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.
{{For|field marshals in the Holy Roman Empire|List of field marshals of the Holy Roman Empire}}
{{For|field marshals in the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary|List of Austrian field marshals}}
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 | 65px |
scope="row" | Francis Albert of Saxe-Lauenburg
| {{dts|format=dmy|1632|November|24}} | 1598–1642 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Rudolf Graf von Marzin
| {{dts|format=dmy|1638|October|19}} | 1585–1645 | 65px |
scope="row" | Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein
| {{dts|format=dmy|1666|January|1}} | 1605–76 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Joachim Rüdiger of Goltz
| {{dts|format=dmy|1681|August|28}} | 1620–88 | 65px |
scope="row" | Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming
| {{dts|format=dmy|1688|September|8}} | 1632–1706 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Hans Adam von Schöning
| {{dts|format=dmy|1691|April|9}} | 1641–96 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Jeremias of Chauvet
| {{dts|format=dmy|1693|May|10}} | Unknown–1699 | {{Center|—}} |
scope="row" | Heinrich VI Reuß zu Obergreiz
| {{dts|format=dmy|1697|September|30}} | 1649–97 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Adam Heinrich von Steinau
| {{dts|format=dmy|1699|August|27}} | Unknown–1712 | {{Center|—}} | |
scope="row" | Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy
| {{dts|format=dmy|1706|December|3}} | 1651–1710 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Jacob Heinrich von Flemming
| {{dts|format=dmy|1712|February|22}} | 1667–1728 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Christoph August of Wackerbarth
| {{dts|format=dmy|1730|April|17}} | 1662–1734 | 65px |
scope="row" | Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
| {{dts|format=dmy|1735|November|26}} | 1685–1746 | 65px |
scope="row" | Frederick Augustus Rutowsky
| {{dts|format=dmy|1749|January|11}} | 1702–64 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe
| {{dts|format=dmy|1763|July|27}} | 1704–74 | 65px |
scope="row" | Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau
| {{dts|format=dmy|1775|January|6}} | 1705–81 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Albert of Saxony
| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|July|11}} | 1828–1902 | 65px |
scope="row" | Georg of Saxony
| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|June|14}} | 1832–1904 | 65px | |
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 | 65px |
scope="row" | John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
| {{dts|format=dmy|1670|January|24}} | 1627–93 | 65px |
scope="row" | Georg von Derfflinger
| {{dts|format=dmy|1670|February|18}} | 1606–95 | 65px |
scope="row" | Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben
| {{dts|format=dmy|1706|March|23}} | 1650–1734 | 65px |
scope="row" | Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
| {{dts|1712}} | 1676–1747 | 65px |
scope="row" | Carl Philipp, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum
| {{dts|1713}} | 1650–1719 | 65px |
scope="row" | Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten
| {{dts|1713}} | 1661–1728 | 65px |
scope="row" | Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer
| {{dts|1728}} | 1654–1739 | 65px |
scope="row" | Albrecht Konrad Finck von Finckenstein
| {{dts|1733}} | 1660–1735 | 65px |
scope="row" | Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow
| {{dts|1737}} | 1678–1739 | 65px |
scope="row" | Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin
| {{dts|1740}} | 1684–1757 | 65px |
scope="row" | Caspar Otto von Glasenapp
| {{dts|1741}} | 1664–1747 | 65px |
scope="row" | Samuel von Schmettau
| {{dts|1741}} | 1684–1751 | 65px |
scope="row" | Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
| {{dts|format=dmy|1742|May|16}} | 1690–1747 | 65px |
scope="row" | Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
| {{dts|format=dmy|1742|May|17}} | 1700–51 | 65px |
scope="row" | Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow
| {{dts|format=dmy|1745|January|15}} | 1669–1758 | 65px |
scope="row" | Henning Alexander von Kleist
| {{dts|format=dmy|1747|May|24}} | 1677–1749 | 65px |
scope="row" | Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein
| {{dts|format=dmy|1747|May|24}} | 1682–1759 | 65px |
scope="row" | Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau
| {{dts|format=dmy|1747|May|24}} | 1702–69 | 65px |
scope="row" | James Francis Edward Keith
| {{dts|format=dmy|1747|September|18}} | 1696–1758 | 65px |
scope="row" | Hans von Lehwaldt
| {{dts|1751}} | 1685–1768 | 65px |
scope="row" | Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau
| {{dts|1757}} | 1712–60 | 65px |
scope="row" | Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
| {{dts|format=dmy|1758|November|15}} | 1721–92 | 65px |
scope="row" | Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
| {{dts|1787}} | 1735–1806 | 65px |
scope="row" | Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorf
| {{dts|1793}} | 1724–1816 | 65px |
scope="row" | Alexander von Knobelsdorff
| {{dts|format=dmy|1798|May|20}} | 1723–99 | 65px |
scope="row" | Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein
| {{dts|format=dmy|1798|May|21}} | 1725–1800 | 65px |
scope="row" | Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth
| {{dts|July 1807}} | 1737–1818 | 65px |
scope="row" | Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière
| {{dts|July 1807}} | 1733–1811 | 65px |
scope="row" | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
| {{dts|format=dmy|1813|October|19}} | 1742–1819 | 65px |
scope="row" | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
| {{dts|format=dmy|1818|November|15}} | 1769–1852 | 65px |
scope="row" | Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf
| {{dts|1821}} | 1762–1823 | 65px |
scope="row" | Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
| {{dts|1821}} | 1759–1830 | 65px |
scope="row" | August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
| {{dts|1825}} | 1760–1831 | 65px |
scope="row" | Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten
| {{dts|1839}} | 1770–1848 | 65px |
scope="row" | Karl Freiherr von Müffling
| {{dts|format=dmy|1847|October|5}} | 1775–1851 | 65px |
scope="row" | Hermann von Boyen
| {{dts|format=dmy|1847|October|7}} | 1771–1848 | 65px |
scope="row" | Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck
| {{dts|format=dmy|1847|October|9}} | 1768–1848 | 65px |
scope="row" | Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten
| {{dts|format=dmy|1854|March|14}} | 1784–1859 | 65px |
scope="row" | Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
| {{dts|format=dmy|1856|August|5}} | 1784–1877 | 65px |
scope="row" | Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
| {{dts|format=dmy|1870|October|28}} | 1828–85 | 65px |
