Generals

[_The_General_]

Hi,

Im a new user and i have been reading for two months now, i have a question. i see a lot of pics and bio's off generals on this forum. and a lot off sites with generals. but is there a site with all the generals on it???

also i would like to know how many generals there where? in Heer, Luftwaffe,Kriegsmarine, Waffen-Ss polizei etc.

thanxs in advance

[Ken McCanliss]

There were 688 Luftwaffe generals. Nikolaus von Preradovich in his book "Die Generale der Waffen-SS" names 100 such generals.

There were in excess of 3,000 generals in the Heer.

[Phil Nix]

The Waffen SS Dienstaltersliste for 1 July 1944 shows
General der Waffen SS 43
Generalleutnant 26
Generalmajor 42
Added after July 1944
General der Waffen SS 1
Generalleutnant 2
Generalmajor 20
Ordnungspolizei rank lists show
Generaloberst 1
General 6
Generalleutnant 28
Generalmajor 95
Generalmajor (medical, Veterinary and official) 13
Philmil

[J.N. Houterman]

A ready-reference list of all WWII German generals of the Heer (Army) is under construction. All generals with the letters Kn to Z are already online. I am working on the letters A to K (with up to 3 portraits per person), which will be put online in about two weeks.

The list can be found at: http://houterman.htmlplanet.com/persons_german.html

Cheers,

Hans

[Ken McCanliss]

It should be noted that von Preradovich does not include any "political" generals, such as Kaltenbrunner, in his study; only military commanders are covered. The political appointees are noted at the end of the book.

Most of the political "generals" were given Waffen-SS rank late in the war in an attempt to place them under the protections afforded by the terms of the Geneva Convention. Such a thinly veiled ploy did not keep the likes of Kaltenbrunner from going to the gallows, however.

[Schloss Adler]

Hi,

A while ago I started to compile a numeric listing of generals for all the services. I got as far as the Army only and the results are listed below. After a while I went cross-eyed trying to tally my numbers. Anyway, here is what I found out:

Generalfeldmarschall 19

Generaloberst 38
Generaloberstarzt 3
Generaloberstabsrichter 1
Generaloberststabveterinar 2
Generaloberstabsintendant 1

General der Signals 1
General der Artillery 71
General der PzTr 47
General der Cav 18
General der MtTr 17
General der Infantry 174
General der Pioneer 5

Generalleutnant 795
Generalstabsingeniur 1?
Generalstabsrichter 4
Generalstabsintendant 17
Generalstabsveterinar 15
Generalstabsarzt 43

Generalmajor 1,158
Generalrichter 22
Generalintendant 27
Generalveterinar 51
Generalarzt 98

Total: 2, 628

Perhaps someone can make changes or add to what I have. I never did a listing for the Luftwaffe but I know that there were 688 generals but I don't have a breakdown. Furthermore, I don't have breakdowns for the Navy and the SS.

Thanks,

Doug Batson

[jose300770]

Hi, I`ll really appreciate your help if you tell me who was the foreigner german awarded with the knight cross post mortem by Hitler.
Thank you very much.

[J.N. Houterman]

A ready-reference list of all WWII German generals of the Heer (Army) is under construction. All generals with the letters Kn to Z are already online. I am working on the letters A to K (with up to 3 portraits per person), which will be put online in about two weeks.

The list can be found at: http://houterman.htmlplanet.com/persons_german.html

Cheers,

Hans

URL has changed a few years ago. New one is:
http://www.unithistories.com/officers/p ... erman.html
Cheers,

Hans