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| 1673 | Rupert of the Rhine |  |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Fleet, replaces James Duke of York after the Test Act |
| 1690 | John George III | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Imperial Army |
| 1813 | Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Silesia |
| Leads the Prussian forces at the Battle of Leipzig |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1935 | Fritsch, Werner Freiherr | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army |
| 1935 | Goering, Herman | |
| Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Airforce |
| 1935 | Raeder, Erich | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 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 |
| 1939 | Blaskowitz, Johannes von | |
| 22nd Oct Commands the army of occupation in Poland with his HQ in Spala |
| 1940 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Sep Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West |
| 1941 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Feb Appointed Commander-in-Chief in Libya |
| 1942 | Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, South |
| 1942 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Mar Appointed Commander-in-Chief for the West, replaces Witzleben |
| 1943 | Doenitz, Karl | |
| 30th Jan Appointed Commander of the German Navy, directs the U-boat offensive |
| 1943 | Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| 21st Nov Appointed Supreme Axis Commander in Italy |
| 1944 | Blaskowitz, Johannes von | |
| Appointed Commander of Army group G under Gerd von Rundstedt |
| 1944 | Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| 1st July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West |
| 1st July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West, replaces von Rundstedt |
| 6th July Appointed Commander of the German forces in Normandy, replaces Rundstredt |
| 1945 | Blaskowitz, Johannes von | |
| Given command of the German troops in The Netherlands |
| 1945 | Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| 10th Mar Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West |
| 10th Mar Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West |
