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Wackerbarth, August Christoph von (1662–1734), 1730 Saxon field marshal
Wade, George (1673-1748), British Field Marshal; 1745–48 Commander in Chief of the British Army
Wahl, Johann Joachim Graf von (around 1590–1644), Bavarian field marshal
Wahlen-Jürgass, Kurt von (1862–1935), Prussian major general
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew (1883–1953), American Army General
Waldburg, Wolfgang Christoph Truchsess von (1643–1688), Major General in Brandenburg
Waldeck, Georg Friedrich Graf (1620–1692), famous general and statesman of the 17th century
Waldersee, Alfred Graf (1832–1904), German field marshal, chief of the general staff
Waldersee, Franz von (1835–1903), German vice admiral
Waldersee, Franz Heinrich Graf von (1791–1873), Prussian general
Waldersee, Friedrich Graf von (1795–1864), Prussian lieutenant general and military writer
Waldersee, Georg von (1824–1870), Prussian commander
Waldstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von , also Wallenstein , (1583–1634), general in the Thirty Years War
Wallace, Lewis (1827–1905), Civil War general and noted writer (Ben Hur)
Wallis, Michael Johann Graf von (1732–1798), Austrian Field Marshal and President of the Court War Council
Wallmoden-Gimborn, Johann Ludwig Graf von (1736–1811), Hanoverian field marshal
Wallmoden-Gimborn, Ludwig Graf von (1769–1862), Austrian general of the cavalry
Walters, Vernon A. (1917–2002), American Lieutenant General, Deputy Director of the CIA, United States Ambassador to the United Nations and to the Federal Republic of Germany
Walther von Walderstötten, Friedrich Wilhelm (1805–1889), royal Bavarian infantry general and cartographer
Wannowski, Pyotr Semjonowitsch (1822–1904), Russian general and statesman
Warburton, Adrian (1918–1944), Royal Air Force reconnaissance pilot, shot down
Ward, Artemas (1727-1800), American major general in the War of Independence; first congressman for Massachusetts
Ward, William E. (born 1949), American general; SFOR CommanderM; Deputy Commander US European Command
Warlimont, Walter (1894–1976), general of the artillery in the command staff of the Wehrmacht, deputy Jodl
Warnecke, Dieter (1956–2019), Brigadier General of the German Armed Forces, military deputy to the head of the operational command staff of the Federal Ministry of Defense
Warren, Sir Charles GCMG, KCB, FRS (1840–1927) British archaeologist, general and chief of the London Police
Warren, Dr. Joseph (1741–1775), American surgeon and general; believed to be the first American soldier to die in the Revolutionary War
Wartensleben, Alexander Hermann Reichsgraf and Count von (1650–1734), Prussian Field Marshal General; Governor of Berlin
Wartensleben-Carow, Hermann Ludwig Wilhelm Graf (1826–1921), German cavalry general
Washington, George (1732–1799), American general in the Revolutionary War and 1st President of the USA
Wassilewski, Alexander Michailowitsch (1895–1977), Soviet general and politician; Marshal of the Soviet Union; Defense Minister
Wassiljew, Michail Petrovich (1857–1904), Russian naval officer, killed off Port Arthur
Wauchope, Andrew Gilbert CMG CB (1846–1899), British general of the Colonial Wars; fallen near Magersfontein, South Africa
Wavell, Sir Archibald , 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC (1883-1950), British Field Marshal; Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in the Middle East during World War II; 1943 Viceroy of India

Wayne, Anthony , called Mad Anthony , (1745–1796), American general in the Revolutionary War

