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World War II German generals(1/3)

() Head of State, Prime Minister, Supreme Commander:

Adolf Hitler (1934-1945.5), Dönitz

Commander-in-Chief of the Army:

Marshal Fromburg (1920-January 1938), Marshal Brauchitsch (1938-1941.12), Hitler (1941-1945.5)

Chief of Army General Staff:

General Halder (1934-1942.9), General Zeitzler (1942.9-1944.7), General Guderian (1944.7-1945.3), General Krebs (1945.3-1945.5)

Eastern Front Battlefield:

Army Group North (renamed Army Group Courland in January 1945)

Marshal Loeb (1941.6-1942.1), General Kukler (1942.1-1944.1), Marshal Model (1944.1-1944.3), General Lindemann (1944.3-1944.7), General Frisner (1944.7-1944.8)

, General Schnell (1944.8-1945.1), General Lendulik (1945.1), General Fittinghoff (1945.1-1945.3), General Lendulik (1945.3-1945.4), General Hilpert

(1945.4-2945.5)

zhong yang army group

(Renamed Army Group North in January 1945 and disbanded in April 1945)

Marshal Bock (1941.6-1941.12), Marshal Kruger (1941.12-1943.10), Marshal Busch (1943.10-1944.6), Marshal Model (1944.6-1944.8), General Reinhardt (1944.8-1945.1), General Lendulik

General (1945.1-1945.3), General Weikes (1945.3-1945.4)

Army Group South

(It was divided into two Army Groups A and B in 1942. Army Group B continued most of it and was disbanded in early 1943.)

Marshal Rundstedt (1941.6-1941.12), Marshal Reichenau (1941.12-1942.1), Marshal Bock (1942.1-1942.7), General Weikes (1942.7-early 1943)

a army group:

(It was separated from Army Group South in July 1942, renamed Army Group South Ukraine in February 1944, Army Group South in August and September 1944, and Army Group Eastern Border in May 1945)

Marshal List (1942.7-1942.8), Hitler (1942.8-1942.11), Marshal Kleist (1942.11-1944.2), Admiral Schnell (1944.2-1944.7), Admiral Friessner (1944.7-1944.12), Weis

General Le (1944.12-1945.4), General Lendulik (1945.4-1945.5)

Army Group Don

(Reorganized from the 11th Army in November 1942, it was renamed Army Group South in January 1943, Army Group North Ukraine in February 1944, Army Group A in August and September 1944, and Army Group Central in January 1945.

Army Group)

Marshal Manshtein (1942.11-1944.3), Marshal Model (1944.3-1944.9), Admiral Happe (1944.9-1945.1), Admiral Schürner (1945.1-1945.5)

Army Group Vistula (newly established in January 1945)

Field Marshal Himmler (1945.1-1945.3), General Heinrich (1945.3-1945.5), General Student (1945.5)

Western Front Battlefield:

Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front:

Marshal Rundstedt (1942.3-1944.7), Marshal Kruger (1944.7-1944.9) Marshal Rundstedt (1944.9-1945.3), Marshal Kesselring (1945.3-1945.5)

b army group

Marshal Rommel (1943.12-1944.10), Marshal Model (1944.10-1945.5)

g army group

General Blaskowitz (1943.12-1945.5)

Italian and Mediterranean fronts (including North African battlefields)

Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Theater Command:

Marshal Kesselring (1944.11-1945.3), General Fittinghoff (1945.3-1945.5)

North African Corps

(It was upgraded to a group army in January 1942, and the rest joined the Tunisian Army in March 1943)

Marshal Rommel (1940.9-1942.9), General Sturm (1942.9-1942.10), Marshal Rommel (1942.10-1943.3)

Army Group Tunisia

Marshal Rommel (1943.3-1943.5), General Arnim (1943.5) Army Group in Northern Italy: Marshal Rommel (1943.8-1943.12), General Fittinghoff (1943.12-1945.5)

Commander-in-Chief of the Navy:

Marshal Raeder (1934-1942.2), Marshal Dönitz (1942.-1945.5) Surface Fleet Commander: Admiral Lütjens (1934-1941.5) - later the commander-in-chief also served as commander of the submarine force: Marshal Dönitz

Commander-in-Chief of Space:

Reichsmarschall Göring (1934-1945.5) Chief of Air Staff: Marshal Kesselring (1935-1937)

Main air force of the Air Force:

1st Air Force: Marshal Kesselring (1938-1940.2)

2nd Air Force: Marshal Kesselring (1940.2-1941.11)

3rd Air Force: Marshal Speller (1938-1940.11)

Airborne Forces: General Student (1939.9-1945.5)

Commander-in-Chief of the SS:

Field Marshal Himmler (1935-1945.5), General Heydrich (1945.5)

List of Marshals of Nazi Germany

During World War II, Germany appointed a total of one Reich (generalissimo), one national leader (equivalent to marshal), and 26 senior military officers of the marshal, equivalent to 28 marshals.

1. Reich Marshal: Göring (1893~1946) was born in a bureaucratic family. He joined the army in 1912. He was awarded Air Marshal on February 4, 1938, and Reich Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from Karlsruhe Military Academy and Lichfeld Military Academy.

He served as Speaker of the Reichstag, Prussian Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Minister of Aviation, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, and Chairman of the National Defense Committee. He participated in World War I and World War II. He was a war criminal and committed suicide two hours before his execution.