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 |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Karl Friedrich von|Steinmetz}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|April|8}} | 1796–1877 | 65px |
scope="row" | Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke
| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|June|16}} | 1800–91 | 65px |
scope="row" | Albert, Crown Prince of Saxony
| {{dts|format=dmy|1871|July|11}} | 1828–1902 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Albrecht von|Roon}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1873|January|1}} | 1803–79 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Edwin Freiherr von|Manteuffel}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1873|September|19}} | 1809–85 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Leonhard Graf von|Blumenthal}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|March|15}} | 1810–1900 | 65px |
scope="row" | Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|March|15}} | 1832–1904 | 65px |
scope="row" | Prince Albert of Prussia
| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|June|19}} | 1837–1906 | 65px |
scope="row" | Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen
| {{dts|format=dmy|1888|June|19}} | 1817–95 | 65px |
scope="row" | Franz Joseph I of Austria
| {{dts|format=dmy|1895|February|27}} | 1830–1916 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Alfred von|Waldersee}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1900|May|6}} | 1832–1904 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Gottlieb Graf von|Haeseler}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1905|January|1}} | 1836–1919 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Wilhelm von|Hahnke}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1905|January|1}} | 1833–1912 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Walter von|Loë}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1905|January|1}} | 1828–1908 | {{Center|—}} |
scope="row" | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
| {{dts|format=dmy|1906|September|9}}{{efn|name=Until 1915}} | 1850–1942 | 65px |
scope="row" | Carol I of Romania
| {{dts|format=dmy|1909|April|20}} | 1839–1914 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Alfred von|Schlieffen}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1911|January|1}} | 1833–1913 | 65px |
scope="row" | George V of the United Kingdom
| {{dts|format=dmy|1911|May|16}}{{efn|name=Until 1915}} | 1865–1936 | 65px | |
scope="row" | Constantine I of Greece
| {{dts|format=dmy|1911|August|8}} | 1868–1923 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Paul von|Hindenburg}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1914|November|2}} | 1847–1934 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Karl von|Bülow}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1915|January|27}} | 1846–1921 | 65px |
scope="row" | Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
| {{dts|format=dmy|1915|June|22}} | 1856–1936 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|August von|Mackensen}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1915|June|22}} | 1849–1945 | 65px |
scope="row" | Ludwig III of Bavaria
| {{dts|format=dmy|1915|June|26}} | 1845–1921 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Franz Conrad von|Hötzendorf}}
| {{dts|1916}} | 1852–1925 | 65px |
scope="row" | Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|January|18}} | 1861–1948 | 65px |
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 |
scope="row" | Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|August|1}} | 1869–1955 | 65px |
scope="row" | Prince Leopold of Bavaria
| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|August|1}} | 1846–1930 | 65px |
scope="row" | Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
| {{dts|format=dmy|1916|August|1}} | 1865–1939 | 65px |
scope="row" | Charles I of Austria
| {{dts|format=dmy|1917|February|12}} | 1887–1922 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Hermann von|Eichhorn}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1917|December|18}} | 1848–1918 | 65px |
scope="row" | {{Sortname|Remus von|Woyrsch}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1917|December|18}} | 1847–1920 | 65px |
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
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1878
| died_year = 1946
| alt_officeholder = 20 April 1936
| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}
| ref = {{sfn|Tague|2011|p=62}}
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| officeholder = Hermann Göring
| officeholder_sort = Göring, Hermann
| officeholder_note =
| 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
| officeholder_note =
| 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
| officeholder_note =
| 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
| officeholder_note =
| 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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| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S36487, Wilhelm List.jpg |bSize = 80px
| 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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| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1987-121-30A, Hugo Sperrle.jpg |bSize = 80px
| 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 = 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.
}}
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| 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.
}}
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| 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.
}}
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| 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}}
}}
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| 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}}
}}
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| officeholder = Friedrich Paulus
| officeholder_sort = Paulus, Friedrich
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1890
| died_year = 1957
| alt_officeholder = 31 January 1943
| cabinet = {{army|Nazi Germany}}
}}
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| 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.
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| 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}}
}}
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| 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}}
}}
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| 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}}
}}
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| 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.
}}
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| 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
}}
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| 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}}
}}
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