General der Flakartillerie
General der Flakartillerie (Literally: General of the Flak-Artillery) was a General of the branch OF8-rank of the German Luftwaffe.
The rank was equivalent to the long established General der Kavallerie, General der Artillerie and General der Infanterie. The Wehrmacht also introduced General der Flieger (aviators), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Gebirgstruppen (mountain troops), General der Nachrichtentruppen (communication troops) and General der Panzertruppen (armored troops) and General der Fallschirmtruppe (paratroops).
| junior Rank Generalleutnant |
(German officer rank) |
senior Rank Generaloberst |
List of officers who were General der Flakartillerie
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 an 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)
See also
References
- Horst-Adalbert Koch: Flak - Die Geschichte der deutschen Flakartillerie und der Einsatz der Luftwaffenhelfer, 2. Auflage, Podzun Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1965
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