APPENDIX A
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US Army |
German Army |
Waffen-SS |
English Equivalent |
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Enlisted |
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Private |
Schütze |
SS-Schutze1 |
Private |
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Private First Class |
Oberschütze |
SS-Oberschutze2 |
Private First Class |
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Corporal |
Gefreiter |
SS-Sturmmann |
Acting Corporal |
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(Senior Corporal) |
Obergefreiter |
SS-Rottenführer |
Corporal |
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(Staff Corporal) |
Stabsgefreiter |
SS-Stabsrottenführer3 |
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Noncommissioned Officers |
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Sergeant |
Unteroffzier |
SS-Unterscharführer |
Sergeant |
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(None) |
Unterfeldwebel |
SS-Schaführer |
Staff Sergeant |
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Staff Sergeant |
Feldwebel |
SS-Oberscharführer |
Technical Sergeant |
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Sergeant First Class |
Oberfeldwebel |
SS-Hauptscharführer |
Master Sergeant |
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Master Sergeant |
Hauptfeldwebel |
SS-Sturmscharführer |
Sergeant Major |
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Sergeant Major |
Stabsfeldwebel |
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Officers |
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2nd Lieutenant |
Leutnant |
SS-Untersturmführer |
2nd Lieutenant |
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1st Lieutenant |
Oberleutnant |
SS-Obersturmführer |
1st Lieutenant |
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Captain |
Hauptmann |
SS-Hauptsturmführer |
Captain |
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Major |
Major |
SS-Sturmbannführer |
Major |
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Lieutenant Colonel |
Oberstleutnant |
SS-Obersturmbannführer |
Lieutenant Colonel |
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Colonel |
Oberst |
SS-Standartenführer |
Colonel |
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(None) |
(None) |
SS-Oberführer |
(None) |
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Brigadier General |
Generalmajor |
SS-Brigadeführer |
Brigadier General |
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Major General |
Generalleutnant |
SS-Gruppenführer |
Major General |
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Lieutenant General |
General der |
SS-Obergruppenführer |
Lieutenant General |
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Panzertruppen, etc |
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General |
Generaloberst |
SS-Oberstgruppenführer |
General |
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General of the Army |
Feldmarschall |
Reichsführer-SS |
Field Marshal |
Footnotes
1 SS-Mann before 1942.
2 Not used before 1942.
3 Rank did not officially exist but has been seen in written records.
