Oberst
Senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to colonel.
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Field officer
Army, Marine, or Air Force commissioned officer senior in rank to a company officer but junior to a general officer.
Army, Marine, or Air Force commissioned officer senior in rank to a company officer but junior to a general officer.
In the German Bundeswehr, officers from Major, Oberstleutnant to Oberst in the Heer (Army) and Luftwaffe (Air Force), or from Korvettenkapitän, Fregattenkapitän to Kapitän zur See in the Deutsche Marine (German Navy) are traditionally known as Stabsoffiziere (Staff officers, in the meaning of field officers) OF-3, OF-4 and OF-5.
Colonel
Senior military officer rank used in many countries.
Senior military officer rank used in many countries.
Colonel (Germanic languages)
Standartenführer
Nazi Party (NSDAP) paramilitary rank that was used in several NSDAP organizations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK.
Nazi Party (NSDAP) paramilitary rank that was used in several NSDAP organizations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK.
In the Waffen-SS, the rank was considered the equivalent of an Oberst, a full colonel.
Oberstarzt
Military rank in German speaking armed forces.
Military rank in German speaking armed forces.
Oberstarzt, Oberstapotheker, and Oberstveterinär are comparable in NATO to the OF-5 rank Oberst; Flottenarzt, and Flottenapotheker are equivalent to Kapitän zur See, OF-5 as well.
Erwin von Witzleben
German field marshal in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
German field marshal in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
After being promoted to full Oberst (colonel) in 1931, he took over as commanding officer of the (Prussian) Infantry Regiment No. 8 in Frankfurt on the Oder.
Dietrich von Choltitz
German general.
German general.
In September of the same year, he was given command of the regiment, and the following spring was made Oberst (colonel).
V-1 flying bomb
Early cruise missile.
Early cruise missile.
In the spring of 1944, Oberst Schmalschläger had developed a more simplified launching site, called Einsatz Stellungen.
Battle of Monte Cassino
Costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
Costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
Polish II Corps lost 281 officers and 3,503 other ranks in assaults on Oberst Ludwig Heilmann's 4th Parachute Regiment, until the attacks were called off.
Socialist Reich Party
West German political party founded in the aftermath of World War II in 1949 as an openly neo-Nazi-oriented split-off from the national conservative German Right Party (DKP-DRP).
West German political party founded in the aftermath of World War II in 1949 as an openly neo-Nazi-oriented split-off from the national conservative German Right Party (DKP-DRP).
Its foundation was backed by former Luftwaffe Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel.
Battle of Hürtgen Forest
Series of fierce battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 area about 5 km east of the Belgian–German border.
Series of fierce battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 area about 5 km east of the Belgian–German border.
Although the 1st Infantry Division called for the surrender of the German garrison in the city, German commander Oberst Gerhard Wilck refused to capitulate until 21 October.