title: General der Fallschirmtruppe
text: # General der Fallschirmtruppe
  
  General der Fallschirmtruppe (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
  
  ## 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
  