List of German field marshals#Nazi Germany

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Field marshal ({{langx|de|Generalfeldmarschall}}) was usually the highest military rank in various German armed forces. It had existed, under slightly different names, in several German states since 1631. After the unification of Germany it was the highest military rank of the Imperial German Army and later in the Wehrmacht{{efn|name=Großadmiral}}{{efn|name=Göring rank}} until it was abolished in 1945.

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The vast majority of the people promoted to field marshal won major battles in wars of their time. Field marshals played a compelling and influential role in military matters, were tax-exempt, members of the nobility, equal to government officials, under constant protection or escort, and had the right to directly report to the royal family. In the Prussian military tradition, which set the tone for the 19th century and the German Empire, field marshals could only be promoted in wartime and the royal family was excluded, both resulting in the creation of the rank of colonel general with the rank of general field marshal ({{langx|de|Generaloberst mit dem Range eines Generalfeldmarschalls}}) in 1854. Both restrictions would eventually end with the first royals being promoted during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and later honorary promotions to foreign monarchs would follow. Adolf Hitler effectively disregarded the wartime prerequisite by two promotions in 1936 and 1938, though all subsequent promotions were during wartime.

Electorate (1356–1806) and Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918)

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scope="row" | Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg

| {{dts|format=dmy|1631|June|21}}

| 1583–1641

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| Irmer 2005, pp. 5, 35.

scope="row" | Francis Albert of Saxe-Lauenburg

| {{dts|format=dmy|1632|November|24}}

| 1598–1642

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scope="row" | Rudolf Graf von Marzin

| {{dts|format=dmy|1638|October|19}}

| 1585–1645

| 65px

| Guthrie 2003, p. 48.

scope="row" | Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein

| {{dts|format=dmy|1666|January|1}}

| 1605–76

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scope="row" | Joachim Rüdiger of Goltz

| {{dts|format=dmy|1681|August|28}}

| 1620–88

| 65px

| Roberts & Tucker 2005, p. 790.

scope="row" | Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming

| {{dts|format=dmy|1688|September|8}}

| 1632–1706

| 65px

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scope="row" | Hans Adam von Schöning

| {{dts|format=dmy|1691|April|9}}

| 1641–96

| 65px

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scope="row" | Jeremias of Chauvet

| {{dts|format=dmy|1693|May|10}}

| Unknown–1699

| {{Center|—}}

| Glozier & Onnekink 2007, p. 209.

scope="row" | Heinrich VI Reuß zu Obergreiz

| {{dts|format=dmy|1697|September|30}}

| 1649–97

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scope="row" | Adam Heinrich von Steinau

| {{dts|format=dmy|1699|August|27}}

| Unknown–1712

| {{Center|—}}

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scope="row" | Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy

| {{dts|format=dmy|1706|December|3}}

| 1651–1710

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scope="row" | Jacob Heinrich von Flemming

| {{dts|format=dmy|1712|February|22}}

| 1667–1728

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scope="row" | Christoph August of Wackerbarth

| {{dts|format=dmy|1730|April|17}}

| 1662–1734

| 65px

| Phillips 1871, p. 943.

scope="row" | Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

| {{dts|format=dmy|1735|November|26}}

| 1685–1746

| 65px

| Long 1844, p. 360.

scope="row" | Frederick Augustus Rutowsky

| {{dts|format=dmy|1749|January|11}}

| 1702–64

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scope="row" | Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe

| {{dts|format=dmy|1763|July|27}}

| 1704–74

| 65px

| Carlyle 2002, p. 709.

scope="row" | Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau

| {{dts|format=dmy|1775|January|6}}

| 1705–81

| 65px

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scope="row" | Albert of Saxony

| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|July|11}}

| 1828–1902

| 65px

| Riley 2014, p. 232.

scope="row" | Georg of Saxony

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| 1832–1904

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Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1870)

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scope="row" | Otto Christoph von Sparr

| {{dts|format=dmy|1657|June|20}}

| 1599–1668

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scope="row" | John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

| {{dts|format=dmy|1670|January|24}}

| 1627–93

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scope="row" | Georg von Derfflinger

| {{dts|format=dmy|1670|February|18}}

| 1606–95

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scope="row" | Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben

| {{dts|format=dmy|1706|March|23}}

| 1650–1734

| 65px

| Gruyter 2006, p. 355.

