General Der Infanterie (Germany)

General of the Infantry (, abbr. ) is a former rank of the German army (). It is currently an appointment or position given to an OF-8 rank officer, who is responsible for particular affairs of training and equipment of the infantry.

Former rank in the German ground forces

General of the Infantry was a former rank of General of the branch OF-8 in the German land forces ( Imperial Army, ''Reichswehr'' and ''Wehrmacht'') and also in the Prussian Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army. It was the third-highest general officer rank, subordinate only to Colonel General and ''Feldmarschall'' (Field Marshal). It is equivalent to a three-star rank today. The same rank was adopted by the Finnish Army () between the world wars.

German cavalry officers of equivalent rank were called and those in the artillery corps were . In 1935 the Wehrmacht added the ranks of (tank troops), ''General der Gebirgstruppen'' (mountain troops), ''General der Fallschirmtruppen'' (parachute troops), and ''General der Nachrichtentruppen'' (communications troops). In the ''Luftwaffe'', the equivalent rank was . The rank was generally referred to only in the form of ''General'', without specifying the specific forces the bearer commanded.

In the modern German armed forces, the , the rank of (Lieutenant General) corresponds to the traditional rank of . There was no equivalent rank in the army of East Germany, where it was merged into that of .

General der Infanterie in the Bundeswehr

In the Bundeswehr, the position of an infantry officer responsible for certain questions of troop training and equipment, usually with the rank of Brigadier Generals. The position of general of the infantry is connected with that of commander of the infantry school. Corresponding service positions also exist for other branches of the army. Since in this usage it refers to a position not a rank, an Oberst is sometimes "General of" his respective type of troops. The form of address is usually Herr General and/or Herr Oberst; the form of address Herr General der Infanterie is unorthodox, since it does not refer to a rank.

List of officers who were '

Note that a number of these officers may also have gone on to higher ranks during their careers.

A

* Erich Abraham (1895–1971)
* (1859–1930)
* Karl Allmendinger (1891–1965)
* Constantin von Alvensleben (1809–1892)
* Gustav von Alvensleben (1803–1881)
* (1829–1909)
* Helge Auleb (1887–1964)

B

* Max von Bahrfeldt (1856–1936)
* (1856–1915)
* Eugen Beyer (1882–1940)
* Franz Beyer (1892–1968)
* Bruno Bieler (1888–1966)
* Johannes Block (1894–1945)
* Günther Blumentritt (1892–1967)
* Max Bock (1878–1945)
* Herbert von Böckmann (1886–1974)
* Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege (1889–1965)
* (1878–1962)
* (1824–1899)
* Kuno-Hans von Both (1884–1955)
* Julius von Bose (1809–1894)
* Hermann von Boyen (1771–1848)
* (1868–1942)
* Kurt Brennecke (1891–1982)
* (1862–1955)
* Kurt von Briesen (1886–1941)
* Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (1887–1943)
* (1873–1943)
* Rudolf von Bünau (1890–1962)
* (1812–1876)
* Walther Buhle (1894–1959)
* Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895–1945) (committed suicide)
* Erich Buschenhagen (1895–1994)
* Theodor Busse (1897–1986)

C

* (1804–1877)
* Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis (1886–1942)
* Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891–1945)
* Dietrich von Choltitz (1894–1966)
* (1862–1942)
* (1857–1916)
* (1841–1910)
* Erich Clössner (1888–1976)

D

* Ernst Dehner (1889–1970)
* Berthold Karl Adolf von Deimling (1853–1944)
* Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz (1755–1816)
* Anton Dostler (1891–1945)

E

* Karl Eibl (1891–1943)
* Otto von Emmich (1848–1915)
* Werner von Erdmannsdorff (1891–1945) (executed)
* Waldemar Erfurth (1879–1971)
* (1870–1951)
* Ludwig von Estorff (1859–1943) ( Char.)

