List of Germans - Military

Military

  • Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), Prussian professional soldier, military historian, and influential military theorist
  • Erich von Falkenhayn (1861–1922), General, Prussian Minister of War (1913–15) and Chief of General Staff (1914–16)
  • August von Gneisenau (1760–1831), Prussian field marshal and chief of the Prussian General Staff (1813–14)
  • Heinz Guderian (1888–1954), Military theorist and innovative General (1907–1945)
  • Erich Hartmann (1922–1993), fighter pilot and air ace (1941–1970)
  • Alfred Jodl (1890–1946), general, operations chief of the OKW
  • Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), field marshal and commander of the Fourth Army (1939–41) and Army Group Center (1941–43)
  • Erich Ludendorff (1865–1937), General and Quartermaster General (1916–18)
  • Erich von Manstein (1887–1973), Field Marshal and professional soldier (1906–1944)
  • Friedrich Paulus (1890–1957), General and commander of the German Sixth Army, later promoted to Field Marshal (1910–1943)
  • Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, (1892–1918), fighter pilot and air ace
  • Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), field marshal and commander of Afrika Korps (1942–43) and Army Group B (1944)
  • Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916–1982), Stuka dive-bomber pilot and air ace (1936–1945)
  • Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), Field Marshal and famed commander (1892–1945)
  • Alfred von Schlieffen (1833–1913), Field Marshal, Strategist and Chief of General Staff (1891–1905)
  • Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), General and Prussian Minister of War (1808–10)
  • Michael Wittmann (1914–1944), SS-Captain and celebrated tank ace (1934–1944)

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