Oberst im Generalstab
English translation: Group Captain, General Staff
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| 5 +2 | colonel on the General Staff |
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| 5 | Group Captain, General Staff |
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| 5 | Colonel attached to General Staff |
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| 4 | Colonel at General Staff Corps |
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| 4 | Colonel in the General Staff (or: on the General Staff |
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| 4 -1 | general staff captain |
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12 mins confidence: 
Colonel at General Staff Corps Explanation: whatever the case Oberst = Colonel !!! ==== 100th ID - THE GERMAN VIEW ... First Army's Battles in Lothringen [Lorraine] and North Alsace from 15 September 44 - 10 February 1945," by Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel, General Staff Corps ... www.100thww2.org/aid/geraid.html |
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Colonel in the General Staff (or: on the General Staff Explanation: A Generaloberst is a full general, i.e., the highest ranking general. A captain is a Hauptmann -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 52 mins (2004-08-09 12:58:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A Group Captain is several notches below a colonel in rank. |
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50 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2colonel on the General Staff Explanation: Is the way I would put it to be precise. See the evidence: Worcestershire Regiment(29th/36th of Foot) Web site ... It was as Colonel on the General Staff that he arrived in France in 1914 with the Indian Expeditionary Force and in 1915 received command of the Dehra Dun ... www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/c_jacob - 18k - Cached - Similar pages The Fastest Lady and the Colonel : Edwards Air Force Base ... During the months that Yeager was in combat, Jackie was recruiting and training female pilots, ending the war as a colonel on the General Staff of the Army Air ... www.edwards.af.mil/moments/docs_html/47-00-00.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages GRAHAM THOMSON LYALL VC ... On the 28th November 1941, as a full Colonel on the General Staff in North Africa, he died from heart failure during Operation Crusader in Egypt. ... www.victoriacross.org.uk/bblyall.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages Edward F. Seiller ... During World War II I was a lieutenant colonel on the General Staff of Major General Roderick R. Allen, who commanded the 12th Armored Division of the United ... www.acu.edu/academics/history/12ad/campsx/seiller.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages Centre for First World War Studies ... He held a series of command and staff appointments in Britain and abroad before ending his career as a Colonel on the General Staff at the Ministry of Defence. ... www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/members/hickey.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages First World War.com - Prose & Poetry - Charles Carrington ... With the advent of the Second World War in 1939 he returned to service in France in 1940. From 1941-45 he was a Lieutenant-Colonel on the General Staff. ... www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/carrington.htm - 23k - 7 Aug 2004 - Cached - Similar pages Amos Beckwith ... He was brevetted Brigadier-General in the United States army on 13 March 1865, and promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on the general staff, 23 June 1874. ... www.famousamericans.net/amosbeckwith/ - 17k - Cached - Similar pages Presenters' Biographies ... 1983. He holds the rank of colonel on the General Staff of the Swiss armed forces. Top of page, Andreas Beerli Download photo. Mike ... www.swissre.com/INTERNET/pwswpspr.nsf/ alldocbyidkeylu/CRON-5TVU53?OpenDocument - 25k - Cached - Similar pages Herbert Lehman ... During the First World War Lehman served in the United States Army and by 1919 had reached the rank of colonel on the General Staff. ... www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlehmanH.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages Swiss news from swissinfo, the Swiss news platform ... . The number of days to be served depends on the rank: a private serves 300 days, a colonel on the general staff 1,300. Related Sites. ... www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo. html?siteSect=111&sid=4033824 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 54 mins (2004-08-09 13:01:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If it\'s air force, the title would probably be different between the US and UK. Generaloberst is not at all the same thing, just as Major General in teh UK is a different rank from Brigadier General or Lieutenant General. Langenscheidt gives Generaloberst as colonel general. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 58 mins (2004-08-09 13:05:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Langenscheidt also says group captain for that rank in the air force. Some equivalent ranks are given on this (rather bizarre) website: http://www.jcs-group.com/military/rank/ww2rank.html http://www.jcs-group.com/military/rank/ww2rank.html |
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7 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
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205 days confidence:
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