() was a
General of the branch rank of the
Luftwaffe
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(air force) in
Nazi Germany
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. 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:
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General of parachute troops
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General of anti-aircraft artillery
* General of the aviators
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General of air force communications troops
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General of the air force
The rank was equivalent to the
General of the branch ranks of the ''
Heer'' (army) as follows:
;Heer:
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General of artillery
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General of mountain troops
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General of infantry
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General of cavalry
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General of the communications troops
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General of panzer troops (armoured troops)
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General of engineers
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General of the medical corps
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General of the veterinary corps
;Other services:
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
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Admiral
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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 It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic.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
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) and
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SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS'' in the Waffen-SS.
List of officers who were General der Flieger
A
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Alexander Andrae (1888–1979)
B
* (1890–1956)
* (1887–1972)
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Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz (1890–1979)
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Walter Boenicke (1895–1947)
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Rudolf Bogatsch (1891–1970)
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Alfred Bülowius (1892–1968)
C
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Friedrich Christiansen (1879–1972)
* (1879–1946)
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Joachim Coeler (1891–1955)
D
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Heinrich Danckelmann (1887–1947)
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Paul Deichmann (1898–1981)
* (1890–1965)
* (1883–1964)
* (1893–1968)
E
* (1877–1952)
F
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Hellmuth Felmy (1885–1965)
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Martin Fiebig (1891–1947)
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Johannes Fink (1895–1981)
* (1890–1966)
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Helmuth Förster (1889–1965)
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Stefan Fröhlich (1889–1978)
* (1894–1963)
G
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Hans Geisler (1891–1966)
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Ulrich Grauert (1889–1941) later promoted to
H
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Wilhelm Haehnelt (1875–1946)
* (1879–1957)
* (1892–1975)
* (1893–1983)
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Otto Hoffmann von Waldau (1898–1943)
J
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Hans Jeschonnek (1899–1943), then a (1942)
K
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Josef Kammhuber (1896–1986)
* (1874–1947)
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Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf (1881–1945)
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Leonhard Kaupisch (1878–1945)
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Albert Kesselring
Albert Kesselring (30 November 1885 – 16 July 1960) was a German military officer and convicted war crime, war criminal who served in the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. In a career which spanned both world wars, Kesselring reached the ra ...
(1885–1960) later promoted to ''
Generalfeldmarschall''
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Ulrich Kessler (1894–1983)
* (1886–1962)
* (1882–1945)
* (1892–1955)
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Karl Koller (1898–1951)
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Werner Kreipe (1904–1967)
L
* (1883–1950)
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Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen (1867–1942)
M
* (1888–1979)
* (1886–1950)
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Rudolf Meister (1897–1958)
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Erhard Milch (1892–1972) later promoted to ''
Generalfeldmarschall''
* (1884–1966)
* (1885–1971)
P
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Erich Petersen (1889–1963)
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Kurt Pflugbeil (1890–1955)
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Maximilian Ritter von Pohl (1893–1951)
* (1890–1979)
Q
* (1883–1959)
R
* (1894–1970)
* (1893–1991)
S
* (1885–1964)
* (1879–1972)
* (1889–1975)
* (1883–1968)
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Hans-Georg von Seidel (1891–1955)
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Hans Seidemann (1902–1967)
* (1893–1976)
* (1895–1970)
V
* (1887–1969)
W
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Bernhard Waber (1884–1945)
* (1885–1943)
* (1890–1945)
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Helmuth Wilberg (1880–1941)
* (1889–1973)
* (1876–1943)
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Ludwig Wolff (1886–1950)
Z
* (1883–1947)
See also
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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 ...
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Comparative officer ranks of World War II
{{General ranks of the Wehrmacht
Military ranks of Germany
Three-star officers of Nazi Germany
Lists of generals