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en: General of the artillery) may mean:
A rank of
three-star general
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In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...
, comparable to modern armed forces
OF-8 grade, in the
Imperial German Army
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and its contingency armies of
Prussia
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,
Bavaria
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,
Saxony
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and
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
. It also was used in the
Reichswehr
''Reichswehr'' (; ) was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first two years of Nazi Germany. After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Imperial German Army () was dissolved in order to be reshaped ...
and the
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...
. The second-highest regular rank below ; cavalry officers of equivalent rank were called ''
general of the cavalry'', and infantry officers of equivalent rank ''
general of the infantry''. The Wehrmacht also had ''
General der Panzertruppe
''General der Panzertruppe'' () was a General of the branch rank of the German Army (1935–1945), German Army, introduced in 1935. A ''General der Panzertruppe'' was a lieutenant general, above major general (''Generalleutnant''), commanding a ...
n'' (tank troops), ''
General der Gebirgstruppen'' (mountain troops), (engineers), ''
General der Nachrichtentruppen'' (communications troops) and several branch variants for the
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
.
In the modern , ''General der Artillerie'' is the position of an artillery officer responsible for certain questions of troop training and equipment, usually with the rank of
Brigadegenerals. The position of general of the artillery is connected with that of commander of the artillery school. Corresponding service positions also exist for other branches of the army. Since in this usage it refers to a position not a rank, an Oberst is sometimes "General of" his respective type of troops. The form of address is usually Herr General and/or Herr Oberst ; the form of address Herr is unorthodox, since it does not refer to a rank.
Today in the , the rank of
lieutenant general
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corresponds to the traditional rank of general of the artillery. There was no equivalent rank in the
army
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of
East Germany
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, where it was merged into that of .
List of officers who were General der Artillerie
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Alexander Andrae (1888–1979)
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Maximilian de Angelis
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Maximilian de Angelis (2 October 1889 – 6 December 1974) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
On 4 April 1946 Angelis was ext ...
(1889–1974)
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Paul Bader (1883–1971)
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Anton Reichard von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim (1896–1961)
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Karl Becker (1879–1940),
Heereswaffenamt
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Hans Behlendorff (1889–1961)
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Wilhelm Berlin (1889–1987)
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Friedrich von Boetticher (1881–1967)
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Hans von Bülow
Freiherr Hans Guido von Bülow (; 8 January 1830 – 12 February 1894) was a German conductor, pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. As one of the most distinguished conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for establishi ...
(1816-1897)
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Eduard Crasemann (1891–1950)
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Theodor Endres (1876–1956)
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Erwin Engelbrecht (1891–1964)
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Wilhelm Fahrmbacher (1888–1970)
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Maximilian Felzmann (1894–1962)
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Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892–1984)
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Werner von Fritsch
Thomas Ludwig Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a German ''Generaloberst'' (Full General, full general) who served as Oberkommando des Heeres, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army fro ...
(1880–1939); later Generaloberst
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Curt Gallenkamp (1890–1958)
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Max von Gallwitz
Max Karl Wilhelm von Gallwitz (2 May 1852 – 18 April 1937) was a German general from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia, who served with distinction during World War I on both the Eastern and Western Fronts.
Biography
Gallwitz grew up in a Catho ...
(1852–1937)
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Theodor Geib (1888–1944)
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Hans von Gronau (1850–1940)
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Christian Hansen (1885–1972)
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Otto Hartmann (1884–1952)
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Walter Hartmann (1891–1977)
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck (1897–1979)
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Ernst-Eberhard Hell (1887–1973)
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Kurt Herzog
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Kurt Herzog (27 March 1889, Quedlinburg – 8 May 1948) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. A war criminal, Herzog surrendered to the Soviet troops in Ma ...
(1889–1948)
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Maximilian Ritter von Höhn (1859–1936)
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Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1827–1892)
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Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (; 22 September 188216 October 1946) was a German field marshal who held office as chief of the (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's armed forces, during World War II. He signed a number of criminal ...
(1882 – 1946); later Generalfeldmarschall
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Curt Jahn (1892–1966)
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Alfred Jodl
Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (; born Alfred Josef Baumgärtler; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German Wehrmacht Heer, Army ''Generaloberst'' (the rank was equal to a four-star full general) and War crime, war criminal, who served as th ...