F

* Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878–1966)
* Erich von Falkenhayn (1861–1922)
* Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein (1797–1885)
* Maximilian Vogel von Falckenstein (1839–1917)
* Friedrich Fangohr (1899–1956)
* Karl von Fasbender (1852–1933)
* Hans Feige (1880–1953)
* Hans-Georg Felber (1889–1962)
* (1863–1945)
* (1882–1939)
* Walther Fischer von Weikersthal (1890–1953)
* (1879–1939)
* (1705–1767)
* (1887–1959)
* Hermann Foertsch (1895–1961)
* (1869–1950)
* Hermann von François (1856–1933)
* Eduard Friedrich Karl von Fransecky (1807–1890)
* Erich Friderici (1885–1964)
* (1871–1951)
* (1868–1943)

G

* Martin Gareis (1891–1976)
* (1856–1919)
* (1881–1942)
* (1884–1947)
* Hermann Geyer (1882–1946) (committed suicide)
* Werner-Albrecht Freiherr von und zu Gilsa (1889–1945)
* Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882–1946) (committed suicide)
* Gerhard Glokke (1884–1944)
* (1811–1889)
* August Karl von Goeben (1816–1880)
* Hans Gollnick (1892–1970)
* Friedrich Gollwitzer (1889–1977)
* (1860–1942)
* (1848–1933)
* Walther Graeßner (1891–1943)
* Martin Grase (1891–1963)
* Anton Grasser (1891–1976)
* (1876–1945)
* Hans von Greiffenberg (1893–1951)
* Horst Großmann (1891–1972)
* (1812–1881)

H

* Siegfried Haenicke (1878–1946)
* Walther Hahm (1894–1951)
* Hermann Konstantin Albert Julius von Hanneken (1890–1981)
* Alexander von Hartmann (1890–1943)
* Jakob von Hartmann (1795–1873)
* Wilhelm Hasse (1894–1945)
* Arthur Hauffe (1892–1944)
* Friedrich Herrlein (1889–1974)
* Carl Hilpert (1888–1948)
* Otto Hitzfeld (1898–1990)
* Karl Friedrich von Hirschfeld (1747–1818)
* Friedrich Hochbaum (1894–1955)
* Gustav Höhne (1893–1951)
* Walter Hörnlein (1893–1961)
* Rudolf Hofmann (1895–1970)
* (1835–1906)
* Friedrich Hoßbach (1894–1980)
* Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler (1852–1908)

J

* Erich Jaschke (1890–1961)
* Hans Jordan (1892–1975)

K

* Georg von Kameke (1817–1893)
* (1885–1939)
* Hugo von Kathen (1855–1932)
* Bodewin Keitel (1888–1953)
* Werner Kienitz (1885–1959)
* Eberhard Kinzel (1897–1945) (committed suicide)
* Hugo von Kirchbach (1809–1887)
* Baptist Knieß (1885–1956)
* Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf (1860–1936)
* Friedrich Köchling (1893–1970)
* (1849–1942)
* Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890–1945) (killed in action)
* Robert Kosch (1856–1942)
* (1815–1897)
* Hans Krebs (1898–1945) (committed suicide)
* Karl Kriebel (1888–1961)
* Ernst-Anton von Krosigk (1898–1945)
* Hermann von Kuhl (1856–1958)
* Arthur Kullmer (1896–1953)
* Ferdinand von Kummer (1816–1900)

L

* Otto Lasch (1893–1971)
* Paul Laux (1887–1944)
* (1868–1951)
* Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870–1964)
* (1831–1906)
* Ernst von Leyser (1889–1962)
* (1881–1960)
* Eduard von Liebert (1850–1934)
* (1882–1945)
* Anton Lipošćak (1863–1924)
* (1848–1927)
* Friedrich "Fritz" Karl von Loßberg (1868–1942)
* Erich Ludendorff (1865–1937)
* Erich Lüdke (1882–1946)
* Hartwig von Ludwiger (1895–1947) (executed)
* Rudolf Lüters (1883–1945)
* Walther von Lüttwitz (1859–1942)

M

* Albrecht Gustav von Manstein (1805–1877)
* Friedrich Materna (1885–1946)
* Franz Mattenklott (1884–1954)
* Gerhard Matzky (1894–1983)
* Johannes Mayer (1893–1963)
* Friedrich Mieth (1888–1944)
* (1867–1944)
* Wolfgang Muff (1880–1947)
* Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (1897–1947)
* Ludwig Müller (1892–1972)

