What was Dietrich's rank equivalent to in the army?
Captain
Lieutenant
Colonel General
Major
Answer
The equivalent rank to Reichsführer-SS in the German army was Colonel General. This was the highest rank in the Nazi Party's paramilitary organization, the Schutzstaffel (SS), and was held by only a few senior SS officers, including Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich.
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