kommodore
Sign in to save'''' was the highest senior officer rank () in the German Kriegsmarine, comparable to commodore in anglophone naval forces. There was no counterpart in the German Heer and Luftwaffe, but Kommodore would have been comparable to Oberführer in the Waffen-SS''.
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- Instance of
- military rank
- Subclass of
- military officer
- Country
- Germany
- Follows
- captain at sea
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- native label
- Kommodore
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'''' was the highest senior officer rank () in the German Kriegsmarine, comparable to commodore in anglophone naval forces. There was no counterpart in the German Heer and Luftwaffe, but Kommodore would have been comparable to Oberführer in the Waffen-SS.
==History==
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