German Military Leaders, 1939-1945
Heere
Generaloberst Jurgen von Arnim: 5th Panzer Army, Army Group Tunis
Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz: 8th Army, 2nd Army, 9th Army, 1st Army, Army Group D, Army Group G, Army Group H, 25th Army
Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock: Army Group North, Army Group B, Army Group Center, Army Group South
Generalfeldmarschall Walter von Brauchitsch: C-in-C of the Army
Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch: 16th Army, Army Group Center, C-in-C Northwest
Generaloberst Eduard Dietl: 20th Mountain Army
Generaloberst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst: C-in-C Denmark and Norway, 21st Army, C-in-C Norway
Generaloberst Heinz Guderian: Panzer Group Guderian, Panzer Group 2, 2nd Panzer Army, OKH Chief of Staff
Generaloberst Franz Halder: OKH Chief of Staff
Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici: 4th Army, 1st Panzer Army, Army Group Vistula
Generaloberst Erich Hoepner: Panzer Group 4, 4th Panzer Army
Generaloberst Hermann Hoth: Panzer Group 3, 17th Army, 4th Panzer Army
Generaloberst Alfred Jodl: OKW Chief of Operations
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel: Chief of OKW
Generalfeldmarschall Ewald von Kleist: Panzer Group Kleist, Panzer Group 1, 1st Panzer Army, Army Group A
Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluge: 4th Army, Army Group Center, C-in-C West, Army Group D, Army Group B
Generalfeldmarschall Georg von Kuchler: 3rd Army, 18th Army, Army Group North
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb: Army Group C, Army Group North
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List: 14th Army, 12th Army, C-in-C Southeast, Army Group A
Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Mainstein: 11th Army, Army Group Don, Army Group South
Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model: AG North, AG South, AG North Ukraine, AGCenter, C-in-C West, AG D, AG B
Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus: 6th Army
Generalfeldmarschall Walter von Reichenau: 10th Army, 6th Army, Army Group South
Generaloberst Hans-Georg Reinhardt: Panzer Group 3, 3rd Panzer Army, Army Group Center
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel: Afrika Korps, Panzer Army Africa, Army Group Africa, Army Group B
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt: Army Group South, Army Group A, C-in-C West, Army Group D
Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schorner: Army Group A, Army Group South Ukraine, Army Group North, Army Group A, Army Group C
Generalfeldmarschall Maximilian Freiherr von Weichs: 2nd Army, Army Group B, C-in-C Southeast, Army Group F
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben: 1st Army, Army Group D, C-in-C West, Army Group D
Generaloberst Kurt Zeitzler: OKH Chief of Staff
Luftwaffe
Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering: Luftwaffe C-in-C
Generaloberst Robert Ritter von Greim: Luftwaffe C-in-C
Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek: OKL Chief of Staff
Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring: Luftflotte 1, Luftflotte 2, Army Group C
Generalleutnant Karl Koller: OKL Chief of Staff
General der Flieger Gunther Korten: OKL Chief of Staff
General der Flieger Alexander Lohr: Luftflotte 4
Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch: Chief of Supply and Procurement
Generalfeldmarschall Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen: Luftflotte 2, Luftflotte 4
Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle: Luftflotte 3
General der Flieger Hans Jurgen Stumpff: Luftflotte Reich
Generaloberst Ernest Udet: Chief of Supply and Procurement
Kriegsmarine
Admiral Karl Doenitz: C-in-C U-Boats, C-in-C Kriegsmarine
Admiral Hans-Georg Friedeburg: C-in-C U-Boats, C-in-C Kriegsmarine
Admiral Gunther Lutjens: High Seas Fleet
Admiral Wilhelm Marschall: High Seas Fleet
Grossadmiral Erich Raeder: C-in-C Kriegsmarine
Admiral Otto Schniewind: Chief of Staff OKM, High Seas Fleet
SS
Oberstgruppenfuehrer Josef Dietrich: 6th Panzer Army, 6th SS Panzer Army
Oberstgruppenfuehrer Paul Hausser: 1st SS Panzer Army
Obergruppenfuehrer Felix Steiner: 11th SS Panzer Army
It's possible to endlessly argue which officers were the most competent, most successful, and/or most important to a nation's war effort. The selection of officers here is not intended to settle that debate. This is simply a representative sample of senior leaders of the armed forces who held some of the highest and most visible positions during the war.
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