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General admiral was a Danish, Dutch, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish naval rank. Its historic origin is a title high military or naval dignitaries of early modern Europe sometimes held, for example the (nominal) commander-in-chief of the Dutch Republic's navy (usually the Prince of Orange). ==Third Reich== (詳細はKriegsmarine'' of the Second World War, Generaladmiral was a rank senior to an Admiral, but junior to a Großadmiral. ''Generaladmiral'' was a four-star admiral rank, equivalent to a full admiral in the British and American navies. In the traditional German ranking system until World War II, an admiral was equivalent to a British or American vice admiral. The sleeve insignia for a ''Generaladmiral'' was the same as that of a regular admiral, being a thick rank stripe below three regular stripes (' in German naval parlance). ''Generaladmiral''s wore a third pip on their shoulder boards to differentiate them from regular admirals. The German Army and Air Force equivalent of ''Generaladmiral'' was the rank colonel general (''Generaloberst''). In 1943, a directive was issued that should the ''Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine'' ("commander of the navy") hold the rank of ''Generaladmiral'', he would wear the sleeve insignia of a grand admiral, but the shoulder boards of a ''Generaladmiral''. A similar practice was used in the German Army, allowing colonel generals to wear four pips on the shoulder board when engaged in duties befitting a field marshal. ⇒ see main article Ranks of the Kriegsmarine The rank of ''Generaladmiral'' was first given to the future grand admiral Erich Raeder on 20 April 1936. Other holders of the rank were: * Conrad Albrecht (1 April 1939) * Alfred Saalwächter (1 January 1940) * Rolf Carls (19 July 1940) * Hermann Boehm (1 April 1941) * Karl Witzell (1 April 1941) * Otto Schultze (31 August 1942) * Wilhelm Marschall (1 February 1943) * Otto Schniewind (1 March 1944) * Walter Warzecha (1 March 1944) * Oskar Kummetz (16 September 1944) * Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1 May 1945) Notably, Karl Dönitz was promoted to grand admiral without becoming a ''Generaladmiral'' first. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「General admiral」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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