- Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a
military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to theMiddle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to aCaptain General .In modern armies, Lieutenant General normally ranks immediately below General and above
Major General ; it is equivalent to the navy rank ofVice Admiral , and in Air Forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent toAir Marshal .The term Major General is a shortened version of the previous term
Sergeant Major General , which was also subordinate to Lieutenant General. This is why a Lieutenant General outranks a Major General, whereas aMajor is senior to aLieutenant .In many countries, the rank of Corps General has replaced the earlier rank of Lieutenant General (e.g. France, Italy). (The ranks of
corps general andlieutenant colonel general are intended to solve the apparent Lieutenant General / Major Generalanomaly ). However, for convenience, this is often translated into English as Lieutenant General.Lieutenant General ranks by country
* Lieutenant General (
Australia )
* Lieutenant-General (Canada )
* Kindralleitnant (Estonia )
* Generalleutnant (Germany )
*Altábornagy (Hungary )
* Lieutenant-General (India )
* Lieutenant General (Republic of Ireland )
* Luitenant-Generaal (Netherlands )
* Lieutenant General (Pakistan )
* Tenente-General (Portugal )
* Teniente General (Spain )
* Lieutenant-General (United Kingdom )
* Lieutenant General (United States )
Lieutenant General equivalent ranks
*
General pukovnik ,Ante Gotovina (Croatia )
* General potpukovnik (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*Général de corps d'armée (France )
* Sepah-Bod (Iran )
*Rav Aluf (Israel )
*Generale di Corpo d'Armata (Italy )
*Jungjang (North Korea )
*Chungjang (South Korea )
*Korpskommandant /Commandant de corps (Switzerland )
Other Lieutenant General ranks
*
Gruppenführer (Waffen-SS )
* FeldmarschallleutnantAustro-Hungarian Army Ireland
*The Irish defence forces Chief of Staff is a Lieutenant General as the force is too small to require a higher rank
ee also
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Comparative military ranks
*British and United States military ranks compared
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