scope="row" | Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

| {{dts|1712}}

| 1676–1747

| 65px

| Paret & Morgan 2014, p. 391.

scope="row" | Carl Philipp, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum

| {{dts|1713}}

| 1650–1719

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| König 1789, p. 434.

scope="row" | Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten

| {{dts|1713}}

| 1661–1728

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| Johannes 2004, p. 34.

scope="row" | Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer

| {{dts|1728}}

| 1654–1739

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scope="row" | Albrecht Konrad Finck von Finckenstein

| {{dts|1733}}

| 1660–1735

| 65px

| Colby & Williams 1906, p. 620.

scope="row" | Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow

| {{dts|1737}}

| 1678–1739

| 65px

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scope="row" | Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

| {{dts|1740}}

| 1684–1757

| 65px

| Tucker 2009, p. 239.

scope="row" | Caspar Otto von Glasenapp

| {{dts|1741}}

| 1664–1747

| 65px

| Ohm & Boehlke & Boehlke 1997, p. 6.

scope="row" | Samuel von Schmettau

| {{dts|1741}}

| 1684–1751

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| Lund 1999, p. 182.

scope="row" | Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

| {{dts|format=dmy|1742|May|16}}

| 1690–1747

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| Alexeevna 2007, p. 236.

scope="row" | Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

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| 1700–51

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| Siebigk 1883, pp. 352, 356.

scope="row" | Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow

| {{dts|format=dmy|1745|January|15}}

| 1669–1758

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| Siebigk 1883, pp. 364, 365.

scope="row" | Henning Alexander von Kleist

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| 1677–1749

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| Anton Balthasar König, Henning Alexander von Kleist,Biographisches Lexikon aller Helden und Militärpersonen: T. G-L, A. Wever, 1789, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_00xFAAAAYAAJ/page/n289 pp. 275–276]. Accessed 26 September 2015.

scope="row" | Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein

| {{dts|format=dmy|1747|May|24}}

| 1682–1759

| 65px

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scope="row" | Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau

| {{dts|format=dmy|1747|May|24}}

| 1702–69

| 65px

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scope="row" | James Francis Edward Keith

| {{dts|format=dmy|1747|September|18}}

| 1696–1758

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| MacKillop & Murdoch 2003, p. 103.

scope="row" | Hans von Lehwaldt

| {{dts|1751}}

| 1685–1768

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| Siebigk 1883, pp. 166, 167.

scope="row" | Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau

| {{dts|1757}}

| 1712–60

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| Ross 1997, p. 134, 135.

scope="row" | Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

| {{dts|format=dmy|1758|November|15}}

| 1721–92

| 65px

| Ballard 2011, p. 54.

scope="row" | Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

| {{dts|1787}}

| 1735–1806

| 65px

| Debrett 1836, p. 151.

scope="row" | Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorf

| {{dts|1793}}

| 1724–1816

| 65px

| Stoker 2014, p. 52.

scope="row" | Alexander von Knobelsdorff

| {{dts|format=dmy|1798|May|20}}

| 1723–99

| 65px

| Bruce & Stanard 1958, p. 88.

scope="row" | Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein

| {{dts|format=dmy|1798|May|21}}

| 1725–1800

| 65px

| Friedländer 1882, pp. 18-19.

scope="row" | Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth

| {{dts|July 1807}}

| 1737–1818

| 65px

| Phillips 1871, p. 378.

scope="row" | Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière

| {{dts|July 1807}}

| 1733–1811

| 65px

| Fischer 1907, p. 50.

scope="row" | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

| {{dts|format=dmy|1813|October|19}}

| 1742–1819

| 65px

| Leggiere 2014, p. 535.

scope="row" | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

| {{dts|format=dmy|1818|November|15}}

| 1769–1852

| 65px

| {{cite book|author=James William Edmund Doyle|author-link=James William Edmund Doyle|translator= |title=The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885 |volume=3 |date=1886 |publisher=Longmans Green and Co. |location=London |pages=615–620 |chapter=Wellington |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/officialbaronag02doylgoog#page/n636/mode/2up }}

scope="row" | Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf

| {{dts|1821}}

| 1762–1823

| 65px

| Siebigk 1883, p. 127.

scope="row" | Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

| {{dts|1821}}

| 1759–1830

| 65px

| Droysen 1851, p. 158.

