General der Fallschirmtruppe
General der Fallschirmtruppe
(General of the parachute corps)
(General of the parachute corps)
General der Fallschirmtruppe (en: General of the parachute corps) was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force) 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 General of the branch ranks of the Luftwaffe were in 1945:
- General der Fallschirmtruppe / General of the parachute corps
- General of the anti-aircraft artillery
- General of the aviators
- General of the air communications corps
- General of the Luftwaffe
The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Heer (Army) as follows:
- Heer
- General of the artillery
- General of the mountain corps
- General of the infantry
- General of the cavalry
- General of the communications corps
- General of the armored corps
- General of the 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
German General der ... ranks (by type of weapon branch) of the Wehrmacht (1935–1945) | ||
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