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General der Pioniere

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General der Pioniere (en: General of the engineers) was a General of the branch rank of the German Army 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 rank was introduced in 1938.

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

  • 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 der Pioniere / General of the engineers
  • General of the medical corps
  • General of the veterinary corps

    • The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force):

    Luftwaffe
  • General of parachute troops
  • General of the anti-aircraft artillery
  • General of the aviators
  • General of air force communications troops
  • General of the air force
    • 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.

    • List of officers who were General der Pioniere

  • Otto-Wilhelm Förster (1885–1966)
  • Erwin Jaenecke (1890–1960)
  • Alfred Jacob (1883–1963)
  • Walter Kuntze (1883–1960)
  • Karl Sachs (1886–1952/53) (died in Soviet gulag)
  • Otto Tiemann (1890–1952)

    • References

    General der Pioniere Wikipedia
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