scope="row" | August Neidhardt von Gneisenau

| {{dts|1825}}

| 1760–1831

| 65px

| Gneisenau & Marston 1815, pp. 1, 8.

scope="row" | Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten

| {{dts|1839}}

| 1770–1848

| 65px

| Veve 1992, p. 30.

scope="row" | Karl Freiherr von Müffling

| {{dts|format=dmy|1847|October|5}}

| 1775–1851

| 65px

| Muffling 1997, p. 174.

scope="row" | Hermann von Boyen

| {{dts|format=dmy|1847|October|7}}

| 1771–1848

| 65px

| Parkinson 2000, p. 259.

scope="row" | Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck

| {{dts|format=dmy|1847|October|9}}

| 1768–1848

| 65px

| Jensen & Rothstein 2000, p. 110.

scope="row" | Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten

| {{dts|format=dmy|1854|March|14}}

| 1784–1859

| 65px

| Siborne 1895, p. 96.

scope="row" | Friedrich Graf von Wrangel

| {{dts|format=dmy|1856|August|5}}

| 1784–1877

| 65px

| Röhl 1996, p. 274.

scope="row" | Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia

| {{dts|format=dmy|1870|October|28}}

| 1828–85

| 65px

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scope="row" | Prince Frederick William of Prussia

| {{dts|format=dmy|1870|October|28}}

| 1831–88

| 65px

|

German Empire (1871–1918)

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scope="row" | {{Sortname|Karl Eberhard Herwarth von|Bittenfeld}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|April|8}}

| 1796–1884

| 65px

| Chisholm & Garvin 1926, p. 405.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Karl Friedrich von|Steinmetz}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|April|8}}

| 1796–1877

| 65px

| Hughes 2009, p. 423.

scope="row" | Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke

| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|June|16}}

| 1800–91

| 65px

| Heal 2012, p. 206.

scope="row" | Albert, Crown Prince of Saxony

| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|July|11}}

| 1828–1902

| 65px

| Maitland 1762, p. 24.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Albrecht von|Roon}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1873|January|1}}

| 1803–79

| 65px

| Large 2007, p. 2.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Edwin Freiherr von|Manteuffel}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1873|September|19}}

| 1809–85

| 65px

| Marrs 2010, p. 25.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Leonhard Graf von|Blumenthal}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|March|15}}

| 1810–1900

| 65px

| Darmstaedter 2008, p. 414.

scope="row" | Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony

| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|March|15}}

| 1832–1904

| 65px

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scope="row" | Prince Albert of Prussia

| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|June|19}}

| 1837–1906

| 65px

| Burke 2012, p. 17.

scope="row" | Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen

| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|June|19}}

| 1817–95

| 65px

| Hakim 1995, p. 65.

scope="row" | Franz Joseph I of Austria

| {{dts|format=dmy|1895|February|27}}

| 1830–1916

| 65px

| Murad 1968, p. 61.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Alfred von|Waldersee}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1900|May|6}}

| 1832–1904

| 65px

| Clarke 2000, p. 12.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Gottlieb Graf von|Haeseler}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1905|January|1}}

| 1836–1919

| 65px

| Ross 1997, p. 452.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Wilhelm von|Hahnke}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1905|January|1}}

| 1833–1912

| 65px

| Hahnke 2012, p. 47.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Walter von|Loë}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1905|January|1}}

| 1828–1908

| {{Center|—}}

| Steinberg 2011, p. 407.

scope="row" | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

| {{dts|format=dmy|1906|September|9}}{{efn|name=Until 1915}}

| 1850–1942

| 65px

| Browne 2013, p. 105.

scope="row" | Carol I of Romania

| {{dts|format=dmy|1909|April|20}}

| 1839–1914

| 65px

| Roberts & Tucker 2005, pp. 666, 667.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Alfred von|Schlieffen}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1911|January|1}}

| 1833–1913

| 65px

| Ehlert 2014, pp. 1, 2.

scope="row" | George V of the United Kingdom

| {{dts|format=dmy|1911|May|16}}{{efn|name=Until 1915}}

| 1865–1936

| 65px

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scope="row" | Constantine I of Greece

| {{dts|format=dmy|1911|August|8}}

| 1868–1923

| 65px

| Vatikiotis 2014, p. 1.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Paul von|Hindenburg}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1914|November|2}}

| 1847–1934

| 65px

| Hargreaves 2010, p. 20.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Karl von|Bülow}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1915|January|27}}

| 1846–1921

| 65px

| Roberts & Tucker 2005, p. 243.

