German Ranks
During conversation, many characters in Sudetenland© will often use terms from their own languages to describe something. This is especially true of military ranks. Although exposition in the book will use the English version of a rank nearby when a character uses the domestic term, for those of you who wish to look at a handy reference you can find it here on the website. Following are the military ranks of the Deutsch Heer:
| Private | Soldat | |
| Lance Corporal | Gefreiter | |
| Corporal | Obergefreiter | |
| Sergeant | Feldwebel | |
| First Sergeant | Oberfeldwebel | |
| Chief Sergeant | Hauptfeldwebel | |
| Staff Sergeant | Stabsfeldwebel | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Leutnant | |
| 1st Lieutenant | Oberleutnant | |
| Captain | Hauptmann | |
| Major | Major | |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Obertsleutnant | |
| Colonel | Oberst | |
| Major General | Generalmajor | |
| Lieutenant General | Generalleutnant | |
| General | General | |
| Colonel General | Generaloberst | |
| Field Marshall | Generalfeldmarschall |