Commander in Chief 27 January 1945: Generaloberst Dr. Lothar Rendulic

Ivalo was severely damaged during the Lapland War ( 1944 – 1945 ) by retreating German troops led by Generaloberst Lothar Rendulic ; the village was subsequently extensively rebuilt.

* Generaloberst – 1 November 1938

In November 1938, shortly after his Division had taken part in the bloodless occupation of the Sudetenland, Rundstedt retired from the Army with the rank of Colonel-General ( Generaloberst ), second only to the rank of Field Marshal.

* Generaloberst – 1 November 1938

* Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube, 1 November 1940

* Generaloberst Rudolf Schmidt ( 1 February 1940 – 10 November 1941 )

* Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim ( 11 November 1941 – 30 November 1942 )

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* Generaloberst Ludwig Beck ( Army ) – President

* Eberhard von Mackensen ( 1889 – 1969 ), Generaloberst

* Generaloberst Heinrich von Vietinghoff-Scheel ( 2 September 1939 – 8 October 1939 )

* August 19 – Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek, the Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe, commits suicide.

On 19 July 1940 Halder was promoted to Generaloberst ( literally " senior general " – equivalent to a U. S. 4-star General ).

* Generaloberst – 4 February 1938

* Generaloberst – 1 October 1939

* July 20 Plot – failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime, by Army officers led by Oberst i. G. Claus von Stauffenberg and Generaloberst Ludwig Beck ; see Operation Valkyrie.

* Generaloberst – General, literally " highest " or " supreme general ", usually translated " Colonel-general "; not used in the Bundeswehr

Furthermore, the commander of the German forces in Norway – Generaloberst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst – was also found guilty of two of the Freshman deaths during his war crimes trial.

* Generaloberst Ludwig Beck 1880 – 1944, the Chief of the General Staff, the OKH 1934 – 1938

* Generaloberst Franz Halder 1884 – 1972, the Chief of the Army General Staff ( part of OKH ) 1938 – 1942

Kurt Daluege ( September 15, 1897 – October 24, 1946 ) was a German Nazi SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst der Polizei as chief of the Ordnungspolizei ( Order / uniformed Police ) and ruled the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia as Deputy Protector after Reinhard Heydrich's assassination.

The Battle of Halbe (,, Halbe cauldron ) lasted from April 24 – May 1, 1945 was a battle in which the German Ninth Army, under the command of Generaloberst Theodor Busse, was destroyed as a fighting force by the Red Army during the Battle for Berlin.

* January 16, 1942 – March 29, 1944 Generaloberst Georg Lindemann

Generaloberst Hermann Hoth's 4th Panzer Army, spearheaded by the II SS Panzer Corps, had fought through 10 – 15 miles of Soviet defenses consisting of high-density minefields, entrenched infantry, and anti-tank guns arranged in elaborate pakfront anti-tank zones.

Against the will of the chief of the general staff, Generaloberst Baron Arz, the Emperor Karl released Eugen from active service on 18 December 1917.

** 275th Oak Leaves on 21 August 1943 as Generaloberst and commander of the 18. Armee

* Generaloberst Josef Harpe ( 18 May 1944 – 28 June 1944 )

** 23rd Diamonds on 1 January 1945 as Generaloberst and commander-in-chief of Heeresgruppe Nord

* Generaloberst Eduard Dietl ( 14 June 1940-15 January 1942 )

Böhm-Ermolli was promoted to Generaloberst in May 1916 and to Feldmarschall in January 1918.

Paul Hausser was promoted to Oberst-Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS in August 1944 and subsequently commanded Army Group G from 28 January to 3 April 1945.

This incorporated the previous Front's planning into the Toropets-Kholm Offensive Operation between 9 January and 6 February 1942 which formed the southern pincer of the attack that, beginning the second phase of the northern pincer Demyansk Offensive Operation between 7 January and 20 May, which encircled the German 16th Army's ( Generaloberst Ernst Busch ) IInd, and parts of the Xth Army Corps ( General der Artillerie Christian Hansen ) during winter 1941 / 1942.

The first was Hermann Göring, the second was Generaloberst Robert Ritter von Greim as the second ( and last ) commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, concomitant with his promotion to Generalfeldmarschall, the last German officer in World War II to be promoted to the highest rank.

" Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, chief of staff of the German Army, stated that Patton " was the American Guderian.

During the war, he was a highly successful commander of panzer forces in several campaigns, became Inspector-General of Armoured Troops, rose to the rank of Generaloberst, and was Chief of the General Staff of the Heer in the last year of the war.

After the encirclement of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, the 6. Panzer, now fully reformed, was sent to Ukraine to join Generaloberst Erich von Manstein's Army Group Don, currently struggling to halt the advancing Soviet forces.

Armee ) under the temporary command of Lieutenant-General ( General der Panzertruppe ) Joachim Lemelsen ( in the absence of General ( Generaloberst ) Heinrich von Vietinghoff, who was in Germany on sick leave ).

18th Army Group was faced by two German Armies, Panzer Army Afrika under Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel and 5th Panzer Army under Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim.

The German commander was Generaloberst Erwin Rommel and the French commander was General Marie Pierre Koenig.

The Commando Order was one of the specifications in the charge against Generaloberst Jodl, who was convicted and hanged.

Blumentritt and his superior, Generaloberst ( Colonel General ) Johannes Blaskowitz, both recognised that the situation was lost.

Schörner was promoted to the rank of Generaloberst in April 1944.

On 22 May 1915, Eugen was promoted to Generaloberst.

His formal military career ended with his accession to the throne, but he was promoted subsequently to Generaloberst and then to Generalfeldmarschall ( on 9 September 1912 ).

Now commanding Luftflotte 4, Generaloberst Richthofen was one of the largest commands supporting the effort.

The German Army and Air Force equivalent of Generaladmiral was the rank colonel general ( Generaloberst ).

The first action, Operation Reindeer, was to be the occupation of the Petsamo region by the two Alpine Infantry divisions of Generaloberst Eduard Dietl's German Alpine Corps Norway ( Gebirgskorps Norwegen ).

* Unternehmen Walküre " Operation Valkyrie "-Originally a Replacement Army emergency plan for maintaining order in the event of an internal revolt, it was quietly altered by a group officers led by Generaloberst Ludwig Beck, General d. I. Friedrich Olbricht and Oberst i. G. Claus von Stauffenberg into a plan to overthrow the Nazi regime following the assassination of Adolf Hitler.

In 1914 Beseler was brought out of retirement and was given command of the 3rd Reserve Corps in the German First Army led by Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck.