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General der Flakartillerie

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General der Flakartillerie (en: General of anti-aircraft artillery) was a General of the branch rank of the Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on tree-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 der Flakartillerie / General of the anti-aircraft artillery
  • General of the aviators
  • General of air force communications troops
  • General of the air force
  • The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Heer (Army) as follows:

    Heer
  • General of artillery
  • General of mountain troops
  • General of infantry
  • 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, equivalent to (US Vice admiral) and
  • SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.
  • A

  • Walther von Axthelm (1893-1972)
  • B

  • Heinrich Burchard (1894-1945)
  • D

  • Otto Deßloch (1889-1977) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
  • G

  • Hugo Grimme (1872-1943)
  • H

  • Alfred Haubold (1887-1969)
  • Friedrich Heilingbrunner (1891-1977)
  • Friedrich Hirschhauer (1883-1979)
  • Gerhard Hoffmann (1887-1969)
  • O

  • Job Odebrecht (1892-1982)
  • P

  • Wolfgang Pickert (1897-1984)
  • R

  • Richard Reimann (1892-1970)
  • Otto Wilhelm von Renz (1891-1968)
  • Helmut Richter (1891-1977)
  • Karl von Roques (1880-1949) (Reentered the Wehrmacht as a General der Infanterie)
  • Günther Rüdel (1883-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
  • Camillo Ruggera (1885-1947)
  • S

  • August Schmidt (1883-1955)
  • Ludwig von Schröder (1884-1941)
  • W

  • Hubert Weise (1884-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
  • Eugen Weissmann (1892-1951)
  • Z

  • Emil Zenetti (1883-1945)
  • References

    General der Flakartillerie Wikipedia