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Weber, Christian Franz von (1785–1862), royal Bavarian lieutenant general and court marshal
Weber von Webenau, Viktor (1861–1932), general in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War; Chairman of the Armistice Commission with Italy
Wedemeyer, Albert Coady (1897-1989), American general
Weddigen, Otto (1882–1915), German submarine commander in the First World War
Wedel, Carl Heinrich von (1712–1782), Prussian lieutenant general and minister of war
Wedel, Karl Fürst von (1842–1919), cavalry general
Wegener, Edward (1904–1981), German rear admiral and naval strategist
Wegener, Wolfgang (1875–1956), German vice admiral and naval strategist
Weichs, Maximilian Baron von (1881–1954), German Field Marshal General of the Second World War
Weidling, Helmuth (1891–1955), German general in World War II
Weiler, Günter (* 1951), German Lieutenant General in the Bundeswehr, Deputy Inspector of the Army
Weisser, Ulrich (1938–2013), German vice admiral and chief of the planning staff
Welden, Ludwig Freiherr von (1782-1853), kk Feldzeugmeister
Wellershoff, Dieter (1933–2005), Admiral, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr
Wellesley, Lord Charles (1808-1858) British general and politician
Wellington, Sir Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of KG (* 1915), British Brigadier General
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (1769–1852), British field marshal and statesman, victor over Napoleon
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of (1807-1884) British general
Wellington, Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of (1846–1900), British artillery officer
Welsh, Sir William Lawrie (1891–1962), British aviation pioneer; Air Force General in World War II
Wenck, Walther (1900–1982), general, army leader in World War II
Werder, August Graf von (1808–1887), commanding general 1870/71
Werder, Bernhard von (1823–1907), General of the Infantry
Werder, Hans von (1867–1923), Colonel
Werner, Reinhold von (1825–1909), German admiral and military writer
Vershinin, Konstantin Andrejewitsch (1900–1973), Soviet air force officer; Colonel General; Commander in Chief of the Soviet Air Force
Werth, Johann von (1591–1652), equestrian general in the Thirty Years' War
Westmoreland, William C. (1914–2005), US general in the Vietnam War
Westphal, Siegfried (1902–1982), German general, chief of staff of various army groups
Weygand, Maxime (1867–1965), French general, Commander in Chief of the Army, Minister of War
Weyler y Nicolau, Valeriano (1838-1930), Spanish general; Governor of Cuba
Weymarn, Dr. Verena von (* 1943), general doctor and first woman in the rank of general in the Bundeswehr

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Wheeler, Earle G. (1908–1975), American Army general, Chief of Staff of the Army, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Vietnam War
White, George Stuart VC (1835–1912), British Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief in India, Governor of Gibraltar
Whittle, Sir Frank KBE (1907-1996) British Air Force officer, pilot, inventor and businessman; one of the inventors of the jet engine

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Wilhelm I (German Empire) (1861–1888) Emperor of the German Empire from 1871 to 1888
Wilhelm II (German Empire) (1859–1941), Emperor of the German Empire from 1888 to 1918
Wichmann, Carl von (1860–1922), royal Prussian lieutenant general; Commander of the 56th Infantry Division.
Wickede, Wilhelm von (1830–1895), Admiral
Wieczorek, Paul (1885–1918), participant in the November Revolution; Commander of the People's Naval Division; shot
Wieker, Volker (* 1954), Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr, Commanding General of the 1st German-Dutch Corps
Wilberg, Helmuth (1880–1941), Air Force General in World War II; killed in a plane crash
Wilhelm of Aquitaine (around 745–812), general of Charlemagne; later a monk; Saint; Patron saint of armourers
Wilkes, Charles (1798–1877), American naval officer and polar explorer; Admiral in the Civil War
Wilkinson, James (1757–1825), American general in the Civil War and the War of 1812
Wilkizki, Boris Andrejewitsch (1885–1961), Russian naval officer and hydrograph
Wille, Ulrich (1848–1925), General in the Swiss Army during the First World War
Williams, William Fenwick (1800-1883), British general, governor of Gibraltar, defended the Kars fortress during the Crimean War
Willich, August (1810–1878), leader of the rebels during the Baden Revolution; General of the Northern States in the American Civil War
Willisen, Friedrich Adolf Freiherr von (1798–1864), Prussian general of the cavalry; Head stable master; Ambassador to the Holy See
Willisen, Karl Wilhelm Freiherr von (1790–1879), Prussian general and military historian
Willmann, Helmut (* 1940), Lieutenant General of the Army of the Bundeswehr; Army inspector
Wilson, Sir Henry Hughes Bart., GCB, DSO, (1864-1922), leading British general in World War I; Field marshal; Chief of the Imperial General Staff ; conservative politician; murdered
Wilson, Sir Henry Maitland , 1st Baron Wilson of Libya, (1881–1964), British general in World War II; Field Marshal
Wimpffen, Emanuel Félix de (1811-1884), French general; as the successor to the wounded Mac-Mahon commander in chief at Sedan
Wimpffen, Felix , Freiherr von Wimpffen-Berneburg, (1744-1814), French general of the Revolutionary Wars
Wimpffen, Maximilian Freiherr von (1770–1854), Austrian field marshal
Winckler, Arnold von (1856–1937), German infantry general
Windisch-Graetz, Alfred I. Prince zu (1787–1862), Austrian field marshal
Wingate, Francis Reginald (1861–1953), British Lieutenant General, Governor General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and High Commissioner in Egypt
Wingate, Orde Charles (1903-1944) British major general
Henri, William Gerard (1876–1952), Dutch general
Winterfeldt, Hans Karl von (1707–1757), Prussian general and close friend of Frederick the Great
Winterfeldt, Detloff von , German general; Co-signer of the surrender in the Compiegne carriage, Nov. 9, 1918
Winterfeld, Hans von (1857–1914), general of the infantry, most recently governor of Metz
Winters, Richard (1918-2011), American officer; Participant in Operation Overlord 1944
Wintzer, Carl (1860–1943), German major general
Wintzer, Heinrich (1892–1947), German lieutenant general
Wintzingerode, Ferdinand Freiherr von (1770–1818), general in Austrian and Russian services
Wittenberg, Arvid (1606–1657), count, Swedish field marshal
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, August Prinz (1788–1874), Lieutenant General of the Duke of Nassau; from May to December 1849 Reich Minister of War
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Emil Prinz (1824–1878), Russian general; Adjutant general of the tsar; Son of the previous one
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Ludwig Adolph Peter Graf zu (1769–1843), Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg; Imperial Russian Field Marshal General, the "Savior of St. Petersburg"
Wittich, Ludwig von (1818–1884), Prussian general
Wittig, Iris (1928–1978), first female military pilot in the GDR
Witting, Walter (1879–1947), officer in the German Army and the Reichswehr , Lieutenant General in the Air Force
Wittmann, Michael (1914–1944), SS tank commander
Witzleben, Erwin von (1881–1944), German field marshal and resistance member; executed
Witzleben, Gerhard August von (1808–1880), German lieutenant general
Witzleben, job von (1783–1837), Prussian lieutenant general and minister of war

