Colonel general is a senior rank of general. North Korea and Russia are two countries which have used the rank extensively throughout their histories. A rank sometimes erroneously translated as "colonel general" is also closely associated with Germany, where Generaloberst has been a rank above the full General and a rank below Generalfeldmarschall.
Read more about Colonel General: Austria, China (PRC), Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, North Korea, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
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