scope="row" | Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen

| {{dts|format=dmy|1915|June|22}}

| 1856–1936

| 65px

| Riley 2013, p. 471.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|August von|Mackensen}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1915|June|22}}

| 1849–1945

| 65px

| Sandler 2002, p. 523.

scope="row" | Ludwig III of Bavaria

| {{dts|format=dmy|1915|June|26}}

| 1845–1921

| 65px

| Pawly 2012, p. 63.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Franz Conrad von|Hötzendorf}}

| {{dts|1916}}

| 1852–1925

| 65px

| Rothenburg 1976, p. 143.

scope="row" | Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|January|18}}

| 1861–1948

| 65px

| Tague 2011, p. 359.

scope="row" | Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire

| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|February|1}}

| 1844–1918

| 65px

|

scope="row" | William II of Württemberg

| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|July|23}}

| 1848–1921

| 65px

| Blumberg 1990, p. 238.

scope="row" | Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|August|1}}

| 1869–1955

| 65px

| Roberts & Tucker 2005, p. 1007.

scope="row" | Prince Leopold of Bavaria

| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|August|1}}

| 1846–1930

| 65px

| Roberts & Tucker 2005, p. 687.

scope="row" | Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|August|1}}

| 1865–1939

| 65px

| Roberts & Tucker 2005, p. 82.

scope="row" | Charles I of Austria

| {{dts|format=dmy|1917|February|12}}

| 1887–1922

| 65px

| Wheatcroft & Keegan, 2014. p. 62.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Hermann von|Eichhorn}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1917|December|18}}

| 1848–1918

| 65px

| Roberts & Tucker 2005, p. 390.

scope="row" | {{Sortname|Remus von|Woyrsch}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1917|December|18}}

| 1847–1920

| 65px

| Pope & Wheal 2007, p. 476.

Weimar Republic (1918–33)

After the loss of the First World War, Germany was transformed into what became known as the Weimar Republic, which was subject to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The military restrictions imposed by the treaty required the reduction of the German Army to 100,000 men, a reduction of the German Navy, and the abolition of the German Air Force. As a result of the new military arrangements, there were no field marshals created during the Weimar Republic.

Nazi Germany (1933–45)

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| officeholder = Werner von Blomberg

| officeholder_sort = Blomberg, Werner

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| born_year = 1878

| died_year = 1946

| alt_officeholder = 20 April 1936

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| officeholder = Hermann Göring

| officeholder_sort = Göring, Hermann

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| born_year = 1893

| died_year = 1946

| alt_officeholder = 4 February 1938

| cabinet = {{air force|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Alford 2003, p. 67.

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| officeholder = Fedor von Bock

| officeholder_sort = Bock, Fedor

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| born_year = 1880

| died_year = 1945

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Wheeler-Bennett 1967, p. 497.

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| officeholder = Walther von Brauchitsch

| officeholder_sort = Brauchitsch, Walther

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| born_year = 1881

| died_year = 1948

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Biesinger 2006, p. 288.

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| officeholder = Albert Kesselring

| officeholder_sort = Kesselring, Albert

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| born_year = 1885

| died_year = 1960

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{air force|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Kesselring 1970, p. 64.

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| officeholder = Wilhelm Keitel

| officeholder_sort = Keitel, Wilhelm

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1882

| died_year = 1946

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Goldensohn 2010, p. 157.

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| officeholder = Günther von Kluge

| officeholder_sort = Kluge, Günther

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1882

| died_year = 1944

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Biesinger 2006, p. 510.

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| officeholder = Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

| officeholder_sort = Leeb, Wilhelm

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1876

| died_year = 1956

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Mineau 2004, p. 109.

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| officeholder = Wilhelm List

| officeholder_sort = List, Wilhelm

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1880

| died_year = 1971

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Williamson 2006, p. 109.

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| officeholder = Erhard Milch

| officeholder_sort = Milch, Erhard

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1892

| died_year = 1972

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{air force|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Wright 2009, p. 110.

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| officeholder = Walter von Reichenau

| officeholder_sort = Reichenau, Walter

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1884

| died_year = 1942

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Tague 2011, p. 28.

