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| 1630 | Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von |  |
| Ferdinand II dismisses Wallenstein, some within Ferdinand II's court believed that Wallenstein wanted to take control of the German Princes and thus gain influence over the Emperor |
| 24th Aug Regenburg Reisigns under pressure from Protestant Regenburg electors alarmed by Swedish invasion |
| 1645 | Rupert of the Rhine | |
| Oxford Dissmissed as Commander-in-Chief after the defeat at Naseby & the loss of Bristol |
| 1872 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Has Roon dismissed after 10 months because he fails to sufficiently support Bismarck |
| 1872 | Roon | |
| Berlin Dismissed by Bismarck because of his lack of support |
| 1890 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 20th Mar Berlin Dismissed by William II who "drops the pilot" |
| 1890 | Hahnke, Karl | |
| 16th Mar Berlin Urges Wihelm to dismiss Bismarck for concealing declining relations with Russia |
| 1890 | Wilhelm II | |
| Berlin Dismisses Bismarck |
| 15th Mar Berlin Criticises Bismarck for making arrangements with the Centre without his knowledge |
| 18th Mar Berlin Forces Bismarck's resignation as Imperial Chancellor |
| 1894 | Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Dismissed as Chancellor & replaced by Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfrst |
| 1906 | Holstein, Friedrich von | |
| Berlin Dismissed after the Moroccan Crisis |
| 1909 | Heinrich | |
| Dismissed for opposing the naval policies of Heinrich |
| 1914 | Moltke | |
| Marne Carries out the Schlieffen Plan but is defeated at the battle of the Marne |
| 1916 | Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| Verdun Dimissed by the Kaiser after the failure of Verdun |
| 1916 | Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| Aug Paul von Hindenburg replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as Chief of Staff of the German Army |
| 1917 | Ebert, Friedrich | |
| Oct Berlin Calls for the dismissal of the Chancellor, Georg Michaelis |
| 1918 | Baden, Max von | |
| 9th Nov Dismisses Ludendorf during the armistice |
| 1932 | Braun, Otto | |
| 20th July Berlin Otto Braun his Social Democratic Administration are deposed by Chancellor Papen |
| 20th July Berlin The SPD-led Prussian government in Berlin, headed by Otto Braun, is ousted by Franz von Papen, the new Chancellor, by means of a Presidential decree, proves to be a significant factor contributing to the downfall of the Weimar Republic |
| 1932 | Papen, Franz von | |
| 20th July Otto Braun his Social Democratic Administration are deposed by Chancellor Papen |
| 1933 | Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Dismissed by the Nazis |
| 1933 | Feder, Gottfried | |
| Believes Hitler is increasingly "pandering" to industrialists |
| Dismissed for organizing settlements of farmers around large cities |
| Sees the Third Reich as a betrayed revolution |
| 1933 | Goering, Herman | |
| Berlin Dismisses all the police in Prussia who are not Nazi sympathisers |
| 1933 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 14th July Berlin Dismisses all members of the Cabinet who are not Nazi sympathisers |
| 1938 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Jan Forces von Leeb into retirement during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis |
| 4th Feb Berlin Conservatives such as Blomberg, Fritsch & Neurath appointed by Hindenburg are removed |
| 1938 | Neurath, Constantin Freiher von | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Dismissed by Hitler as Foreign Minister |
| 1938 | Papen, Franz von | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Dismissed by Hitler as Ambassador to Austria |
| 1939 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Jan Schacht is dismissed as President of the Reichsbank |
| 1939 | Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar | |
| Jan Schacht is dismissed as President of the Reichsbank |
| 1940 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 15th April Bergen Dimissed by Hitler after he had declared himself head of the Norwegian government |
| 1941 | Bock, Fedor von | |
| Dismissed from the Eastern Front, following the Russian Counter-offensive in Moscow |
| 1941 | Brauchitsch, Walter von | |
| 7th Dec Brauchitsch is dismissed by Hitler who appoints himself Commander-in-Chief |
| 1941 | Guderian, Heinz | |
| 25th May Relieved of his command by Hitler after the Panzers are forced onto the defensive |
| 1941 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Leningrad Orders the retirement of von Leeb after the latter wants to withdraw from Leningrad |
| 1941 | Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| Leningrad Hitler orders the retirement of von Leeb after he wants to withdraw from Leningrad |
| 1941 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| 30th Nov Asks to be relieved of his command if there is no longer confidence in his leadership |
| 1st Dec Relieved of his command by Hitler due to his disagreement over strategy |
| 1942 | Bock, Fedor von | |
| July Bock is dismissed by the OKW |
| 1942 | Halder, Franz von | |
| Stalingrad Stalingrad & the Caucasus oil fields are not taken & Halder is dismissed |
| 1942 | Heim, Ferdinand | |
| Mar Kharkov Dismissed because the 6th Army had not counter-attacked enough at the siege of Kharkov |
| 1942 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| July Dismisses Bock because of his dissaproval of the reorganization of Army Group Centre |
| 1942 | Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| 17th Jan Leningrad Fails to capture Leningrad & is dismissed by Hitler |
| 1942 | List, Siegmund Wilhelm von | |
| Sep Caucasus Fails to capture the Black Sea & the oilfields of the Caucasus & is dismissed |
| 1944 | Busch, Ernst | |
| 28th June Dismissed as Commander of the Army Group Centre by Hitler |
| 1944 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 1st July Dismissed after asking the OKW for a free hand in Normandy, a challenge to Hitler |
| 17th Aug Falaise Dismisses von Kluge |
| 1944 | Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von | |
| April Relieved of his command in March 1944 for ordering the 8th Army to retreat when it was in danger of destruction by the Soviet Red Army, in explicit violation of Adolf Hitler's orders |
| 1944 | Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| 17th Aug Avranches Dismissed after the loss of Avranches & replaced by Model |
| 1944 | Kuechler, Georg von | |
| 20th Jan Leningrad Dismissed by Hitler for withdrawing from Leningrad, replaced by Model |
| 1944 | Lindemann, Georg | |
| 3rd July Dismissed as Commander of the Army Group North by Hitler |
| 1944 | Manstein, Fritz Erich von | |
| Dismissed by Hitler |
| 1944 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| 1st July Dismissed after asking the OKW for a free hand in Normandy, a challenge to Hitler |
| 2nd July Normandy Dismissed by Hitler for suggesting the High Command make peace |
| 1944 | Sperrle, Hugo | |
| Dismissed after failing to provide 100 sorties during D-Day |
| 1945 | Goering, Herman | |
| 23rd April Stripped of all offices by Hitler after asking if he could succeed |
| 1945 | Guderian, Heinz | |
| 28th Mar Dismissed for failing to check the Red Army's advance on Berlin |
