(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(German officer rank)senior Rank
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
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
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