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| officeholder = Gerd von Rundstedt

| officeholder_sort = Rundstedt, Gerd

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1875

| died_year = 1953

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Wood 2014, p. 35.

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| officeholder = Hugo Sperrle

| officeholder_sort = Sperrle, Hugo

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1885

| died_year = 1953

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{air force|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Frankel 2004, p. 14.

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{{Officeholder table

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-043-13, Erwin v. Witzleben.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Erwin von Witzleben

| officeholder_sort = Witzleben, Erwin von

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1881

| died_year = 1944

| alt_officeholder = 19 July 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Mitcham 2006, p. 14.

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Boehm Ermolli 1.JPG |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli

| officeholder_sort = Böhm-Ermolli, Eduard von

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1856

| died_year = 1941

| alt_officeholder = 31 October 1940

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Roberts & Tucker 2005, p. 216.

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1985-013-07, Erwin Rommel.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Erwin Rommel

| officeholder_sort = Rommel, Erwin

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1891

| died_year = 1944

| alt_officeholder = 22 June 1942

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Breuer 2002, p. 131.

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R63872, Georg von Küchler.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Georg von Küchler

| officeholder_sort = Küchler, Georg von

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1881

| died_year = 1968

| alt_officeholder = 30 June 1942

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H01757, Erich von Manstein.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Erich von Manstein

| officeholder_sort = Manstein, Erich von

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1887

| died_year = 1973

| alt_officeholder = 1 July 1942

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Friedrich Paulus by Johannes Hähle.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Friedrich Paulus

| officeholder_sort = Paulus, Friedrich

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1890

| died_year = 1957

| alt_officeholder = 31 January 1943

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Ernst Bernhard Wilhelm Busch.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Ernst Busch

| officeholder_sort = Busch, Ernst

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1885

| died_year = 1945

| alt_officeholder = 1 February 1943

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Tague 2011, p. 326.

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0210-503, General Ewald von Kleist.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

| officeholder_sort = Kleist, Paul

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1881

| died_year = 1954

| alt_officeholder = 1 February 1943

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Maximillian von Weichs.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Maximilian von Weichs

| officeholder_sort = Weichs, Maximilian

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1881

| died_year = 1954

| alt_officeholder = 1 February 1943

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Porträt Generalmajor Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, sitzend Bild 183-J1005-0502-001 (cropped).jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen

| officeholder_sort = Richthofen, Wolfram

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1895

| died_year = 1945

| alt_officeholder = 16 February 1943

| cabinet = {{air force|Nazi Germany}}

| ref =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Walther Model on the front.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Walter Model

| officeholder_sort = Model, Walter

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1891

| died_year = 1945

| alt_officeholder = 1 March 1944

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Mitcham 2007, p. 200.

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L29176, Ferdinand Schörner.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Ferdinand Schörner

| officeholder_sort = Schörner, Ferdinand

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1892

| died_year = 1973

| alt_officeholder = 5 April 1945

| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Pawly 2012, p. 289

}}

{{Officeholder table

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-401-0204-25, Robert Ritter v. Greim.jpg |bSize = 80px

| officeholder = Robert Ritter von Greim

| officeholder_sort = Greim, Robert

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1892

| died_year = 1945

| alt_officeholder = 25 April 1945

| cabinet = {{air force|Nazi Germany}}

| ref = Wistrich 1982, p. 84

}}

{{Officeholder table end}}

See also

Notes

{{notes

| refs =30em

{{efn

| name = Göring rank

| In 1940 Hermann Göring was promoted to Reichsmarschall, a rank higher than that of field marshal and was the only one to hold this rank. This was done so as to make Göring superior to other field marshals and recognize him as the second man in Hitler's Reich.Fellgiebel 2000, p. 198.}}

{{efn

| name = Großadmiral

| The Imperial German Navy and the Kriegsmarine used the rank of Grand Admiral ({{langx|de|Großadmiral}}) instead.}}

{{efn

| name = Until 1915

| Until 1915}}

}}

References

{{Reflist|25em|refs=

Hakim 1995, pp. 100, 105.

Wawro 1997, p. 310.

Citino 2005, p. 428.

MacDonogh 2001, p. 436.

Snyder 1976, p. 111.

Matthews 2013, p. 349.

Kershaw 2008, pp. 80, 90, 92.

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Germany

Field marshals