SS 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 Schutzstaffel:
Private | Schütze | |
Lance Corporal | Rottenführer | |
Corporal | Unterscharführer | |
Sergeant | Oberscharführer | |
First Sergeant | Hauptscharführer | |
Staff Sergeant | Sturmscharführer | |
2nd Lieutenant | Untersturmführer | |
1st Lieutenant | Obersturmführer | |
Captain | Hauptsturmführer | |
Major | Sturmbannführer | |
Lieutenant Colonel | Obersturmbannführer | |
Colonel | Standartenführer | |
Major General | Brigadeführer | |
Lieutenant General | Gruppenführer | |
General | Obergruppenführer | |
Colonel General | Oberstgruppenführer | |
Field Marshall | Reichsführer-SS |