''General der Flakartillerie'' (en: ''General of anti-aircraft artillery'') was a
General of the branch
A general of the branch, general of the branch of service or general of the ... (where instead of the ellipsis an appropriate name of the military branch is being put) is a three or four-star general officer rank in some armies. Several nations d ...
rank of the
Luftwaffe
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German '' Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the '' Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabt ...
(en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on
three-star level (
OF-8), equivalent to a US
Lieutenant general
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on th ...
.
The "General of the branch" ranks of the Luftwaffe were in 1945:
*
General of parachute troops
* General of anti-aircraft artillery
*
General of the aviators
*
General of air force communications troops
*
General of the air force
The rank was equivalent to the
General of the branch
A general of the branch, general of the branch of service or general of the ... (where instead of the ellipsis an appropriate name of the military branch is being put) is a three or four-star general officer rank in some armies. Several nations d ...
ranks of the ''
Heer'' (army) as follows:
;Heer:
*
General of artillery
*
General of mountain troops
*
General of infantry General of the Infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to:
* General of the Infantry (Austria)
* General of the Infantry (Bulgaria)
* General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Im ...
*
General of cavalry General of the Cavalry (german: General der Kavallerie) was a General officer rank in the cavalry in various states of which the modern states of German and Austria are successors or in other armies which used the German model. Artillery officers o ...
*
General of the communications troops
*
General of panzer troops (armoured troops)
*
General of engineers
*
General of the medical corps
*
General of the veterinary corps
;Other services:
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
*
''Admiral'' of the
Kriegsmarine
The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...
, equivalent to (US
Vice admiral) and
* ''
SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS'' in the ''Waffen-SS''.
List of officers who were General der Flakartillerie
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Walther von Axthelm (1893-1972)
B
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Heinrich Burchard (1894-1945)
D
*
Otto Deßloch (1889-1977) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
G
*
Hugo Grimme (1872-1943)
H
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Alfred Haubold (1887-1969)
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Friedrich Heilingbrunner (1891-1977)
*
Friedrich Hirschhauer (1883-1979)
*
Gerhard Hoffmann
Gerhard Hoffmann (4 August 1880 – 18 June 1945) was a German nuclear physicist. During World War II, he contributed to the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club.
Education
Hoffmann studied at the University of Götting ...
(1887-1969)
O
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Job Odebrecht (1892-1982)
P
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Wolfgang Pickert __NOTOC__
Wolfgang Pickert (3 February 1897 – 19 July 1984) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the III Flak Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
In ...
(1897-1984)
R
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Richard Reimann (1892-1970)
*
Otto Wilhelm von Renz (1891-1968)
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Helmut Richter (1891-1977)
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Karl von Roques (1880-1949) (Reentered the Wehrmacht as a
General der Infanterie)
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Günther Rüdel
Günther Rüdel (15 November 1883 – 22 April 1950) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
Biography
Günther Rüdel was born in Metz, in Alsace-Lorraine, on 15 November 1883. Rüdel served as a captain during World War I, ...
(1883-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
*
Camillo Ruggera (1885-1947)
S
*
August Schmidt August Schmidt may refer to:
* August Schmidt (Wehrmacht)
__NOTOC__
August Schmidt (3 November 1892 – 17 January 1972) was a German general who commanded the 10th Panzergrenadier Division during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knig ...
(1883-1955)
*
Ludwig von Schröder
Ludwig von Schröder (17 July 1854 Hintzenkamp near Eggesin – 23 July 1933 in Berlin-Halensee) was an Imperial German Navy officer and Admiral during the First World War and a recipient of the ''Pour le Mérite'' with Oak Leaves.
Schröder en ...
(1884-1941)
W
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Hubert Weise (1884-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
*
Eugen Weissmann (1892-1951)
Z
*
Emil Zenetti (1883-1945)
See also
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General (Germany)
''General'' () is the highest rank of the German Army and German Air Force. As a four-star rank it is the equivalent to the rank of admiral in the German Navy.
The rank is rated OF-9 in NATO. It is grade B8 in the pay rules of the Federal ...
References
*Horst-Adalbert Koch: Flak - Die Geschichte der deutschen Flakartillerie und der Einsatz der Luftwaffenhelfer, 2. Auflage, Podzun Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1965
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Three-star officers of Nazi Germany
Military ranks of Germany
Lists of generals