(1890 – 1946); later Generaloberst
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Rudolf Kaempfe (1893–1962)
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Leonhard Kaupisch (1878–1945)
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Walter Keiner (1890–1978)
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Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen (1862–1953)
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Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
Friedrich Siegmund Georg Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (also and Turkish language, Turkish: ''Kress Pasha;'' 24 April 1870 – 16 October 1948) was a German general from Nuremberg. He was a member of the group of German officers who ass ...
(1870–1948)
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Georg von Küchler
Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler (30 May 1881 – 25 May 1968) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the ''Wehrmacht'' during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded the 18th Army ...
(1881–1968), later Generalfeldmarschall
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Emil Leeb (1881–1969)
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Eduard von Lewinski (1829–1906)
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Fritz Lindemann (1890–1944)
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Christian Nicolaus von Linger (1669–1755), first officer to hold the rank of General of the Artillery in the
Prussian Army
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Herbert Loch
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Herbert Loch (5 August 1886 – 28 October 1976) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XXVIII Corps and the 18th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Aw ...
(1886–1976)
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Walter Lucht (1882–1949)
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Max Ludwig (1871–1961)
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Erich Marcks
Erich Marcks (6 June 1891 – 12 June 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, ''Operation Draft East'', for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, adv ...
(1891–1944)
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Robert Martinek (1889–1944)
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Horst von Mellenthin
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Horst von Mellenthin (31 July 1898 – 8 January 1977) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Mellenthin surrende ...
(1898–1977)
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Heinrich Meyer-Buerdorf (1888-1971)
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Willi Moser (1887–1946)
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Eugen Müller (1891–1951)
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Walter Petzel (1883–1965)
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Max Pfeffer (1883–1955)
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Georg Pfeiffer (1890–1944)
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Friedrich von Rabenau
Friedrich von Rabenau (10 October 1884 – 15 April 1945) was a German career-soldier, general, theologian, and opponent of Nazism.
Biography
Friedrich von Rabenau was born in Berlin to the physician Friedrich von Rabenau (1847–1885) and Wa ...
(1884–1945); killed in a concentration camp
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Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł (1833–1904)
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Walther von Reichenau
Walter Karl Gustav August Ernst von Reichenau (8 October 1884 – 17 January 1942) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the '' Heer'' (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was nicknamed "The Bull" ( German: ''Der Bulle) ...
(1884–1942); later Generalfeldmarschall
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Rudolf Freiherr von Roman
Rudolf Freiherr von Roman (19 November 1893 – 18 February 1970) was a German general ( General of the Artillery) who commanded several corps during World War II. He was recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Awards ...
(1893–1970)
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Friedrich von Scholtz
Boje Friedrich Nikolaus von Scholtz (born 24 March 1851 in Flensburg – died 30 April 1927 in Ballenstedt) was a German general, who served as commander of 20th Corps and the 8th Army of the German Empire on the Eastern Front in the First World W ...
(1851–1927)
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Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888–1976)
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Johann Sinnhuber (1887–1979)
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Hermann Ritter von Speck __NOTOC__
Hermann Ritter von Speck (8 August 1888 – 15 June 1940) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Speck was killed by French machine gun fire on 15 June 1940 in ...
(1888–1940)
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Hans Speth (1897–1985)
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Hermann von Stein (1854–1927)
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Wilhelm Stemmermann (1888–1944)
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Gerhard Tappen (1866–1953); by
brevet
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Siegfried Paul Leonhard Thomaschki (1894–1967)
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Johann Nepomuk von Triva (1755–1827)
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Heereswaffenamt
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Eduard Wagner (1894–1944), Generalquartiermeister des Heeres, committed suicide
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Martin Wandel (1892–1943)
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Walter Warlimont (1894–1976)
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Helmuth Weidling (1891–1955), later Kampfkommandant of Berlin Defense Area
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Albert Wodrig
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Albert Wodrig (16 July 1883 – 31 October 1972) was a German general during World War II who commanded the XXVI Army Corps, which was initially briefly his namesake ("Corps Wodrig"). He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iro ...
(1883–1972)
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Rolf Wuthmann
Rolf Fritz Carl Max Willy Wuthmann (26 August 1893 – 20 October 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the IX Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Wuthmann surrendered ...
(1893–1977)
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Heinz Ziegler (1894–1972)
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 Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers, OF-9 in NATO. It is gra ...
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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-star rank, three or four-star rank, four-star general officer rank i ...
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Military ranks of the German Empire
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Military ranks of the Weimar Republic
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Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945)
{{General ranks of the Wehrmacht
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