Generaloberst
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thumb|right|upright|Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten here as Generaloberst
Key facts
- Military rank.name
- Colonel General
- Military rank.image
- Collar tabs for the Generals of the Heer.svg
- Military rank.image_size
- 100px
- Military rank.image_size2
- 150px
- Military rank.caption2
- Army shoulder board and flecktarn suit insignia
- Military rank.formation
- 20 April 1936
- Military rank.abolished
- 1945
- Military rank.equivalents
- See list
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Austro-Hungarian Army
- German Empire
- [[Bavarian Army]]
- [[Prussian Army]]
- [[Royal Saxon Army]]
- [[Army of Württemberg]]
- Weimar Republic
- Reichswehr
- Nazi Germany
- Wehrmacht
- Heer
- Luftwaffe
- Waffen-SS
- German Police
- German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
- National People's Army
- [[Stasi|Ministry of State Security]]
- Deutsche Volkspolizei (DVP)
- See also
- References
- Sources
thumb|right|upright|Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten here as Generaloberst
A ("colonel general") was the second-highest general officer rank in the Imperial German Army, the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, the Austro-Hungarian Common Army, the East German National People's Army, and in German amd Austrian police services. The rank was equal to a four-star full general but below a Generalfeldmarschall. The rank was equivalent to a Generaladmiral in the Kriegsmarine until 1945 or to a Flottenadmiral in the Volksmarine until 1990. It was the highest ordinary military rank and the highest military rank awarded in peacetime; the higher rank of general field marshal was awarded only in wartime by the head of state. In general, a Generaloberst had the same privileges as a general field marshal.
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