N

* (1782–1861)
* (1849–1936)
* Ferdinand Neuling (1885–1960)
* (1786–1865)
* (1882–1945)
* Hermann Niehoff (1897–1980)

O

* Hans von Obstfelder (1886–1976)
* Friedrich Olbricht (1888–1944) (executed)
* Eugen Ott (1890–1966)

P

* (1716–1798)
* Carl Ludwig Wilhelm August von Phull (Pfuel) (1723–1793)
* (1767–1840)
* Ernst von Pfuel (1779–1866)
* Wilhelm Malte I (1783–1854)
* (1837–1902)
* Karl von Plettenberg (1852–1938)
* (1847–1930)
* Helmuth Prieß (1896–1944)
* (1790–1871)
* (1854–1935)

R

* Wilhelm Fürst von Radziwill (1797–1870)
* Siegfried Rasp (1898–1968)
* Albert von Rauch (1829–1901)
* Gustav von Rauch (1774–1841)
* Hermann Recknagel (1892–1945)
* Hermann Reinecke (1888–1973)
* (1855–1935)
* Enno von Rintelen (1891–1971)
* Edgar Röhricht (1892–1967)
* Karl von Roques (1880–1949)
* Ernst von Rüchel (1754–1823)

S

* Benignus von Safferling (1824–1899)
* Friedrich August Schack (1892–1968)
* Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel (1851–1925)
* Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff (1833–1914)
* Kurt von Schleicher (1882–1934)
* Hans Schmidt (1877–1948)
* Rudolf Schmundt (1896–1944) (Died from injuries resulting from 20 July plot bomb)
* Wilhelm Schneckenburger (1891–1944)
* (1875–1954)
* Walther Schroth (1882–1944)
* Friedrich Schulz (1897–1976)
* Albrecht Schubert (1886–1966)
* Felix Schwalbe (1892–1974)
* Viktor von Schwedler (1885–1954)
* (1822–1901)
* (1857–1941)
* Friedrich Siebert (1888–1950)
* Georg von Sodenstern (1889–1955)
* Hans Speth (1897–1985)
* Otto Sponheimer (1886–1961)
* Otto Stapf (1890–1963)
* Johann Baptist Stephan (1808–1875)
* (1877–1955)
* (1823–1899)
* Erich Straube (1887–1971)
* (1821–1908)
* Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886–1944) (executed)
* (1876–1933)
* Otto von Stülpnagel (1878–1948)
* (1854–1946)

T

* Ludwig von der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815–1881)
* Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien (1760–1824)
* Hans von Tettau (1888–1956)
* Georg Thomas (1890–1946)
* Helmut Thumm (1895–1977)
* Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891–1957)
* Lothar von Trotha (1848–1920)
* Erich von Tschischwitz (1870–1958)
* Rudolf Toussaint (1891–1968)

U

* Walter von Unruh (1877–1956)

V

* Julius von Verdy du Vernois (1832–1910)
* Erwin Vierow (1890–1982)
* Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz (1809–1877)
* Paul Völckers (1891–1946)

W

* Hugo von Wasielewski (1853–1936)
* Erich Weber (1860–1933)
* Wilhelm Wegener (1895–1944)
* Karl Weisenberger (1890–1952)
* August von Werder (1808–1887)
* Wilhelm Wetzel (1888–1964)
* Friedrich Wiese (1892–1972)
* Gustav Anton von Wietersheim (1884–1974)
* Mauritz von Wiktorin (1883–1956)
* Joachim Witthöft (1887–1966)
* Erwin von Witzleben (1881–1944)
* Otto Wöhler (1894–1987)
* Ludwig Wolff (1893–1968)
* (1819–1896)

Z

* Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892–1964)
* Hans Zorn (1891–1943)

See also

* General (Germany)
* Comparative officer ranks of World War II

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Three-star officers
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Three-star officers of Nazi Germany
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