List of German colonel generals

The following is an incomplete list of German colonel generals.

Generals later promoted to general field marshal (GFM) are not included.

German Empire

German Army

See also: ⇒

Insignias

Weimar Republic

Reichswehr

• 1926 – Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung.
• 1930 – Wilhelm Heye (1869–1946), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung.
• 1934 – Kurt Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord (1878–1943), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung.

Third Reich

Heer

See also: ⇒ World War II German Army ranks and insignia

Insignia

Luftwaffe

⇒ See also: Military Ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945)

Insignia

SS

SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Waffen-SS:

Insignia

• 1942 - Paul Hausser (1880–1972)
• 1944 - Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966)

SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Police:

Insignia

• 1942 - Kurt Daluege (1897-1946)

German Democratic Republic (GDR)

National People's Army

⇒ See also: Rank insignias

Insignias

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS)

• Bruno Beater (1914–1982)
• Werner Großmann (1929–2022)
• Rudi Mittig (1925–1994)
• Markus Wolf (1923–2006)

German Volkspolizei (DVP)

• Karl Maron (1903–1975)
• Karl-Heinz Wagner (1928–2011)

See also

• Comparative officer ranks of World War I
• Comparative officer ranks of World War II
• List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals
• Generaloberst