General der Pioniere

General der Pioniere (en: General of the engineers) was a General of the branch rank of the German Army 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 rank was introduced in 1938.

The  General of the branch  ranks of the Heer were in 1945:
 * 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 der Pioniere / General of the engineers
 * General of the medical corps
 * General of the veterinary corps

The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force):
 * Luftwaffe:
 * General of parachute troops
 * General of the anti-aircraft artillery
 * General of the aviators
 * General of air force communications troops
 * General of the air force

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 Pioniere

 * Otto-Wilhelm Förster (1885–1966)
 * Erwin Jaenecke (1890–1960)
 * Alfred Jacob (1883–1963)
 * Walter Kuntze (1883–1960)
 * Karl Sachs (1886–1952/53) (died in Soviet gulag)
 * Otto Tiemann (1890–1952)