I looked in my book German Order of Battle 1944, Greenhill Books. It has a listing of all German generals as of Spring 1944, known to Allied intelligence. I didn't count them but the pages looked to average about 70 or so per page and there were 23 pages and two partial pages, with a final estimated count of around 1550. I suspect the number is still higher than this, as there was still another year left in the war when the list was compiled.

Add to this number, at least 150+ Waffen SS, 75 Polizei and around 500 Luftwaffe.

The number is over 2000, not including Kriegsmarine Flag Officers

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Thanks, Jeff - it sure seemed low to me, but I'm not anywhere near being an authority on German Generals (or, any other Generals, for that matter!)
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Mike -
I'm gonna have to go with He Yingqin (or Ho Ying-chin) - according to Wiki

Chiang knew He’s protest and came to meet with He. Chiang told He "Without you, I can still take power, but without me, you will be nothing." After careful consideration, He had to reconcile with Chiang.

He was appointed as chief of staff of the National Revolutionary Army, and training supervisor for NRA.

Plus, when I look at his picture on Generals of WWII, I see a similarity around the mouth (the glasses could be a later addition)



-whatever

-Lou

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He could also be the third gentleman from the left of this picture of Doolittle and his crew after crashing in China

Here's the Wiki photo

Photo #: NH 97502 Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942; Doolittle and flight crew in China after the raid.
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF, (center) with members of his flight crew and Chinese officials in China after the 18 April 1942 attack on Japan. Those present are (from left to right): Staff Sergeant Fred A. Braemer, Bombardier; Staff Sergeant Paul J. Leonard, Flight Engineer/Gunner; General Ho, director of the Branch Government of Western Chekiang Province; Lieutenant Richard E. Cole, Copilot; Lt.Col. Doolittle, Pilot and mission commander; Henry H. Shen, bank manager; Lieutenant Henry A. Potter, Navigator; Chao Foo Ki, secretary of the Western Chekiang Province Branch Government.
Official U.S. Army Air Forces Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
retrieved from Naval Historical Center at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h97000/h97502.jpg

-still diggin'

-whatever

-Lou

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Thank you for bringing my site up. I hope it is useful. I am however compelled to make a few comments.

In regards to the numbers of German generals then the number of army generals during the war was well over 3000. I've got the information but just hasn't had the time to add them yet.

Regarding China then please remember that it includes generals back to 1935.
Yet the number is still way to small. The Chinese army had over 4000 generals in active service in January 1944.

Regarding the British and Commenwealth please notice that I have include Brigadiers, who at the time was not considered generals.

As for the Soviet please remember that I have also include officers with ranks equivalent to generals such Commissars of State Security of the NKVD or political officers like Brigade-Commissars.

Finally I would like to add that I am constantly working on the site adding new information and new generals.

So in shorth - the database is not complete and you can't really compare the numbers of the differnt nations. Yet I hope you find it use full.

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Nope, Sorry Lou. But you got the right site. coincidently the same picture I used is in there as well.

Hint:He was the key strategist who convinced Chiang Kai-shek to adopt a "Total War" strategy

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Another Hint:

Inthe spring of 38 he teamed up with General Li Zongren and fought a superior force in the Battle of Tai'erzhuang

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Han Fuju (or Han Fu-chü)?

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Nope sorry Jeff, This guy survived the war.
In 1946 he was appointed Minister of National Defence, but it turned out the position was a powerless post.

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I've found a list of the Ministers of National Defense. The list shows the first one was appoineted in 1951.

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Hmm....

That kinda sucks.

OK then for the sake of bringing that number Lou gave down lets just say his first name is Bai. I think there were only around 15 with that name

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LOL That made it easy enough

Bai Chongxi 白崇禧 Bái Chóngxǐ

That was vexing enough, Mike. Good question.

Autobiography also said he was a Moslem.

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Ding Ding Ding Ding we have a winner!
Jeff gets a

I'll Take Japanese Generals for 500 Alex (or Jeff in this case)

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awwwww, great..... now we get JAPANESE.....


..... I'm gonna go hang out in the 'Free Fire Zone' for a while!


-whatever

-Lou

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Well, here he is:



Hints:
This Admiral survived an assassination attempt.
He did not have a naval command during the war, but was active during the war.

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Okada Keisuke. He performed role as Prime Minister.

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This is correct, Ike.

Now see, Lou, that wasn't painful, was it? You act as though you had a knife at your throat.

He did not support the extremists and was a moderate demcractic opponent of the militarists. He survived an assassination attempt that killed his brother-in-law and personal secretary.

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OK.... I'm back now!

-whatever

-Lou

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Now that was a lucky shot. I just happen to have been reading about the Japanese government during the war.

Here we go:

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Kurt von Tippelskirch?

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Nope, please try again.

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General Hans von Obstfelder?

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