Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. - Triumphant Fox: Erwin Rommel and the Rise of the Afrika Korps

APPENDIX A

Table of Comparative Ranks

Brigadier in British Army

APPENDIX B

German Staff Positions

Chief of staff (not present below the corps level)

I-a. Chief of Operations

I-b. Quartermaster (chief supply officer)

I-c. Staff officer, intelligence (subordinate to I-a)

II-a. Chief personnel officer (adjutant)

II-b. Second personnel officer (subordinate to II-a)

III. Chief judge advocate (subordinate to II-a)

IV-a. Chief administrative officer (subordinate to I-b)

IV-b. Chief medical officer (subordinate to I-b)

IV-c. Chief veterinary officer (subordinate to I-b)

IV-d. Chaplain (subordinate to II-a)

V. Motor transport officer (subordinate to I-b)

National Socialist guidance officer (added 1944)

Special staff officers (chief of artillery, chief of projectors [rocket launchers], etc.)

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