Comparative military ranks of World War II/temp1

PARENT ARTICLE: Comparative military ranks of World War II

The following table shows comparative officer ranks of major Allied and Axis powers during World War II. For modern ranks refer to Comparative military ranks.

Major participants not shown:
*China (on side of Allies)
*Free French (Allied force after fall of France)

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Notes

# Air Force ranks equal to generic Army ranks are not shown.
# Generals in the Waffen-SS also held the army equivalent rank (e.g., SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS).
# Included ranks on World War II period only.
# In Polish military tradition the Polish Air Forces form a separate branch of the Polish Army, though the military ranks were exactly the same as in the case of land forces. Sometimes the word "pilot" was added to distinguish Air officers from the officers of the land forces (cf. "podporucznik pilot" as opposed to "podporucznik"). Historically due to absence of full general rank (which was introduced later), Polish General ranks were shifted one position up compared to similar-sounding ranks in other countries.
# There is no standard method of transliterating Greek. In this article, traditional Erasmic transliterations are used and do not represent the rank's name's actual pronunciation. See Greek alphabet.
# From June 27, 1945. Stalin appointed this rank by Supreme Council after victory over Germany.
# See Admiral of the Navy and General of the Armies articles.
# See the article on Marszałek Polski
# Created by Hitler on June 29, 1941, especially for Hermann Göring, his formal successor.
# For example, King George VI was "Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force" during 1939-45.
# From 1943 there were introduced Marshals and Chief marshals of specific arm. Also the most of ranks were divided according specific service (Artillery, Armored Forces, Engineering Service, Air Force etc)
# Introduced in 1940. From May 1945 became equal to Marshal of the Soviet Union [http://marshals.narod.ru/admirals.html]
# Gensui, although usually translated as Field Marshal/Grand Admiral, was actually an honorary title conferred by the Emperor and not a rank as such.
# Full Generals in the army generally held the rank of their service branch, such as "General der Infanterie" or "General der Artillerie".
# Actually a Captain acting in an admiral's capacity.
# Rank reintroduced in 1943.
# Actually a Kapitän zur See (Captain) acting in an admiral's capacity. This was a rarely used rank. Best-known holder was Karl Dönitz, who from 28 January 1939 until 1 October 1939 was "Kapitän zur See und Kommodore" and Leader of U-Boats.
# Traditionally captains of Polish cavalry held the rank of rotmistrz, a direct equivalent of the rank of "kapitan" in other branches of the military.
# Captains in the cavalry and mounted transport corps were called Rittmeister.
# "Primo" ranks were a way for identifying long term or career officers. Primo Capitano and Primo Tenente were officers with 12 years seniority in the rank or a total of 20 years of commissioned service.

ee also

*Comparative military ranks of World War I
*Comparative military ranks
*Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel