Colonel general is a military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade...
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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...
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Lieutenant colonel general (Serbo-Croatian: генерал-потпуковник, general-potpukovnik, lit. 'general sub-colonel') is a general officer rank in a number...
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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...
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commanded by a lieutenant colonel. Colonels also serve as staff officers in divisions like Colonel General Staff (Col GS) and Colonel Administration (Col Adm)...
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lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general (or colonel general) and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral...
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naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel. The adjective general had been affixed to officer designations...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Military ranks of the Soviet Union (redirect from Major General (Soviet))
Major General – Corps, Division, or (rarely) Brigade level Lieutenant General – Corps or Army level Colonel-General – Army or Front level General of the...
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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...
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Andrey Mordvichev (category Russian colonel generals)
(Russian: Андрей Николаевич Мордвичёв; born 14 January 1976) is a Russian colonel general who has been Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces since...
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General Superior, supreme general, usually (mis)translated colonel-general) so that officers could be promoted further than General without becoming a Generalfeldmarschall...
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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...
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of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals of the Austro-Hungarian Army. From 1915 to 1918 in the Austro-Hungarian Army, colonel general (German: Generaloberst...
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Colonel general (Vietnamese: Thượng tướng) is a high-ranking general, holding the second highest officer rank in the Vietnam People's Army Military Rank...
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lieutenant colonel, colonel, and General-Major (one star). Most were colonels or newly promoted generals. Officers enter in their late 30s, as a general rule...
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Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces (Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, who replaced Army General Dmitry Bulgakov in September 2022) Russian Railway...
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Generaloberst (category Lists of generals)
A Generaloberst ("colonel general") was the second-highest general officer rank in the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, the Austro-Hungarian Common Army...
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Georgy Zhukov 3rd Army – Colonel General Alexander Gorbatov 69th Army – Colonel General Vladimir Kolpakchi 33rd Army – Colonel General Vyacheslav Tsvetayev...
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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,...
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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...
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Chief of the General Staff is General of the Army Valery Gerasimov and since 2014, the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff is Colonel General Nikolay Bogdanovsky...
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Heinz Guderian (redirect from General Guderian)
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...
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Colonel's rank in Indian army. For example, when a ranked Lieutenant Colonel of Bengal Army was promoted to Colonel he was ranked 34th on the general...
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Alexander Fomin (category Russian colonel generals)
Federation in 2017. In February 2018, Fomin was promoted to the rank of Colonel General. In March 2021, he visited Myanmar in his capacity as a military attaché...
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Decree No.141, transferring the Northern Fleet under its command. Colonel General Aleksandr Lapin took over as the new district's commander on 16 May...
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Organising International Military and Military-Technical Cooperation) – Colonel General Alexander Fomin (since 31 January 2017) Deputy Minister of Defence...
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Militsiya (section General overview)
which is the lowest rank, to colonel general – with only these exceptions: there are no ranks of Yefreytor, Army General, or Marshal. Detectives (Russian:...
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