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General der Fallschirmtruppe

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General der Fallschirmtruppe

General der Fallschirmtruppe (en: General of the parachute corps) was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level (OF-8), equivalent to a US Lieutenant general.

The General of the branch ranks of the Luftwaffe were in 1945:

  • General der Fallschirmtruppe / General of the parachute corps
  • General of the anti-aircraft artillery
  • General of the aviators
  • General of the air communications corps
  • General of the Luftwaffe
  • The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Heer (Army) as follows:

    Heer
  • General of the artillery
  • General of the mountain corps
  • General of the infantry
  • General of the cavalry
  • General of the communications corps
  • General of the armored corps
  • General of the 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, equivalent to (US Vice admiral) and
  • SS-ObergruppenfĂĽhrer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.
  • List of officers who were General der Fallschirmtruppe

  • Bruno Bräuer
  • Paul Conrath
  • Richard Heidrich
  • Eugen Meindl
  • Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke
  • Alfred Schlemm
  • Kurt Student
  • References

    General der Fallschirmtruppe Wikipedia