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| 1848 | Chief of Staff
Roon, Albrecht von |  |
| | Appointed chief of the staff of the VIII Corps at Koblenz |
| 1857 | Chief of Staff
Moltke | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff by Prince Wihelm |
| 1870 | Chief of Staff
Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 10th Army Corps |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff to the 10th Army Corps |
| 1891 | Chief of Staff
Schlieffen, Alfred Graf von | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| 1916 | Chief of Staff
Hoffman, Maximilian | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff on the Eastern Front |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Eastern Front |
| 1916 | Chief of Staff
Seeckt, Hans von | |
| | Appointed Chief of the General Staff, serves the Austrian Archduke Charles |
| | Appointed Chief of the General Staff, serves the Austrian Archduke Charles |
| 1916 | Chief of Staff
Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von | |
| Aug 26th | Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Aug 26th | Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| 1917 | Chief of Staff
Seeckt, Hans von | |
| | Appointed Chief of the General Staff for the Turkish Army |
| | Appointed Chief of the General Staff for the Turkish Army |
| 1918 | Chief of Staff
Papen, Franz von | |
| | Appointedhief-of-Staff with the Turkish 4th Army in Palestine |
| | Appointedhief-of-Staff with the Turkish 4th Army in Palestine |
| 1919 | Chief of Staff
Guderain, Heinz | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Iron Division in the Freikorps active in Latvia |
| 1920 | Chief of Staff
Blomberg, Werner von | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the D”beritz Brigade |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Stuttgart Army Area |
| 1931 | Chief of Staff
Guderain, Heinz | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff, Transport Troops where he works on tank forces |
| 1933 | Chief of Staff
Lutze, Viktor | |
| July | Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| 1935 | Chief of Staff
Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| 1935 | Chief of Staff
Marcks, Erich | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the VIII Army Corps |
| 1938 | Chief of Staff
Halder, Franz von | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| 1938 | Chief of Staff
Oster, Hans | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Abwehr |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff, Abwehr, German military intelligence |
| 1938 | Chief of Staff
Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Nov 10th | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of IV Corps |
| 1939 | Chief of Staff
Heydrich, Reinhard Tristan Eugen | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff for Security by Himmler in Poland |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff for Security by Himmler in Poland |
| 1939 | Chief of Staff
Korten, Gunther | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Luftflotte IV in Poland |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Luftflotte IV in Poland |
| 1939 | Chief of Staff
Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 16th Army |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 16th Army |
| 1939 | Chief of Staff
Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| July 1st | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the XIX Motorised Corps |
| 1940 | Chief of Staff
Sodenstern, Georg von | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| 1940 | Chief of Staff
Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| May 9th | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of XIX Corps |
| May 9th | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of XIX Corps |
| May 9th | Appointed Commander of XIX Corps |
| May 20th | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Panzer Group comprising XIX, XXXIX & XLI Corps |
| May 20th | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Panzer Group comprising XIX, XXXIX & XLI Corps |
| 1941 | Chief of Staff
Korten, Gunther | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Luftflotte IV in the Balkans |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Luftflotte IV in the Balkans |
| 1942 | Chief of Staff
Krebs, Hans | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 9th Army |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 9th Army |
| 1942 | Chief of Staff
Zeitzler, Kurt | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the OB West after the British siege of St Nazaire |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the OB West after the British siege of St Nazaire |
| 1942 | Chief of Staff
Schmidt, Arthur | |
| Mar | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 6th Army |
| Mar | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 6th Army |
| 1942 | Chief of Staff
Blumentritt, Guenther | |
| Aug | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the OB West |
| Aug | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the OB West |
| 1943 | Chief of Staff
Korten, Gunther | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Luftflotte One in Russia |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Luftflotte I in Russia |
| 1945 | Chief of Staff
Krebs, Hans | |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the OKW |
| | Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the OKW |
