Colonel general is a military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade...

of this period, the senior colonel in the army or, in a field force, the senior military contractor, was the colonel general, and, in the absence of the...

Lieutenant colonel general (Serbo-Croatian: генерал-потпуковник, general-potpukovnik, lit. 'general sub-colonel') is a general officer rank in a number...

Régime, the Colonels General were: Colonel General of the Infantry Colonel General of the Cavalry Colonel General of the Dragoons Colonel General of the Hussards...

German colonel generals. Generals later promoted to general field marshal (GFM) are not included. See also: ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals...

naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel. The adjective general had been affixed to officer designations...

lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general (or colonel general) and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral...

Lieutenant colonel (UK: /lɛfˈtɛnənt ˈkɜːrnəl/ lef-TEN-ənt KUR-nəl, US: /luːˈtɛn-/ loo-TEN-) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine...

The following list of colonel generals denotes those who have held the rank of colonel general in the respective military forces of their countries. Sonomyn...

of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals of the Austro-Hungarian Army. From 1915 to 1918 in the Austro-Hungarian Army, colonel general (German: Generaloberst...

13 November 2001 Colonel General Volodymyr Shkidchenko (Chief of the General Staff) 27 November 2001 – 8 February 2002 Colonel General Petro Shkulyak (Chief...

Colonel general (Vietnamese: Thượng tướng) is a high-ranking general, holding the second highest officer rank in the Vietnam People's Army Military Rank...

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional...

as co-author and his main inspiration, though Klokotov denies this. Colonel General Leonid Ivashov, head of the International Department of the Russian...

4th Army Colonel General Wilhelm von Leeb, Commander of Army Group C Colonel General Wilhelm List, Commander of the 12th Army Colonel General Erhard Milch...

Major General – Corps, Division, or (rarely) Brigade level Lieutenant General – Corps or Army level Colonel-General – Army or Front level General of the...

A Generaloberst ("colonel general") was the second-highest general officer rank in the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, the Austro-Hungarian Common Army...

years with his brothers John and Thomas in Ireland. In 1595 he was colonel-general of infantry. Taking part under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex,...

Georgy Zhukov 3rd Army – Colonel General Alexander Gorbatov 69th Army – Colonel General Vladimir Kolpakchi 33rd Army – Colonel General Vyacheslav Tsvetayev...

General Superior, supreme general, usually (mis)translated colonel-general) so that officers could be promoted further than General without becoming a Generalfeldmarschall...

at giving such an opulent estate to someone with the rank of only a Colonel-General. Guderian furnished the estate with property stolen by M-Aktion from...

commanded by a lieutenant colonel. Colonels also serve as staff officers in divisions like Colonel General Staff (Col GS) and Colonel Administration (Col Adm)...

which is the lowest rank, to colonel general – with only these exceptions: there are no ranks of Yefreytor, Army General, or Marshal. Detectives (Russian:...

Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces (Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, who replaced Army General Dmitry Bulgakov in September 2022) Russian Railway...

regiment still to be equipped with cuirasses. It had been renamed Colonel-General in 1657. In 1791 it was again renamed as the 1er Régiment de Cavalerie;...

to the rank of general. Major general (20 August 2009) Lieutenant general (5 December 2016) Colonel general (23 August 2020) General (23 August 2024)...

Major general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. In English-speaking countries, when...

subordinate only to a marshal and superior to a colonel general. It is a direct counterpart of the Soviet Army General rank. At present it is also the highest...

down the German defense. With the new year, Hitler promoted Paulus to colonel general. About resisting capitulation, according to Adam, Paulus stated: What...

Against them, the German Army Group A, led by Colonel-General Josef Harpe (soon replaced by Colonel-General Ferdinand Schörner), was outnumbered five to...