General der Fallschirmtruppe

General of the Parachute Corps General der Fallschirmtruppe
Collar patch and flying suit insignia
Luftwaffe shoulder board
Country	Nazi Germany
Service branch	Luftwaffe
Rank	Three-star
NATO rank code	OF-8
Non-NATO rank	O-9
Next higher rank	Generaloberst
Next lower rank	Generalleutnant
Equivalent ranks	See list

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

junior Rank Generalleutnant

(German officer rank) General der Fallschirmtruppe

senior Rank Generaloberst

Other services

The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:

• 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[]

Eugen Meindl 1941

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

See also[]

• General (Germany)
• Comparative officer ranks of World War II