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Comparative WWII Army Ranks
(Great Britain, USA, Germany)

American flag
United States
Army 		Flag of Great Britain
British
Army 		German flag
German
Army 		German flag
German
S.S.
Private Private Grenadier SS Schütz
Private
First Class 		Lance Corporal Obergrenadier SS-Oberschütz

Corporal		 Corporal Unteroffizier Unterscarführer
Sergeant Sergeant Unterfeldwebel Scharführer
Staff
Sergeant 		(no equivalent) Feldwebel Oberscharführer
Master
Sergeant 		C. Sgt-Major Oberfeldwebel Hauptscharführer
Warrant Officers Reg. Sgt-Major Stabsfeldwebel Sturmscharführer
Second
Lieutenant 		Second
Lieutenant 		Leutnant Untersturmführer
First
Lieutenant 		Lieutenant Oberleutnant Obersturmführer
Captain Captain Hauptmann Hauptsturmführer
Major Major Major Sturmbannführer
Lieutenant
Colonel 		Lieutenant
Colonel 		Oberstleutnant Obersturmbannführer
Colonel Colonel Oberst Standartenführer
General General General General
Ranks in this table are listed from lowest to highest. In the German Army and SS, there are many in-between ranks not included here. This list is based on the US equivalents.

Today's German Army (Bundeswehr) retains the same ranks as those listed above for the older Heer (Wehrmacht). All Nazi Party-related ranks and titles (as per the SS) have been discarded.

(Thank you to Andrew Bellenkes for providing the information. Flag icons created by Mario Paesani.)

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