2. National leader of the SS: Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945, 34 years old at the time, with less than 2 years of military experience) was appointed "Reich Leader of the SS"

3. Blomberg (1878~1946) was born into a military family. He joined the army in 1897. He was awarded the title of Field Marshal on April 1, 1936. He graduated from the Lichfeld Military Academy and the Berlin Military Academy. He served as Minister of the Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and the Wehrmacht.

Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Defense, Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Participated in World War I. He was forced to resign from the military, was tried after the war, and died in prison.

4. Redel (1876~1960) was born in a family of teachers. He joined the army in 1894. He was awarded the title of Naval Marshal on April 1, 1939. He graduated from Kiel Naval Academy. He served as Chief of Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. He participated in World War I and World War II.

.War criminal, sentenced to life imprisonment in 1946 and released in 1955.

5. Brauchitsch (1881~1948) was born into a military family. He joined the army in 1900. He was awarded the title of Field Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Berlin Military Academy. He served as the commander of the East Prussia Military District, the commander of the Fourth Army, and the commander-in-chief of the army. Participated

He lived through World War I and World War II. He died in a British military hospital after the war.

6. Keitel (1882~1946) was born into a farmer's family. He joined the army in 1901. He was awarded the title of field marshal on July 19, 1940. He served as chief of staff of the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces. He participated in World War I and World War II. He was a war criminal and was hanged.

7. Rundstedt (1875~1953) was born in a military family. He joined the army in 1892. He was awarded the title of Field Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Lichfeld Military Academy and the Berlin Military Academy. He served as the commander of Army Group A and Army Group South.

Commander, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army on the Western Front and Commander of Army Group D. Participated in World War I and World War II. He was dismissed four times and was imprisoned in the UK after the war. He was released due to illness in 1949.

8. Bock (1880~1945) was born into a military family. He joined the army in 1897. He was awarded the title of field marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from Potsdam Military Academy and Lichfeld Military Academy. He served as commander of the Northern Army Group, Commander of Army Group B, and Commander of Central Yang Army

Group Commander, Commander of Army Group South, Commander of Army Group A. He participated in World War I and World War II. He was dismissed from his post twice and later died in an air raid.

9. Loeb (1876~1956) was born into a civilian family. He joined the army in 1895. He was awarded the title of Field Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Artillery and Engineering School and the Bavarian Military Academy. He served as the Commander of Army Group C and the Commander of Army Group North. He participated in

The Eight-Nation Allied Forces invaded China, World War I, and World War II. He was dismissed twice and was later sentenced to 3 years in prison.

10. Lister (1880~1971) was born in a family of doctors. He joined the army in 1898. He was awarded the title of Field Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Artillery and Engineering School and the Bavarian Military Academy. He served as the commander of the Twelfth Army and the Balkan Occupation Force, a

Commander of the Army Group. Participated in World War I and World War II. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and was released in 1952 due to illness.

11. Kruger (1882~1944) was born into a military family. He joined the army in 1901. He was awarded the title of Field Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Berlin Military Academy. He served as commander of the Fourth Army Group, commander of the Central Army Group, and commander-in-chief of the German Army on the Western Front.

.Participated in World War I and World War II. He committed suicide by taking poison.

12. Witzleben (1881~1944) was born into an aristocratic family. He joined the army in 1901. He was awarded the title of Field Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Prussian Arms School and the Lichfeld Military Academy. He served as the commander of the First Army and the commander of Army Group D.

, Commander of the Western Army Group. Participated in World War I and World War II. Hanged.

13. Reichenau (1884~1942) was born in a military family. He joined the army in 1903. He was awarded the title of Field Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Berlin Military Academy. He served as the commander of the Sixth Army and the commander of the Southern Army Group. He participated in World War I and World War II.

.Died from heart disease (stroke).

14. Milch (1892~1972) joined the army in 1914. He was awarded the title of Air Marshal on July 19, 1940. He served as Deputy Minister of Aviation, Director of the Air Force and Deputy Minister of the Air Force. He participated in World War I and World War II. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and his sentence was soon commuted to

15 years and was pardoned in 1954.

15. Kesselring (1885~1960) was born in a family of teachers. He joined the army in 1904. He was awarded the title of Air Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Artillery and Engineering School. He served as Chief of General Staff of the Air Force, Commander of the Second Air Force, and Commander-in-Chief of the German Army on the Southern Front.

Commander, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army on the Southwest Front and Commander-in-Chief of the German Army on the Western Front. Participated in World War I and World War II. He was sentenced to death in 1947, which was later commuted to life imprisonment, and was released in 1952.

16. Speller (1885~1953) was born into a civilian family. He joined the army in 1903. He was awarded the title of Air Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Berlin Military Academy. He served as the commander of the Third Air Force and the commander of the Air Force in France. He participated in World War I.

Spanish Civil War, World War II. He was tried twice, but was acquitted both times.

17. Rommel (1891~1944) was born in a family of teachers. He joined the army in 1910. He was awarded the title of field marshal on June 22, 1942. He graduated from the Royal Officers Preparatory School in Danzig. He served as the commander of the German Expeditionary Force in North Africa and the commander of the African Armored Group, stationed in northern Italy.

Commander of Army Group B, commander of Army Group B in France. He participated in World War I and World War II. He was forced to commit suicide by taking poison.
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