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| 1643 | Gallas |  |
| Appointed Commander of the Imperial Army, succeeding Wallenstein |
| 1643 | Rantzau, Josias von | |
| Nov Appointed Commander of the Weimar Army |
| 1643 | Rupert of the Rhine | |
| Feb Appointed Commander of counties around Oxford as far as Cheshire & Nottinghamshire |
| 1648 | Rupert of the Rhine | |
| Appointed Commander of the Royalist Fleet, reconcilled with Charles I |
| 1665 | Rupert of the Rhine | |
| May Appointed Commander of the Fleet |
| 1673 | Rupert of the Rhine | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Fleet, replaces James Duke of York after the Test Act |
| 1688 | Schomberg | |
| Appointed 2nd in Command of William III's army |
| 1690 | John George III | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Imperial Army |
| 1742 | Broglie, Fran‡ois-Marie de |  |
| Appointed Commander of the French Army in Germany |
| 1806 | Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd East Prussian Fusilier Brigade |
| 1808 | Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| Pomerania Appointed Commander in Pomerania |
| 1809 | Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Pomerania Appointed Commander |
| 1813 | Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Silesia |
| Leads the Prussian forces at the Battle of Leipzig |
| 1815 | Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Appointed Commander of the Prussian Army in Belgium |
| 1815 | Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| Appointed Commander of the IV Corps in Blucher's Army |
| 1866 | Friedrich Karl | |
| Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| 1866 | Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von | |
| Posen Appointed Commander of the V Corps at Posen. |
| 1866 | Wilhelm I | |
| 19th June Dresden Appointed Commander of the Army of the Elbe |
| 1870 | Frederick III | |
| Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army, 125,000 strong |
| 1870 | Friedrich Karl | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Army |
| 1870 | Goeben, August Karl von | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Army |
| 1897 | Seeckt, Hans von | |
| Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army Corps |
| 1900 | Waldersee | |
| Appointed Commander of the Allied forces in China |
| 1906 | Heinrich of Prussia | |
| Appointed Commander of the High Seas Fleet |
| 1908 | Mackensen, August von | |
| Appointed Commander of the XVIII Corps |
| 1908 | Spee, Maximilian Johannes Hubert von | |
| Appointed Commander of the North Sea Fleet |
| 1909 | Holtzendorf | |
| Appointed Commander of the High Seas Fleet |
| 1912 | Spee, Maximilian Johannes Hubert von | |
| Appointed Commander of the East Asia Squadron |
| 1913 | Sanders, Otto Liman von | |
| 1st Nov Appointed High Commander of the Turkish Army in Istanbul |
| 1914 | Heinrich | |
| July Appointed Commander of the Baltic Sea naval forces |
| 1914 | Mackensen, August von | |
| 4th Nov Appointed Commander of the 9th Army |
| 1914 | Rupprecht | |
| Appointed Commander of the 6th Army |
| 1914 | Spee, Maximilian Johannes Hubert von | |
| Aug Appointed Commander of the Far East Squadron, patrols the Pacific |
| 1915 | Mackensen, August von | |
| April Appointed Commander of the 11th Army |
| 1916 | Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| Appointed Commander of the 9th Army for the Romanian Campaign |
| 1916 | Mackensen, August von | |
| Mar Appointed Commander of the Army of the Danube |
| 1916 | Rupprecht | |
| Appointed Commander of the "Army Group Rupprecht", a group of northern German armies |
| 1916 | Scheer, Reinhard | |
| Appointed Commander of the German Fleet |
| 1917 | Michelsen, Andreas | |
| 5th June Appointed Commander of the U-Boats |
| 1918 | Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| Lithuania Appointed Commander of the 10th Army in Lithuania |
| 1918 | Goering, Herman | |
| Appointed Commander of the Jagdeshwader |
| 1918 | Hipper, Franz von | |
| Appointed Commander of the High Seas Fleet, replaces Scheer |
| 1919 | Ebert, Friedrich | |
| 11th Feb Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1919 | Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1919 | Seeckt, Hans von | |
| Appointed Adjutant General of the new Reichswehr |
| 1920 | Seeckt, Hans von | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army |
| 1922 | Goering, Herman | |
| Appointed Supreme Commander of the Sturmabteilung |
| 1929 | Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Appointed Commander of East Prussia |
| Konigsberg Appointed Commander of the Wehrkreis, Konigsberg HQ east Prussia |
| 1930 | Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| Appointed Commander of the 4th Artillery Regiment |
| 1930 | Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| Appointed Commander of the Wehrkreis |
| 1932 | Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment |
| 1932 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Berlin Appointed Commander of Group I in Berlin |
| 1933 | Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Potsdam Appointed Commander for Military District III in Potsdam |
| 1933 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Goslar Appointed Commander of the 3rd battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment |
| 1934 | Blomberg, Werner von | |
