Generals.dk - Major Update

[Fallschirmjäger]

Thanks Potsdamerplatz for that link,as like to see luftwaffe FJ and other ground troop generals,and hope they are there too.Like shure actualy had this site,just so many,save them and then dont even get around to looking at them as im shure of this one?.

[Steen Ammentorp]

I am happy to report on the recent update of the database, which now covers 17653 generals. A lot of new information has been added to the Chinese and Soviet sections. The database also now contains portraits of 1832 generals.

Kind Regards
Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

[Steen Ammentorp]

I am proud to report a new major update in the database which now contains 18071 generals. Again a lot of information has been added in the Chinese and Soviet sections, but also other sections has seen improvements. In particular there has been added a lot of photos, so the database now contains photos of 2630 generals. Enjoy!!!

[Steen Ammentorp]

I am pleased to announce another major update of Generals.dk. The database now includes 18818 generals, and though most of the updates have been done on the Chinese generals then additional information has been added to the generals in the Japanese and US sections as well as other sections. Just as additional photos has been added to numerous sections.

[Steen Ammentorp]

I’m pleased to announce yet another update to the database, which now includes 19578 generals. Most of the resent update has been done on the Chinese section, now including 3205 generals – all official granted generals rank by the National Government between 1935 and 1945 as well as numerous who held a field or post rank of general during that period. Information has also been added to a lot of other sections also, and photos has been added in particular to the Dutch, Italian and Soviet sections.

Enjoy!

[Steen Ammentorp]

I am proud to announce a major update to the database, and I really mean a major update. A lot of additional information has been added to the Chinese, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian and Soviet sections as well as others. Plus numerous photos have been added. The database now covers 19740 generals with photo of 3167 of them.

Just to give an idea of the database here is a breakdown by nation:

Figures given are: number of generals/generals with known both year of birth and death/number of photos

Australia: 236/92/3
Belgium: 112/26/3
Brazil: 27/12/2
Bulgaria: 112/41/34
Canada: 222/104/67
China: 3342/1366/191
Croatia: 92/77/1
Czechoslovakia: 199/140/32
Denmark: 16/16/16
Estonia: 20/20/14
Finland: 63/63/60
France: 1007/984/74
Germany: 258/255/94
Great Britain: 2640/1649/76
Greece: 60/17/3
Hungary: 366/106/68
Italy: 1183/182/159
Japan: 1623/685/65
Latvia: 33/33/33
Lithuania: 36/36/5
New Zealand: 78/39/1
Norway: 11/10/6
Poland: 184/174/76
Romania: 260/193/110
South Africa: 37/26/1
Soviet Union: 5573/3138/1612
Thailand: 30/11/7
The Netherlands: 44/29/29
USA: 1699/1675/314
Yugoslavia: 177/82/11

I know still long way to go

However enjoy!

[henryk]

Interesting the significant differences in generals per country.
Australia: 236/92/3
Belgium: 112/26/3
Bulgaria: 112/41/34
Canada: 222/104/67
Czechoslovakia: 199/140/32
Finland: 63/63/60
Hungary: 366/106/68
Poland: 184/174/76
Romania: 260/193/110
Yugoslavia: 177/82/11


China: 3342/1366/191
France: 1007/984/74
Germany: 258/255/94
Great Britain: 2640/1649/76
Italy: 1183/182/159
Japan: 1623/685/65
Soviet Union: 5573/3138/1612
USA: 1699/1675/314

[Urmel]

If I understand Steen's point right, these are not total numbers of generals, but merely numbers of generals in his database (which I assume is by no means complete)?

The Wehrmacht certainly must have had more than 258 generals.

Also, I think Steen is including e.g. Brigadiers in the Commonwealth armies in his database. These were not generals, inflating the number he gives for Commonwealth generals.

See e.g. http://www.generals.dk/general/Hargest/ ... aland.html

So this appears to be 'just' info about the content of the database, not information you can use for national comparisons.

In any case, it is good work!

[79seconds]

Hi Steen, sorry for my long absence due to a crazily busy year. Hope everything goes well with you and your database.

Noticed that you're doing very well in your Chinese Generals section. Remember my updates just came across "Chen". Will resume my part and guess with many other friends' effort we can work it out in near future.

Thank you again for your great contribution in WWII bio database, for us fans.

Cheers

79s

[Matteus]

Hello Steen

i just wanted to say thank you for your great service. i'm a big fan of your website and i visit it almost daily!

during the years i collected a lot of pictures from the internet. in case your are interested i would be happy to share them.

Regards

Matteus

[Steen Ammentorp]

I have just made another major update to the database adding a lot of new photos and information within the Australian, British, New Zealand, Yugoslav and other nations - I hope you will enjoy.

Then my apologies to henryk, Urmel, 79seconds and Matteus for not responding to their previous post – I have simply missed them.

Urmel is correct the numbers only represent the numbers of generals in my database not a total (yet ).

Thank you to 79seconds for the support over the years I have appreciated the help on the Chinese generals.

And Matteus, the database couldn’t have been made without the assistance of others, and I always appreciate it with somebody is willing to share information or a picture. This still goes so drop me a PM or mail

Now as henryk points out I am missing a lot of Germans. I have so far neglected them because we have Mike’s excellent ABR but a database on WW2 generals won’t be complete without them, so I will start adding them.

[HFK]

Hello Steen, about a year ago we talked about the year of birth and death of Gen Nedic, Milan and Milutin being reversed on your site. Please correct Milan's dates to 1882-1946, and Milutin's dates to 1877-1945. Thank you, Harry

[Steen Ammentorp]

Hi Harry,

It is actually most confusing, and I actually believe that it is the other way around. That Milan was born in 1877 and Milutin in 1882. It is difficult because different sources gives different dates, however the most authoritative work on Yugoslav generals ‘Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918-1941 : studija o vojnoj eliti i biografski leksikon’ by Mile Bjelajac has Milan’s date of birth as September 2, 1877 while he gives Milutin’s October 26, 1882. So I think I will stick with that.

[HFK]

Hello Steen, Here is some information on 6 British generals. 1- Mathew,A.G. is Arthur Godon, 1898- Armored Div 8 Art Co. 2- P. Maxwell is actually Sir Aymer Maxwell, 1891-1971, retired 1944. 3 - D.R. Morgan is David Russell , 1907-, and retired 1954. 4- A.S.P. Murray is Arthur Stewart Parkington Murray, 1899-. 5- A.A Richardson is Arthur Alexander , 1899=1945, CO brig 5 and then brig 141. 6- Desmond Young, 1892-1966. Sorry , but I can't seem to type a list like this in a column. Best regards, Harry

[Steen Ammentorp]

Thanks Harry,

Very much appreciated. Every little piece of information helps.