General of the Cavalry (Germany)

For other states with the same rank, see General of the Cavalry.

General of the Cavalry General der Kavallerie
Arabesque and flecktarn suit insignia
Army shoulder board
Country	Germany
Service branch	Army
Rank	Three-star
NATO rank code	OF-8
Non-NATO rank	O-9
Next higher rank	Generaloberst
Next lower rank	Generalleutnant
Equivalent ranks	See list

General of the Cavalry (Template:Lang-de) was a General of the branch OF8-rank in the Imperial Army, the interwar Reichswehr, and the Wehrmacht. It was the second-highest General officer rank below Generaloberst. Artillery officers of equivalent rank were called General der Artillerie, and infantry officers of equivalent rank General der Infanterie. The Wehrmacht also created General der Panzertruppen (tank troops), General der Gebirgstruppen (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Fallschirmtruppen (parachute troops), and General der Nachrichtentruppen (communications troops)

junior rank Generalleutnant

(Ranks Wehrmacht) General der Kavallerie (General of the branch)

senior rank Generaloberst

B

Moritz von Bissing, appointed General of the Cavalry in 1902

• Friedrich von Bernhardi (1849–1930)
• Moritz von Bissing (1844–1917)
• Walter Braemer (1883–1955)

C

• Friedrich August Peter von Colomb (1775–1854)

D

• Georg Graf von der Decken (1787–1859)

E

• Karl von Einem (1853–1934)
• Rudolf Koch-Erpach (1886–1971)
• Franz Hermann Günther von Etzel (1862–1948)

F

• Max von Fabeck (1854–1916)
• Hans Feige (1880–1953)
• Kurt Feldt (1897–1970)
• Rudolf von Frommel (1857–1921)

G

• Otto von Garnier (1859–1947)
• Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel (1857–1930)

H

Erick-Oskar Hansen, General of the Cavalry during World War II

• Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler (1836–1919)
• Erick-Oskar Hansen (1889–1967)
• Gustav Harteneck (1892–1984)
• Philipp von Hellingrath (1862–1939)
• Erich Hoepner (1886–1944)
• Ernst von Hoeppner (1860–1922)
• Leonhard von Hohenhausen (1788–1872)
• Gustav von Hollen (1851–1917)

K

• Philipp Kleffel (1887–1964)
• Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881-1954)
• Rudolf Koch-Erpach (1886–1971)
• Carl-Erik Koehler (1895–1958)
• Ernst August Köstring (1876–1953)
• Otto Kreß von Kressenstein (1850–1929)
• Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist (1836-1917)

L

• Maximilian von Laffert (1855–1917)
• Georg Lindemann (1884–1963)

M

• August von Mackensen (1849–1945)
• Eberhard von Mackensen (1889–1969)
• Georg von der Marwitz (1856–1929)

P

• Curt von Pfuel (1849–1936)
• Ernst Ludwig von Pfuel (1716−1798)
• Georg Adam von Pfuel (1618–1672)
• Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865–1931)

R

• Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen (1855–1939)
• Edwin Graf von Rothkirch und Trach (1888–1980)

S

• Maximilian von Speidel (1856–1943)
• Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886-1974)

U

• Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach

W

• Alfred von Waldersee (1832–1904)
• Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954) (Later promoted to Generalfeldmarschall)
• Siegfried Westphal (1902–1982)

Z

• Christian von Zweibrücken (1782–1859)

See also

• General (Germany)
• Comparative officer ranks of World War II