Colonel general is a military rank used in some armies. The rank originates from the Old European System and it is particularly associated with Germany...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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,...

Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky...

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...

Senior colonel is an officer rank usually placed between a regular colonel and a British brigadier or American brigadier general. Most western militaries...

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

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

Organising International Military and Military-Technical Cooperation) – Colonel General Alexander Fomin (since 31 January 2017) Deputy Minister of Defence...

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

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

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

34th on the general list, he superseded 33 other Lieutenant Colonels of Indian Army, along with him all of the British Army's Lieutenant Colonel serving with...

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...

rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general. Colonel is equivalent to the naval rank of captain in...

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...

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

District until 22 June. General Colonel Dmitry Grigorevich Pavlov Western Special Military District until 22 June. General Colonel Mikhail Kirponos Kiev...

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

known as Trần Văn Trà (September 15, 1919 – April 20, 1996) was a colonel-general in the People's Army of Vietnam. He was Commander of B2 Front during...

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...