General der Gebirgstruppe

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Edelweiss cap badge of the Gebirgsjäger

General der Gebirgstruppe (Literally: General of the Mountain Troops) was a rank of German Army General introduced by the Wehrmacht in 1940.

Mountain Infantry (Gebirgsjäger) Generals were identifiable by their edelweiss sleeve and cap insignia and the mountain cap (bergmütze) worn instead of the peaked cap of officers from other branches of the Wehrmacht. In October 1942 an order was issued that general officers should have gold piping around the crown of the cap to distinguish them more readily from other ranks.

The rank was equivalent to the long established General der Kavallerie, General der Artillerie and General der Infanterie. The Wehrmacht also introduced General der Panzertruppe (armoured troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Fallschirmtruppe (parachute troops) and General der Nachrichtentruppe (communications troops).

List of officers who were General der Gebirgstruppe [edit]

• Franz Böhme (1885–1947) (committed suicide)
• Eduard Dietl (1889–1944) (Promoted Generaloberst 1/6/1942, killed in plane crash 23/6/1944)
• Karl Eglseer (1890–1944) (killed in plane crash 23/6/1944)
• Valentin Feurstein (1885–1970)
• Georg Ritter von Hengl (1897–1952)
• Ferdinand Jodl (1896–1956)
• Rudolf Konrad (1891–1964)
• Hans Kreysing (1890–1969)
• Ludwig Kübler (1889–1947) (executed in Yugoslavia)
• Hubert Lanz (1896–1982)
• Julius Ringel (1889–1967)
• Ferdinand Schörner (1892–1973) (Promoted Generaloberst 1/4/1944, Generalfeldmarschall 4/4/1945)
• Hans Schlemmer (1893–1973)
• Hans Karl Maximilian von Le Suire (1898–1954)
• Kurt Versock (1895–1963)
• Emil Vogel (1894-1985)
• Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach (1894–1989)
• August Winter (1897–1979)

Gallery [edit]

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  Eduard Dietl as General der Gebirgstruppe in the Russian tundra (1941)

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  General der Gebirgstruppe Franz Böhme on the Lapland front (1943)

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  Ferdinand Schörner as General der Gebirgstruppe in Greece (1941)

See also [edit]

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

Source [edit]

• This page is a translation of its German equivalent General der Gebirgstruppe.

v t e German General ranks (by type of weapon branch) of the Wehrmacht (1935–1945) Heer General der Infanterie Kavallerie Artillerie Panzertruppe Gebirgstruppe Pioniere Nachrichtentruppe Luftwaffe General der Flieger Flakartillerie Fallschirmtruppe Luftnachrichtentruppe