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General of the Army

General of the Army is a military rank used in some countries to denote a senior military leader, usually a General

General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
in command of a nation's Army

Army

An army , in the broadest sense, is the land-based armed forces of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as an air force....
. It may also be the title given to a General who commands an Army in the field.

The rank is typically considered the equivalent of Marshal

Marshal

Marshal is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. The word derives from Old High German marah "horse" and schalh "servant", and originally meant "stable keeper"....
, Field Marshal

Field Marshal

Field marshal is a military officer rank. Today it is the highest rank in the armies in which it is used, one step above a general or colonel-general....
, Fleet Admiral, Da Jiang

Da Jiang

Da Jiang was a rank conferred in 1955 to ten veteran leaders of the People's Liberation Army. It was never conferred again and the rank was abolished in 1965 along with all other ranks in the PLA....
, Wonsu

Wonsu

South KoreaA Wonsu is the highest Comparative military ranks of Korea of the South Korea Military of South Korea and is the combined equivalent of a Field Marshal, Fleet Admiral and Marshal of the Air Force in other nations....
, Mushir

Mushir

A Mushir is the highest rank in most militaries of the Middle East. It is the equivalent to the ranks of General of the Army, Field Marshal, and Fleet Admiral....
and other equivalent "5 star rank

5 star rank

Grand General

Grand General is a supreme military rank which is normally the accepted translation of:#The Indonesian rank Jenderal Besar#The Military of Nepal of Pradhan Senadhipati...
, which may also be considered a General of the Army equivalent, has appeared most often in fiction, although it is the literal translation of Da Jiang.

The rank of "General of the Army" should not be confused with the title "Army General

Army General

Army General is a title used in many countries to denote the rank of General nominally commanding an Army in the field. Army General is normally the highest rank used in peace time....
"; the rank of "General of the Army" is usually the equivalent of a 5 star rank

5 star rank

An officer of 5 star rank is the most senior commander in the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-10. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members....
, and theoretically corresponds to overall command of an entire national army, whereas the title of "Army General" is usually held by the equivalent of a 4 star general, and corresponds to the command of an individual army in the field.

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General of the Army is a military rank used in some countries to denote a senior military leader, usually a General

General

Army

Marshal

Field Marshal

Field marshal is a military officer rank. Today it is the highest rank in the armies in which it is used, one step above a general or colonel-general....
, Fleet Admiral, Da Jiang

Da Jiang

Wonsu

Mushir

5 star rank

Grand General

Army General

5 star rank

General of the Army ranks by country

General of the Army (Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
)
General of the Army (GDR)
National People's Army

The National People?s Army was the military of the German Democratic Republic....
(German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic was a self-declared socialist state created in the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany and the East Berlin of Allied Occupation Zones in Germany....
)
General of the Army (Liberia
Liberia

Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, C?te d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean....
)
General of the Army (Paraguay
Paraguay

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America . It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River and is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest....
)
General of the Army (Russian Federation
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
)
General of the Army (SFR Yugoslavia)
General of the Army (Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
)
General of the Army
General of Army of Ukraine

General of Army of Ukraine is a 4 star rank general officer and is the highest possible rank in the Military of Ukraine. General of Army of Ukraine ranks immediately above a Colonel General and has no equivalent Navy rank....
(Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
)
General of the Army
General of the Army (United States)

General of the Army is a 5 star rank general officer and is presently considered the highest possible rank in the United States Army. A special grade of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, does exist but has only been confirmed twice in the history of the Army....
(United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
)

Equivalent General of the Army ranks

Field Marshal
Field Marshal

Field marshal is a military officer rank. Today it is the highest rank in the armies in which it is used, one step above a general or colonel-general....
(Numerous countries)
Marshal of France
Marshal of France

The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements....
(France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
)
Artesh-Bod (Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
) (Note: Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 no one has been promoted to this rank.)
Stožerni general
Stožerni general

Sto?erni general, or General of the Army is the highest rank in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia. According to NATO's classification, it is ranked as level Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers....
(Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
)
Chom Phon
Chom Phon

Chom Phon is a military rank of Thailand, considered the equivalent to a General of the Army. It is ceremonially held by members of the Thai Royal family but exists only on paper in the actual Thai military....
(Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
)
Comandante en Jefe (Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
)
Jenderal Besar
Jenderal Besar

Jenderal Besar, translated literally as "Great General", is the highest rank of the Army of Indonesia. It is the equivalent of a General of the Army, and is used to translate that rank into Indonesian....
(Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
)
Pradhan Senapati
Pradhan Senapati

Pradhan Senapati, literally meaning "Chief General" but usually translated as "Chief of the Army Staff", is the title of the professional head of the Military of Nepal ....
(Nepal
Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....
)
Da Jiang
Da Jiang

Da Jiang was a rank conferred in 1955 to ten veteran leaders of the People's Liberation Army. It was never conferred again and the rank was abolished in 1965 along with all other ranks in the PLA....
(People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
)
Te Ji Shang Jiang
Generalissimo

Generalissimo or Generalissimus is a military rank of the highest degree, superior to a Field Marshal or Grand Admiral....
(Republic of China
Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
)
Wonsu
Wonsu

South KoreaA Wonsu is the highest Comparative military ranks of Korea of the South Korea Military of South Korea and is the combined equivalent of a Field Marshal, Fleet Admiral and Marshal of the Air Force in other nations....
(North
North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula....
and South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
)
Captain General
Captain General

Captain General is a high military rank and a Governor title....
(Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
)

Similar General of the Army titles

Armeegeneral (Wachregimet F.E. Dzierzinsky of the GDR)
Reichsführer-SS
Reichsführer-SS

was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. Reichsf?hrer-SS was a title from 1925 to 1933 and, after 1934, became the highest rank of the German Schutzstaffel ....
(Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel

The , abbreviated SS- or - was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the F?hrer's "Praetorian Guard," the Nazi Party's "Shield Squadron" and a force that, fielding almost a million men, managed to exert as much political influence as th...
of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
)
Stabschef
Leadership ranks of the Sturmabteilung

Leadership ranks of the Sturmabteilung were the military rank held by the commanders of the Sturmabteilung of the Nazi Party between the years of 1920 and 1945....
(Nazi Stormtrooper
Stormtrooper

The Stormtroopers were specialist military troops which were formed in the last years of World War I as the German army developed new methods of attacking enemy trenches, called "infiltration tactics"....
s "Sturmabteilung
Sturmabteilung

The , abbreviated SA, , functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party the Germany Nazism. They played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s....
")

General of the Army

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