General

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General is a high rank within the Imperial Guard and members of the General Staff. Frequently overseeing large-scale operations, a General is a staff officer normally responsible for leading a multi-regiment battlegroup. Generals are appointed to the position by the Departmento Munitorum from regimental officers judged the most competent.²

Part of a series on the: Imperial Guard Hierarchy
Imperial Guard Hierarchy Lord Commander Militant Lord Commander Lord General Militant Lord General General Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Sergeant Corporal Guardsman

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General Sturnn of the Cadian 412th³

Ranks of General

The rank of General itself has a hierarchy, the most senior rank being the standard General. Below this position include.^[2b]

• Marshal
• Lieutenant General
• Major General

Notable Generals

• Sejanus - aide to Lord Solar Macharius
• Borgen Crassus - Commander during the Macharian Crusade
• Tarka - Commander during the Macharian Crusade^[4]
• Cyrus of Larrentine - Commander during the Macharian Crusade^[4]
• Arrian - Commander during the Macharian Crusade^[4]
• Lysander - Commander during the Macharian Crusade^[4]
• Steinhold
• Sturnn - Commander of the Cadian 412th during the Lorn V campaign.¹
• Coron Grizmund - Commander of the Narmenian Armoured during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade
• Amim Kargori - Marshal of the Siege of Vraks^[5]
• Maltius Othram
• Myndoras Odon - Cadian General.
• Karis Venner - Commander of the 17th Line Korps

Sources

• ¹: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
• ²: The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer
  • 2a: pg. 22
  • 2b: pg. 32
• ³: Dawn of War: Winter Assault
• 4: White Dwarf 240 pg.32-33
• 5: Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two pg.15-36