WAlexander of Courland, nicknamed "Alexander the One-armed", was a Baltic German prince and the brother of Duke Frederick (II) Casimir of Courland. He was the youngest son of Jakob Kettler (1610–1682), Duke of Courland and his wife Luise Charlotte von Brandenburg (1617–1676), eldest daughter of Prince elector Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg. He was a member of the Kettler dynasty.
WAlbert Ferdinand Adolf Karl Friedrich von Bonin was a corps commander of the Prussian Army at the Battle of Trautenau in 1866, and a colleague of Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz. He made his military career from Oberst (1851), Major general (1854) to Lieutenant general and adjutant of the king (1858). In 1863 he became Kommanierender General and 1864 General of the Infantry.
WHeinrich Borgmann was a German officer during World War II. He was seriously injured by the 20 July plot bomb planted by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg at the Wolf's Lair headquarters in Rastenburg, East Prussia.
WFriedrich William Adalbert von Bredow was a German cavalry officer.
WFerdinand von Bredow was a German Generalmajor and former head of the Abwehr in the Reich Defence Ministry (Reichswehrministerium) and deputy defence minister in Kurt von Schleicher's short-lived cabinet . He was promoted to captain in November 1918 and saw active service in the First World War. Bredow was among Schleicher's closest associates, being described by the British military historian John Wheeler-Bennett as a man "blindly devoted" to Schleicher. Wheeler-Bennett lived in Berlin between 1927 and 1934 and, as a man well connected to the German ruling class, knew Schleicher and his followers well. Schleicher appointed Bredow as his successor as head of the Ministerial Office in the Defence Ministry, which was the Reichswehr's favorite instrument for exerting influence on politics.
WArthur Eberhard Börries Wolf von Breitenbuch was a German cavalry officer who served in Army Group Centre of the Wehrmacht during World War II with the rank of Rittmeister and took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler that culminated in the 20 July Plot. Breitenbuch was a Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John.
WGeneral Walther Buhle was an infantry General in the German army who was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht from 1942 and chief of armaments for the army in 1945. Walther was disowned by his brother and his family for his following of Hitler.
WMagnus von Eberhardt was a Prussian military officer and a German General der Infanterie during World War I. He received the Pour le Mérite with Oakleaves and was a Rechtsritter of the Johanniterorden .
WAlbert Theodor Otto Emmich was a Prussian general.
WErwin Engelbrecht was a German military officer.
WWolfgang Engels is a former civilian employee of the East German National People's Army, employed as a car mechanic and driver, who in 1963 used a stolen BTR-152 armoured personnel carrier to escape to West Germany by breaking through the Berlin Wall.
WWaldemar Erfurth was a German general of infantry.
WGustav Fehn was a German general during World War II.
WEberhard Finckh was a German colonel on the general staff of the German Army, a longtime opponent of Nazism and a member of the German resistance to Adolf Hitler’s regime.
WJakob Heinrich von Flemming was a Saxon count, military officer and politician. He was born in Hoff, Prussian Province of Pomerania to a noble family. He completed his law studies in 1688, after which he entered service with Brandenburg. He attained the rank of general in 1705 and Generalfeldmarschall in 1711.
WErnst John von Freyend was a German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht officer who served during World War II as the adjutant to Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. He is notable for unwittingly helping to place the 20 July plot bomb that was intended to kill Adolf Hitler.
WHugo Friedrich Philipp Johann Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven was a Prussian general and a writer on military matters, being awarded the Pour le Mérite in 1916 for his work as a historian.
WErich Fronhöfer was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
WFritz Fullriede was a German officer and war criminal during World War II. Fullriede fought in the German invasion of Poland, on the Eastern Front, in the Afrika Korps and the Italian Campaign. The last commander of Festung Kolberg, Fullriede received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves in 1945. After the war, Fullriede was tried and convicted by a Dutch court for his role in the Putten raid of 1944. He was sentenced to 2,5 years.
WFriedrich Balduin, Baron von Gagern (1794–1848) was a German soldier.
WMax Karl Wilhelm von Gallwitz was a German general from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia, who served with distinction during World War I on both the Eastern and Western Fronts.
W(Ludwig Friedrich) Leopold von Gerlach was a Prussian army general, adjutant to Frederick William IV of Prussia and a Protestant conservative associate of Otto von Bismarck.
WFryderyk Getkant or Frederick Getkant (1600–1666) was a Prussian military engineer of Lithuanian descent, artillery lieutenant and cartographer,. He is also known as a first who had written down Lithuanian folk song with melody in 1634.
WFritz-Hubert Gräser was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
WWalther Hahm was a German general during World War II who held several commands at division and corps level. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
WWilhelm Gustav Karl Bernhard von Hahnke was a Prussian Field Marshal. He was the son of later Prussian Oberst Wilhelm von Hahnke and his wife Angelique, née von der Lancken. He married 1865 in Berlin Josephine von Bülow (1842–1911), daughter of Friedrich von Bülow (1789–1853). The couple had seven sons and two daughters, among them: Wilhelm (1867–1931), Prussian Major general ∞ Elisabeth von Schlieffen, daughter of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen, and Adolf, jurist.
WJosias von Heeringen was a German general of the imperial era who saw service in the First World War.
WLeopold Philip de Heister was a Hessian general who fought for the British during the American Revolution. He was a crippled veteran of many campaigns when he was selected to command the Hessian troops that were hired by the British government for service against the American colonies. He landed on Long Island near New Utrecht with two full Hessian brigades on 25 August 1776, three days after the arrival of Gen. William Howe with the British troops. The tedious passage of thirteen weeks from Spithead had tried him sorely: “his patience and tobacco had become exhausted. He called for hock, and swallowed large potations to the health of his friends.”
WErnst-Eberhard Hell was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He commanded several divisions and later an army corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
WJoachim von Heydebreck was a German military officer who was born in Schwedt and grew up in Zützen. He was the son of Prussian Lieutenant General Henning von Heydebreck (1828–1904) and his wife Anna von Colmar (1837–1879).
WHeinrich Adolf Wild von Hohenborn was a German officier of the Prussian Army, Generalleutnant during the First World War. From 21 January 1915 to 29 October 1916 he also served as minister of war. He retired 3 November 1919 with the rank of General der Infanterie.
WHermann Christlieb Matthäus Stein, from 1913 von Stein was a Prussian officer, General of the Artillery and Minister of War during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite.