General der Fallschirmtruppe
General der Falschirmtruppe
(General of the parachute troops)
(General of the parachute troops)
General der Fallschirmtruppe (en: General of the parachute troops) was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end of WW2 in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on tree-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 troops
- General of 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
| junior Rank Generalleutnant |
(German officer rank) |
senior Rank Generaloberst |
- 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 Fallschirmtruppe
Eugen Meindl 1941
- Bruno Bräuer
- Paul Conrath
- Richard Heidrich
- Eugen Meindl
- Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke
- Alfred Schlemm
- Kurt Student
See also
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