The comparative ranks of Nazi Germany contrasts the
ranks
Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as:
Level or position in a hierarchical organization
* Academic rank
* Diplomatic rank
* Hierarchy
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of the
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...
to a number of
national-socialist organisations in
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
from 1933 to 1945 in a synoptic table. Nazi organisations used a hierarchical structure, according to the so-called ''
Führerprinzip'' (leader principle), and were oriented in line with the rank order system of the Wehrmacht.
Nazi rank structure in comparison to the Wehrmacht
Officer ranks
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See also
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Comparative military ranks of World War II
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Glossary of German military terms
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Glossary of Nazi Germany
This is a list of words, terms, concepts and slogans of Nazi Germany used in the historiography covering the Nazi regime.
Some words were coined by Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Party members. Other words and concepts were borrowed and appropriated, ...
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World War II German Army ranks and insignia
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Wolfgang Benz
Wolfgang Benz (born 9 June 1941) is a German historian from Ellwangen. He was the director of the Center for Research on Antisemitism of the Technische Universität Berlin between 1990 and 2011.
Personal life
Benz studied history, political ...
(editor): ''Wie wurde man Parteigenosse? Die NSDAP und ihre Mitglieder.'' Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, (''Fischer'' 18068 ''Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus'').
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