| 2nd Aug The Ministry of Defense is renamed the Ministry of War, Blomberg becomes Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces |
| 1934 | Eike, Theodore | |
| Appointed Commander of Dachau Concentration Camp |
| 1934 | Himmler, Heinrich | |
| Berlin Appointed Commander of the Prussian Secret Police |
| 1934 | Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| Appointed Commander of the Military District VI |
| 1934 | Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| Kassel Appointed Commander of Army Group 2 |
| 1934 | Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment |
| 1935 | Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| May Appointed Commander of the Wehrmacht |
| 1935 | Fritsch, Werner Freiherr | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army |
| 1935 | Goering, Herman | |
| Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Airforce |
| 1935 | Guderain, Heinz | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Panzer Division |
| 1935 | Raeder, Erich | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1936 | Doenitz, Karl | |
| Appointed Fuhrer der Unterseeboote |
| 1936 | Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| Appointed Commander Luftflotte 3 |
| 1936 | Sperrie, Hugo | |
| Appointed Commander of the Condor Legion |
| 1936 | Sperrle, Hugo | |
| Appointed Commander of the Condor Legion in Spain |
| 1937 | Guderain, Heinz | |
| Appointed Commander XVI Corps comprising 3 Panzer Divisions |
| 1937 | Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| Appointed Commander of the 5th Panzer Regiment |
| 1938 | Brauchitsch, Walter von | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht |
| 1938 | Goering, Herman | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1938 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Wehrmacht |
| 1938 | Junck, Werner | |
| Appointed Commander of Fighter Wing 53 |
| 1938 | Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| 1st Oct Appointed Commander Luftflotte 1, based in Berlin |
| 1938 | Langkeit, Willi | |
| Appointed Commander of No 8 Company in the 36th Panzer Regiment |
| 1938 | List, Siegmund Wilhelm von | |
| Appointed to command & establish Army Group Five in Austria |
| 1938 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Appointed Commander of the Fuehrer Begleit Battalion, Hitler's personal security unit |
| 1938 | Sperrle, Hugo | |
| Appointed Commander of the Luftwaffengruppe Drei |
| 1939 | Blaskowitz, Johannes von | |
| 22nd Oct Commands the army of occupation in Poland with his HQ in Spala |
| 1939 | Bock, Fedor von | |
| Appointed Commander of Army Group North for the invasion of Poland |
| 1939 | Eicke, Theodor | |
| Appointed Commander of the Totenkopfe of the Waffen SS |
| 1939 | Guderian, Heinz | |
| Appointed Commander XIX Panzer Corps |
| 1939 | Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| 1st Sep Appointed Commander of the 4th Army in Poland |
| 1939 | Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| Appointed Commander of Army Group C to defend the Reich against France |
| 1939 | List, Siegmund Wilhelm von | |
| Appointed Commander of the 14th Army during the invasion of Poland |
| 1939 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Prague Appointed Commander of Hitler's HQ for the occupation of Prague |
| Appointed Commander of Hitler's personal HQ on the outbreak of war |
| 1939 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army Group South |
| 1940 | Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| Appointed Commander Luftflotte 2 in the west |
| 1940 | Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| 10th May Appointed Commander of the 4th Army in France |
| 1940 | Langkeit, Willi | |
| 5th June Appointed Commander 2nd Battalion of the 36th Panzer Regiment |
| 1940 | List, Siegmund Wilhelm von | |
| Appointed Commander of the 12th Army during the invasion of France |
| 1940 | Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Appointed Commander of the 3rd Panzer Division |
| 1940 | Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| 25th Oct Appointed Commander of the 18th Panzer Division |
| 1940 | Olbricht, Friedrich | |
| Appointed Deputy Commander of the Home Army, serves under Fromm |
| 1940 | Reichenau, Walter von | |
| Appointed Commander 6th Army |
| 1940 | Richthofen, Wolfram von | |
| Appointed Commander the Fliegerkorps VIII |
| 1940 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| 15th Feb Appointed Commander of the 7th Panzer Division with the rank of Major General |
| 27th May Appointed Commander of the 5th Panzer Division |
| 1940 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Sep Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West |
| 1940 | Witzleben, Erwin von | |
| Sep Appointed Commander of Army Group D |
| 1941 | Hermann, Hoth | |
| Appointed Commander of the 3rd Panzer Group in the invasion of Russia |
| 1941 | Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| Appointed Commander Army Group Centre, December |
| Dec Appointed Commander Army Group Centre |
| 1941 | Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| Appointed Commander Army Group North |
| Appointed Commander of Army Group North in Russia |
| 1941 | Manstein, Fritz Erich von | |
| Appointed Commander of the 56th Panzer Corps |
| 11th Sep Appointed Commander of the 11th Army |
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