The comparative ranks of Nazi Germany contrasts the ranks of the Wehrmacht to a number of national-socialist organisations in Nazi Germany 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
- Comparative military ranks of World War II
- Glossary of German military terms
- Glossary of Nazi Germany
- World War II German Army ranks and insignia
Notes
- Heinrich Himmler's title became an actual rank after the Night of the Long Knives in 1934. From that point on, Reichsführer-SS became the highest rank of the SS and was considered on paper the equivalent of a Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht; however, as Himmler's position and authority grew in Nazi Germany, so did his rank in a "de facto" sense.
- Decree paper of the Waffen-SS, 3rd (annual) volume – Berlin, June 15, 1942 – number 12 – p.46: “The Reichsführer-SS gave order regarding the spelling of the new service rank “SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer” (quotation: “SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer” (en: SS-Supreme-Group leader]), in order to avoid confusion to the SS-Obergruppenführer (en: SS-Senior group leader)”.
- Until castration of the SA in summer 1934 the designation of that particular rank in the SS was SS-Sturmhauptführer (SS-Storm head leader). However, the rank was renamed to SS-Hauptsturmführer (SS-Head storm leader). In line with the formation of the SA-Defence crews (SA-Wehrmannschaften) in 1939/40 it was renamed to “Hauptsturmführer” in the SA and in all other Nazi organizations.
- Used by the Luftwaffe until 1944.
- Mann for the Allgemeine SS
- The youngest members of the Hitler Youth organization in Nazi Germany
References
Citations
- ^ Weiß 2002, Appendix.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 3-4,7-8.
- ^ CIA 1999, p. 18.
- ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1639.
- Davis 1980, pp. 219, 220.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 9-10.
- Zabecki 2014, pp. 1640–1641.
- ^ Davis 1980, p. 219.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1942, table 13.
- ^ CIA 1999, p. 33.
- ^ Davis 1980, p. 222.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1942, Table 14.
- ^ Davis 1980, p. 223.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 14.
- ^ Williamson 1994, p. 250.
- ^ CIA 1999, p. 30.
- ^ Davis 1980, p. 220.
- McNab 2009, pp. 9, 30, 46–47.
- Klietmann 1967.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 23.
- ^ CIA 1999, pp. 20, 31.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 20.
- ^ CIA 1999, p. 29.
- Specialist editor of the Bibliographical Institute 1938, p. 203.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 18.
- ^ CIA 1999, p. 23.
- ^ Davis 1980, p. 221.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 17.
- ^ Ley 1937, Table 73.
- ^ CIA 1999, p. 24.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 19.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1942, Table 22.
- ^ Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 13.
- ^ CIA 1999, p. 27.
- ^ Absolon 1969, p. 59.
- ^ Lepage 2015, p. 22.
- ^ MIRS 1945, Table II–III.
- ^ CIA 1999, p. 21.
- ^ Littlejohn 1989, .
- ^ CIA 1999, pp. 25–26.
- ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1640.
- Zabecki 2014, pp. 1640–1642.
Bibliography
- Absolon, Rudolf (1969). Die Wehrmacht im Dritten Reich (in German). Vol. IV. Boppard am Rhein: Harald Boldt Verlag. ISBN 978-3764619404.
- CIA (24 August 1999). "Records Integration Title Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- Davis, Brian Leigh (1980). German Uniforms of the Third Reich 1933-1945 (1st ed.). Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-0881-6.
- Klietmann, Kurt-Gerhard (1967). Feldgrau (in German). 13 (1). Berlin: Die Ordens-Sammlung.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G. (2015). Hitler's Armed Forces Auxiliaries: an illustrated history of the Wehrmachtsgefolge, 1933-1945. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786497454.
- Ley, Robert (1937). Organisationsbuch der NSDAP (in German). Zentralverlag.
- Littlejohn, David (1989). The Hitler Youth. Agincourt Publishers. ISBN 978-0934870214. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- McNab, Chris (2009). The SS: The Growth and Organisation of Himmler's Stormtroopers. Amber Books. ISBN 978-1906626495.
- MIRS (1945). Handbook of the organisation TODT (OT). London: MIRS.
- Specialist editor of the Bibliographical Institute, ed. (1938). Schlag nach Wissenswerte Tatsachen aus allen Gebieten (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut AG Leipzig.
{{cite book}}:|editor1=has generic name (help) - Verlag Moritz Ruhl (1936). Deutsche Uniformen (in German). Leipzig: Verlag Moritz Ruhl.
- Verlag Moritz Ruhl (1942). Deutsche Uniformen (in German). Leipzig: Verlag Moritz Ruhl.
- Weiß, Hermann, ed. (2002). Biographisches Lexikon zum Dritten Reich [Biographical lexicon to the Third Reich] (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3596130863.
- Williamson, Gordon (1994). The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror. Chartwell Books, Inc. p. 250. ISBN 978-0785830122.
- Zabecki, David T., ed. (2014). Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1598849806.
Further reading
- Wolfgang Benz (editor): Wie wurde man Parteigenosse? Die NSDAP und ihre Mitglieder. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-18068-4 (Fischer 18068 Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus).
- Davis, Brian L. (1942). Badges and Insignia of the Third Reich 1933-1945. Cassell. ISBN 978-1854095121.
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