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| 1625 | Hatzfield |  |
| Appointed General |
| Appointed General, serves under Wallenstein |
| 1625 | Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von | |
| April Ferdinand hires Wallenstein to defend the Habsburg lands |
| 1632 | Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von | |
| Appointed Commander of the German forces & almost becomes a Viceroy |
| 1644 | Rupert of the Rhine | |
| Nov Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Royalist forces |
| 1801 | Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| 1809 | Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Pomerania Appointed General |
| 1813 | Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| Appointed Lieutenant General |
| 1858 | Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| 1860 | Roon | |
| Appointed General |
| 1903 | Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Appointed commanding General |
| 1903 | Moltke | |
| Appointed Quartermaster General |
| 1906 | Rennenkampf, Paul Karlovitch | |
| Appointed General |
| 1909 | Heinrich | |
| Appointed Inspector General to the Navy |
| 1912 | Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| Appointed General |
| 1913 | Sanders, Otto Victor Karl Liman von | |
| Appointed Head of the German military mission in Turkey |
| 1914 | Sanders, Otto Liman von | |
| 8th Jan German General appointed as Inspector General of the Turkish Army |
| 1915 | Groener, Karl Eduard Wilhelm | |
| Appointed Quartermaster General, 1st term |
| 1915 | Holtzendorf | |
| Appointed General |
| Appointed Head of the Navy General Staff |
| 1916 | Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| Hindenburg appoints Ludendorff as his Quartermaster General |
| 1916 | Sanders, Otto Victor Karl Liman von | |
| Appointed Commander of the Turkish forces in the Middle East |
| 1918 | Groener, Karl Eduard Wilhelm | |
| Appointed Quartermaster General, 2nd term |
| 1918 | Papen, Franz von | |
| Appointedieutenant General in Turkey |
| Appointed Lieutenant General in Turkey |
| 1918 | Sanders, Otto Victor Karl Liman von | |
| 30th Oct Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1927 | Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Appointed Adjutant General |
| Appointed Major General |
| 1927 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Appointed General after service in France & Turkey during World War One |
| 1933 | Beck, Ludwig | |
| 1st Oct Appointed Adjutant General |
| 1934 | Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Appointed Colonel General |
| 1936 | Heinrici, Gotthard | |
| Appointed Major General |
| 1936 | Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Appointed General |
| 1938 | Fromm, Friedrich | |
| 1st Jan Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| 1938 | Schmundt, Rudolf | |
| Appointed Lieutenant General |
| 1939 | Marcks, Erich | |
| Appointed Brigadier |
| 1940 | Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| 1st April Appointedieutenant-General |
| 1940 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| 15th Feb Appointed Commander of the 7th Panzer Division with the rank of Major General |
| 1941 | Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Appointedanzer general |
| Appointed Panzer General |
| 1941 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Feb Appointed Lieutenant General |
| 1942 | Fegelein, Hermann | |
| Appointed Brigadier-General |
| 1942 | Heinrici, Gotthard | |
| Appointed General |
| 1942 | Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| 1st Feb Appointed Lieutenant-General in the Afrika Korps |
| 1942 | Scherf, Walter | |
| Entrusted by Hitler to write the history of the 2nd World War |
| 1943 | Fegelein, Hermann | |
| Appointed Liaison Officer between Hitler & Himmler, working under Himmler |
| 1943 | Feuchtinger, Edgar | |
| 1st Aug Appointed Brigadier-General |
| 1943 | Schmundt, Rudolf | |
| Appointed Lieutenant General |
| 1944 | Jodl, Alfred | |
| Appointed Major-General |
| 1946 | Dertinger, Georg | |
| Appointed Secretary General of the CDU |
| 1988 | Worner, Manfred | |
| Appointed Secretary General of NATO |
| 1998 | Merkel, Angela Dorothea | |
| The Kohl government was defeated in the general election, Merkel is named Secretary-General of the CDU |
