-1970)
* (1891-1968)
* (1891-1977)
*
Karl von Roques
Karl von Roques (7 May 1880 – 24 December 1949) was a German general and war criminal during the Second World War, who commanded the Army Group Rear Area behind Army Group South. Following the war, Roques was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment ...
(1880-1949) (Reentered the Wehrmacht as a
General der Infanterie General of the infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to:
* General of the Infantry (Austria)
* General of the Infantry (Bulgaria)
* General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Impe ...
)
*
Günther Rüdel (1883-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
* (1885-1947)
S
*
August Schmidt (1883-1955)
*
Ludwig von Schröder (1884-1941)
W
*
Hubert Weise (1884-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
* (1892-1951)
Z
* (1883-1945)
See also
*
General (Germany)
''General'' () is the highest rank of the German Army and German Air Force. As a four-star rank it is the equivalent to the rank of admiral in the German Navy.
The rank is rated Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers, OF-9 in NATO. It is gra ...
References
*Horst-Adalbert Koch: Flak - Die Geschichte der deutschen Flakartillerie und der Einsatz der Luftwaffenhelfer, 2. Auflage, Podzun Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1965
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Three-star officers of Nazi Germany
Military ranks of Germany
Lists of generals