General der Luftnachrichtentruppe
General der Luftnachrichtentruppe was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level, 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
;Heer:
- General of artillery
- General of mountain troops
- General of infantry
- General of cavalry
- General of the communications troops
- General of panzer troops
- General of engineers
- General of the medical corps
- General of the veterinary corps
junior Rank Generalleutnant | General der Luftnachrichtentruppe | senior Rank Generaloberst |
;Other services:
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
- Admiral of the Kriegsmarine, equivalent to and
- SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.
Officers in this rank
Name | Dates of life | Promotion | Remark |
Friedrich Fahnert | 1879–1964 | April 1, 1945 | higher commander of the Luftnachrichtenstab in Halle |
Wolfgang Martini | 1891–1963 | 1941 | expert to German radar technology |
Walter Surén | 1880–1976 | January 30, 1945 | Signals-Leader of the Luftwaffe in the RLM |