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General der Luftwaffe

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General der Luftwaffe (en: General of the air force) 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 of parachute troops
  • General of the anti-aircraft artillery
  • General of the aviators
  • General of air force communications troops
  • General der Luftwaffe / 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.

    • Literature

  • Reinhard Stumpf: Die Wehrmacht-Elite - Rang und Herkunftsstruktur der deutschen Generale und Admirale 1933–1945, Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard/Rhein 1982. ISBN 3-7646-1815-9
  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945 (3 Bde.), Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1991. ISBN 376481701-1

    • References

    General der Luftwaffe Wikipedia
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