Allies:
- General Lesley McNair (USA) - Killed in Normandy, 1944
- General Simon Fraser (UK) - Killed in Tunisia, 1943
- General Bernard Montgomery (UK) - Killed in Normandy, 1944
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower (USA) - Killed in Normandy, 1944
- General George Patton (USA) - Killed in a car accident, 1945
- General Douglas MacArthur (USA) - Killed in the Philippines, 1945
- General Henri Giraud (France) - Killed in a plane crash, 1949
- General Charles de Gaulle (France) - Killed in an assassination attempt, 1944
Axis:
- Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (Germany) - Killed in North Africa, 1944
- Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (Germany) - Killed in Czechoslovakia, 1945
- Generaloberst Heinz Guderian (Germany) - Killed in Austria, 1945
- Generaloberst Hans Krebs (Germany) - Killed in Berlin, 1945
- Field Marshal Wilhelm List (Germany) - Killed in Munich, 1971
- Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau (Germany) - Killed in Ukraine, 1942
- Field Marshal Günther von Kluge (Germany) - Killed in Belgium, 1944
- Field Marshal Albert Kesselring (Germany) - Killed in Rome, 1976
These are just a few examples, and there were many other general officers killed in World War II.