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The following is an incomplete list of German colonel generals. Generals later promoted to general field marshal (GFM) are not included. German Empire.
Wilhelm List (14 May 1880 – 17 August 1971) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) during World War II who was convicted of war crimes by a US Army tribunal after the war. List commanded the 14th Army in the invasion of Poland and the 12th Army in the invasions of France , Yugoslavia and Greece .
The German General Staff, originally the Prussian General Staff and officially the Great General Staff (German: Großer Generalstab), was a full-time body at the head of the Prussian Army and later, the German Army, responsible for the continuous study of all aspects of war, and for drawing up and reviewing plans for mobilization or campaign.
Pages in category "German Army generals of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 504 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Great German General Staff and all similar organisations shall be dissolved and may not be reconstituted in any form. In late 1919, soon after the treaty was signed, Major General Hans von Seeckt , head of the military expert group adjunct to the German delegation, initiated a programme to rethink and rewrite German doctrine as well as ...
German generals of the Wehrmacht. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. F. Field marshals of Nazi Germany (2 C, 1 P) G.
Generaloberst was the second-highest general officer rank, below field marshal, in the Prussian Army as well as in the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1921–1933), the Wehrmacht (which included the Luftwaffe, established in 1935) of Nazi Germany (1933–45) and the East German Nationale Volksarmee (1949–1991).
Pages in category "German Army generals of World War I" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.