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The comparative ranks of Nazi Germany contrasts the
ranks A rank is a position in a hierarchy. It can be formally recognized—for example, cardinal, chief executive officer, general, professor—or unofficial. People Formal ranks * Academic rank * Corporate title * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy ...
of the
Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...
to a number of
Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor ...
organisations in
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...
from 1933 to 1945 in a synoptic table. Nazi organisations used a hierarchical structure, according to the so-called ''
Führerprinzip The (, ''Leader Principle'') was the basis of authority, executive authority in the government of Nazi Germany. It placed the Führer's word above all written law, and meant that Law of Nazi Germany, government policies, decisions, and officia ...
'' (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 *
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Glossary of Nazi Germany This is a list of words, terms, concepts and slogans of Nazi Germany used in the historiography covering the Nazi regime. Some words were coined by Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Party members. Other words and concepts were borrowed and appropriated, ...
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Wolfgang Benz Wolfgang Benz (born 9 June 1941) is a German historian and Antisemitism, anti-semitism researcher from Ellwangen (Jagst), Ellwangen. He was the director of the Berlin Research Centre on Anti-Semitism, Center for Research on Antisemitism of the Te ...
(editor): ''Wie wurde man Parteigenosse? Die NSDAP und ihre Mitglieder.'' Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, (''Fischer'' 18068 ''Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus''). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranks Wehrmacht Sturmabteilung Nazi SS Nazi Party Military comparisons