The German Army (German: "Heer" , ] ) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular German Armed Forces, from 1935 until it was demobilized and later dissolved in August 1946.
 Though often erroneously restricted to the ground forces, the Wehrmacht also included the Kriegsmarine (Navy) and the Luftwaffe (Air Force).
 During World War II, a total of about 13 million soldiers served in the German Army.
 Most army personnel were conscripted.
The Trasimene Line (so-named for Lake Trasimene, the site of a major battle of the Second Punic War in 217 BCE) was a German defensive line during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
 It was sometimes known as the Albert Line.
 The German Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), "Generalfeldmarschall" Albert Kesselring, used the line to delay the Allied northward advance in Italy in mid June 1944 to buy time to withdraw troops to the Gothic Line and finalise the preparation of its defenses.
The Belgian Armed Forces (Dutch: "Defensie" ; French: "La Défense" ) is the national military of Belgium.
 The Belgian Armed Forces was established after Belgium became independent in October 1830.
 Since that time Belgian armed forces have fought in World War I, World War II, the Cold War (Korean War and army of occupation of the Federal Republic of Germany), Kosovo, Somalia and Afghanistan.
 The ParaCommando Brigade intervened several times in Central-Africa, for maintaining public order and evacuation of Belgian citizens.
 The Armed Forces comprise four branches: the Land Component, the Air Component, the Marine Component and the Medical Component.
 It is currently active in Lebanon, Afghanistan, the Gulf of Aden and conducting anti-ISIS operations in Iraq.
Kurt Mälzer (2 August 1894 in Altenburg – 24 March 1952 in Werl) was a German general of the Luftwaffe and a war criminal during World War II.
 In 1943, Mälzer was appointed the military commander of the city of Rome, subordinated to General Eberhard von Mackensen under the overall command of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring.
 Under his authority, Mälzer commanded not only the garrison Wehrmacht troops in Rome itself, but also indirectly the SS security forces in the city (although these troops were nominally under the authority of the SS and Police Leader of the region, Wilhelm Harster).
Siegfried Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
 He served as operations officer under Rommel and chief of staff under Kesselring and Rundstedt.
 He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Otto Buggisch (June 28, 1910 – September 15, 1991) was a German mathematician who, during World War II, was a cryptanalyst working in the cipher bureau of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, the Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW/Chi) responsible for deciphering of the opposing forces Communications.
 He also dealt with the security control of own key procedures.
 Thus, he recognized the cryptographic weaknesses of the Enigma rotor key machine used by the German armed forces to encrypt their secret communications.
War crimes of the "Wehrmacht" were those carried out by the German armed forces during World War II.
 While the SS (in particular the "SS-Totenkopfverbände", "Einsatzgruppen" and Waffen-SS) of Nazi Germany was the organization most responsible for the genocidal killing of the Holocaust, the regular armed forces represented by the "Wehrmacht" committed war crimes of their own, particularly on the Eastern Front in the war against the Soviet Union.
The Gothic Line (German: "Gotenstellung" ; Italian: "Linea Gotica" ) was a German defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II.
 It formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defence along the summits of the northern part of the Apennine Mountains during the fighting retreat of the German forces in Italy against the Allied Armies in Italy, commanded by General Sir Harold Alexander.
Albert Kesselring (30 November 1885 – 16 July 1960) was a German "Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall" during World War II.
 In a military career that spanned both World Wars, Kesselring became one of Nazi Germany's most skilful commanders, and one of the most highly decorated, being one of 27 soldiers awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.
 Nicknamed "Smiling Albert" by the Allies and "Uncle Albert" by his troops, he was one of the most popular generals of World War II with the rank and file.
The German Army Command in the West ("Oberbefehlshaber West" (German: initials OB West) was the overall command of the Westheer, the German Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War II.
 It was directly subordinate to German Armed Forces High Command.
 The area under the command of the OB West varied as the war progressed.
 At its farthest extent it reached the French Atlantic coast.
 By the end of World War II in Europe it was reduced to commanding troops in Bavaria.

Question: What rank did both Siegfried Westphal and Albert Kesselring achieve in the German armed forces during World War II?
Answer: general