List of German colonel generals



The following is an incomplete list of German colonel generals.

Generals later promoted to general field marshal (GFM) are not included.

German Army
See also: ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals


 * Insignias

Reichswehr

 * 1926 – Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung.
 * 1930 – Wilhelm Heye (1869–1946), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung.
 * 1934 – Kurt Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord (1878–1943), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung.

Heer
See also: ⇒ World War II German Army ranks and insignia


 * Insignia

Luftwaffe
⇒ See also: Military Ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945)


 * Insignia

SS
SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Waffen-SS:


 * Insignia


 * 1942 - Paul Hausser (1880–1972)
 * 1944 - Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966)

SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Police:


 * Insignia


 * 1942 - Kurt Daluege (1897-1946)

National People's Army
⇒ See also: Rank insignias


 * Insignias

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS)

 * Bruno Beater (1914–1982)
 * Werner Großmann (1929–2022)
 * Rudi Mittig (1925–1994)
 * Markus Wolf (1923–2006)

German Volkspolizei (DVP)

 * Karl Maron (1903–1975)
 * Karl-Heinz Wagner (1928–2011)