Find out more about the greatest German Military Leaders, including Adolf Hitler, Otto von Bismarck, Heinrich Himmler, Erwin Rommel and Reinhard Heydrich.
Adolf Hitler20 April 1889
Nazi Leader, German Dictator and Chancellor of
Heinrich Himmler07 October 1900
Nazi Commander
Reinhard Heydrich07 March 1904
Nazi Official
Erwin Rommel15 November 1891
General
Otto von Bismarck01 April 1815
German Statesman
Rudolf Hess26 April 1894
Deputy Führer
Paul von Hindenburg02 October 1847
General, Second President of Weimar Republic
Claus von Stauffenberg15 November 1907
Military Leader
Heinz Guderian17 June 1888
German General
Wilhelm Keitel22 September 1882
German Commanding Officer
Frederick III, German Emperor18 October 1831
King
Erich Ludendorff09 April 1865
General of German Army
Friedrich Paulus23 September 1890
Military Officer
Erich von Manstein24 November 1887
Military Leader
Gerd von Rundstedt12 December 1875
Military Officer
Alfred Jodl10 May 1890
Military Commander, Nazi War Criminal
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben17 September 1730
Military Officer
William the Silent24 April 1533
Military Leader
Wilhelm Canaris01 January 1887
Admiral
Franz von Papen29 October 1879
Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Hermann Fegelein30 October 1906
Nazi Leader
Walter Model24 January 1891
Military Officer
Wilm Hosenfeld02 May 1895
Army Officer
Kurt von Schleicher07 April 1882
Former Chancellor of Germany
Prince Rupert of the Rhine17 December 1619
Military Leader
Sepp Dietrich28 May 1892
Military Officer
Michael Wittmann22 April 1914
Military Officer
August von Mackensen06 December 1849
Military Leader
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder26 October 1800
General, Historian
Adolf Galland19 March 1912
Military Leader
Erich Raeder24 April 1876
Admiral
Baldur von Schirach09 May 1907
Nazi Leader
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Paul Hausser07 October 1880
Military Leader
George Patton11 November 1885
Military Officer
Karl Von Clausewitz01 July 1780
General
Hermann Goring12 January 1893
German Military Leader
Arminius0017 BC
Roman general
Franz Halder30 June 1884
Soldier, Writer, Diarist
Erich Hartmann19 April 1922
Aviator, Officer
Fedor von Bock03 December 1880
Officer
Walther von Brauchitsch04 October 1881
Military personnel
Ludwig Beck29 June 1880
Writer, Military personnel
Ferdinand Schörner12 June 1892
General
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870
Politician, Writer, Officer
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher16 December 1742
Military officer
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger23 May 1848
officer
Werner von Blomberg02 September 1878
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Günther von Kluge30 October 1882
Officer
Hugo Sperrle07 February 1885
Military personnel, Aviator
Erwin von Witzleben04 December 1881
Military personnel, Officer
Robert Ritter von Greim22 June 1892
Aviator, Military personnel
Erich von Falkenhayn11 September 1861
Politician, Officer
Erhard Milch30 March 1892
Politician, Military personnel
Alfred von Tirpitz19 March 1849
Politician, Officer
Hasso von Manteuffel14 January 1897
Politician, Officer
Walther von Reichenau08 October 1884
Officer
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist08 August 1881
Soldier, Officer
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski01 March 1899
Politician, Military personnel
Carl Schurz02 March 1829
Politician
Eugène de Beauharnais03 September 1781
Military commander
Hans von Seeckt22 April 1866
Politician, Officer
Gotthard Heinrici25 December 1886
Officer, Military personnel
Kurt Student12 May 1890
Aviator, Officer
Publius Quinctilius Varus0046 BC
Roman general
Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg03 July 1934
Military personnel
Johannes Blaskowitz10 July 1883
Military personnel
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb05 September 1876
Military personnel
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg15 November 1907
German officer
Hermann Hoth12 April 1885
Military personnel, Memoirist
John of Austria24 February 1547
Condottiero, Diplomat, Officer, Military personnel
Maximilian von Weichs12 November 1881
Military personnel
Werner Mölders18 March 1913
Fighter pilot
Alfred von Schlieffen28 February 1833
Officer
Wilhelm List14 May 1880
Officer
Walter Dornberger06 September 1895
Military Officer
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg02 March 1886
Military General
Georg von Küchler30 May 1881
Military commander
Otto Liman von Sanders17 February 1855
Officer
PostumusMilitary commander
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria11 July 1662
King
Kurt von Tippelskirch09 October 1891
Military personnel, Military historian,
Wilhelm Groener22 November 1867
General
Friedrich Dollmann02 February 1882
Military General
Alexander von Kluck20 May 1846
General
Max Hoffmann25 January 1869
Military General
Wilhelm von Knyphausen04 November 1716
General
Hans von Salmuth11 November 1888
Military General
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz12 August 1843
Writer, Military historian, Soldier
Josef Dietrich28 May 1892
John William Friso14 August 1687
Prince
Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf11 November 1852
Austrian general
Heinrich Müller28 April 1900
Police officer
Ernst Busch06 July 1885
Senior officer