General der Luftwaffe


General der Luftwaffe was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level, equivalent to a US Lieutenant general.
The "General of the branch" ranks of the Luftwaffe were in 1945:
The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Heer as follows:
;Heer:
junior Rank
Generalleutnant

General der Luftwaffe		senior Rank
Generaloberst

;Other services:
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:

Officers in this rank

NameDates of lifePromotionRemark
1879–1972July 1, 1942Expert of war economy and armament
1885–1943December 1, 1942First commanding officer of the Hermann Görings police Stabswache

Literature

  • Reinhard Stumpf: Die Wehrmacht-Elite - Rang und Herkunftsstruktur der deutschen Generale und Admirale 1933–1945, Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard/Rhein 1982.
  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1991.