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Vlasov, Andrei Andrejewitsch (1901–1946), Russian general, later commander of the Vlasov Army, allied with Germany, executed

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Wohlgemuth, Ludwig Freiherr von (1788–1851), Austrian general
Wöhler, Otto (1894–1987), infantry general in World War II
Wolf, Erich (* 1949), since 2002 Commander of the Austrian Air Force
Wolf, Konrad (1925–1982) German film director, officer in the Soviet troops that captured Berlin in 1945
Wolfe, James (1727–1759), British general in the conquest of Canada
Wolff, Karl (1900–1984), SS-Obergruppenführer and Plenipotentiary General of the German Wehrmacht in Italy
Wolkogonow, Dimitri (1928–1995), Soviet general, philosophy professor and historian
Wolz, Alwin (1897–1978) German major general; 1945 combat commander of Hamburg
Wolzog, Ludwig Freiherr von (1773–1845), royal Prussian general of the infantry; Plenipotentiary at the German Federal Military Commission
Wolseley, Sir Garnet Joseph , 1st Viscount Wolseley, (1833-1913), British Field Marshal; fought in various British colonial wars; 1st British High Commissioner for Cyprus; Commander in Chief of the British Army
Wood, Sir Evelyn Henry VC, GCB, GCMG (1839-1919), British Field Marshal; Sirdar of the Egyptian Army; later Quartermaster General and Adjutant General in the British Army
Woyrsch, Remus von (1847–1920), German field marshal in the First World War

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Wrangel, Carl Gustav , Count von Salmis, (1613–1676), Swedish military leader and statesman
Wrangel, Fabian Graf von (1651–1737), Imperial Habsburg Field Marshal
Wrangel, Ferdinand Petrowitsch Baron von (1797–1870), Russian admiral, traveler to Siberia, circumnavigator and geographer
Wrangel, Friedrich Graf von , called "Papa Wrangel", (1784–1877), German Field Marshal General, Commander in Chief in the German-Danish War
Wrangel, Hermann von (1587–1643), Swedish field marshal in the Thirty Years War
Wrangel, Pyotr Nikolajewitsch (1878–1928), Baltic German general; White leader in the Russian Civil War
Wratislaw von Mittrowitz-Nettolitzky, Eugen Graf (1786–1867), Austrian general
Wrede, Karl Philipp Fürst von (1767–1838), Bavarian field marshal in the Napoleonic Wars

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Wunderlich, Oskar (1846–1914), Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general
Wurmser, Dagobert Sigmund Graf von (1724–1797), Austrian field marshal during the coalition wars
Württemberg, Duke Albrecht von (1865–1939), Field Marshal General, Army Commander in the First World War
Württemberg, August von (1813–1885), Prussian Colonel General and Chief of the Guard Corps
Württemberg zu Neuenstadt, Ferdinand Wilhelm von (1695–1701), military leader and field marshal in Danish, Dutch and Polish-Saxon services
Wust, Harald (1921-2010), German Air Force General; 1976–78 sixth General Inspector of the Bundeswehr

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Wylich and Lottum, Heinrich Christoph Karl Hermann Graf von (1773–1830), Prussian lieutenant general, commandant of Torgau Fortress, successor to Hardenberg as state chancellor
Wylich and Lottum, Philipp Karl von (1650–1719), Prussian Field Marshal General