General der Luftnachrichtentruppe

Rank insignia

Kragenspiegel

Epaulette

Corps colour white

General der Luftnachrichtentruppe (Literally: General of the Air Signals Corps) was a General of the branch OF8-rank of 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 Gebirgstruppe (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Fallschirmtruppe (parachute troops), General der Panzertruppe (armored troops) and General der Nachrichtentruppe (signals troops).

junior Rank Generalleutnant

(German officer rank) General der Flieger

senior Rank Generaloberst

The three officers who held the rank were; Wolfgang Martini (1891–1963), Walter Surén (1880–1976) and Friedrich Fahnert (1879–1964).

Reference

• Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Teil II Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945, Biblio-Verlag Osnabrück 1991, 3 Bände (German language),ISBN 376481701-1

See also

• Comparative officer ranks of World War II

German General der ... ranks (by type of weapon branch) of the Wehrmacht (1935–1945) Heer General der ... Artillerie Gebirgstruppe Infanterie Kavallerie Nachrichtentruppe Panzertruppe Pioniere Generaloberstabsarzt Luftwaffe General der ... Fallschirmtruppe Flakartillerie Flieger Luftnachrichtentruppe Luftwaffe