General der Fallschirmtruppe

General der Fallschirmtruppe (en: General of the parachute corps) was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level (OF-8), equivalent to a US Lieutenant general.

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 ranks of the Heer (army) as follows:
 * Heer:
 * General of artillery
 * General of mountain troops
 * General of infantry
 * General of cavalry
 * General of the communications troops
 * General of panzer troops (armoured troops)
 * General of engineers
 * General of the medical corps
 * General of the veterinary corps

The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
 * Other services:
 * Admiral of the Kriegsmarine, equivalent to (US Vice admiral) and
 * SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.

List of officers who were General der Fallschirmtruppe

 * Bruno Bräuer
 * Paul Conrath
 * Richard Heidrich
 * Eugen Meindl
 * Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke
 * Alfred Schlemm
 * Kurt Student