Highest ranked non-German officer in Wehrmacht & Waffen

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Highest ranked non-German officer in Wehrmacht & Waffen

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Post by Panzermahn » 20 Jun 2003, 04:43

Who is the highest ranked non-German officer in Wehrmacht & Waffen SS?
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Post by DarExc » 20 Jun 2003, 06:08

Hitler :lol:
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Post by Harri » 20 Jun 2003, 12:40

No, it can't be Hitler. He was only a Lance Corporal... :lol:
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Post by Ti.P » 20 Jun 2003, 13:14

so there was a lance corporal incharge of entire armies, im talkin bout the eastern front especially stalingrad!!??!


didnt he become general or sumin when he took ova the 5th army it hink it was?
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Post by Harri » 20 Jun 2003, 13:53

It could be Generaloberst Alexander Löhr (if Austrians are counted).
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Post by Tapani K. » 20 Jun 2003, 14:39

Rudolfs Bangerskis from Latvia was SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS and Emilio Esteban-Infantes Fernández from Spain was a Generalleutnant. If we do not count Austrians as they were officially Germans, these are the highest that come to my mind. Of course, there was Vlasov, but I am not sure if he can be counted as belonging to either Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS.


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Post by Skanderbeg » 23 Jun 2003, 03:32

SS-Staf. Léon Degrelle..thought I'd just mention him.
Gustaf Mannerheim, tho not German military (I just like him).
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Post by Beso Zaridze » 13 Jun 2018, 22:32

Generalmajor Shalva Maglakelidze
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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 14 Jun 2018, 22:46

SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS C.P. Kryssing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christi ... r_Kryssing

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Post by Arto O » 15 Jun 2018, 04:28

Also Bronislav Kaminski hold a rank of SS-Brigadeführer. Less than a month :lol:
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Post by Dieter Zinke » 15 Jun 2018, 08:29

Arto O wrote:Also Bronislav Kaminski hold a rank of SS-Brigadeführer. Less than a month :lol:
Correct is "Waffen-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor" [according SS-Personalakte 31.07.1944]!

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Post by Arto O » 16 Jun 2018, 05:39

Thanks for correction Dieter Zinke.
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Post by Dave Danner » 16 Jun 2018, 06:06

A few more:

Hungarian:
Waffen-Gruppenführer József Grassy- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Grassy
Oberführer László Deák - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1sz ... _De%C3%A1k

Italian:
Waffen-Brigadeführer Piero Mannelli

French:
Général de Brigade / Oberführer Egdar Puaud
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Post by Dieter Zinke » 19 Jun 2018, 11:01

Ferenc vitéz Feketehalmy-Czeydner
01.03.1944 SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
01.11.1944 SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS a. D.
28.01.1945 Waffen-Obergruppenführer der SS a. D. (Umbenennung)


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