General der Luftwaffe

General der Luftwaffe (en: General of the air force) 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.

Literature

 * Reinhard Stumpf: Die Wehrmacht-Elite - Rang und Herkunftsstruktur der deutschen Generale und Admirale 1933–1945, Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard/Rhein 1982. ISBN 3-7646-1815-9
 * Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945 (3 Bde.), Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1991. ISBN 376481701-1