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Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig – Was a Waffen-SS General, Generalmajor der Ordnungspolizei and SS-Brigadeführer; known for being the first german general to die in World War II. Ernst Röhm – A co-founder of the Sturmabteilung (Storm Battalion) or SA, the Nazi Party militia. Later the SA-Stabschef, a Reichleiter and Reich Minister without ...
Following is the list of persons holding the title positions as well as actual highest ranks of the Schutzstaffel (SS) since the earliest inception of the armed SS units in Nazi Germany. The ranks include distinctive insignia designs worn on the collar at one points by all officers.
The vast majority of the people promoted to field marshal won major battles in wars of their time. Field marshals played a compelling and influential role in military matters, were tax-exempt, members of the nobility, equal to government officials, under constant protection or escort, and had the right to directly report to the royal family. [3]
SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer (literal: SS-Colonel group leader), short SS-Obstgruf, was from 1942 to 1945 the highest commissioned rank in the Schutzstaffel (SS), with the exception of Reichsführer-SS. SS-Obstgruf was comparable to four-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-9).
Name Photograph Date of birth Date of death Age at death Role Fate Adolf Hitler: April 20, 1889: April 30, 1945: 56 years, 10 days Leader of the Nazi Party during the Third Reich. Chancellor of Germany Führer. Committed suicide by gunshot [1] [2] Heinrich Himmler: October 7, 1900: May 23, 1945: 44 years, 228 days Reichsführer-SS. Chief of ...
Although the list of defendants was finalized on 29 August, [8] as late as October, chief United States prosecutor Robert Jackson demanded the addition of new names, proposing the addition of Hermann Schmitz, an IG Farben executive, Karl Wolff and other high-ranking SS officers, as well as generals Walther von Brauchitsch, Franz Halder, and the ...
Pages in category "German Army officers of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 273 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German Army officers of World War II (2 C, 273 P) F. Five-star officers of Nazi Germany (3 C, 2 P) Four-star officers of Nazi Germany (4 C, 3 P) G.