Editing General admiral (section)

==Germany==
{{main|Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine#Commissioned Officer ranks}}
{{Infobox military rank
| name           = General admiral
| native_name    = {{lang|de|Generaladmiral}}
| image          = Kriegsmarine Generaladmiral-Flag 1945 v2.svg{{!}}border
| image_size     = 100px
| alt            =
| caption        = Generaladmiral rank flag
| image2         = {{nobreak| [[File:Generaladmiral der Deutschen Kriegsmarine.png|50px]] [[File:Kriegsmarine-Admiral.svg|50px]]}}
| image_size2    = 
| alt2           =
| caption2       = Shoulder board and sleeve
| image3         = 
| image_size3    = 
| alt3           =
| caption3       = 
| country        = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
| service branch = {{naval|Nazi Germany}}
| abbreviation   = GenAdm
| rank group     = [[Flag officer]]
| rank           = 
| NATO rank      = 
| Non-NATO rank  = 
| pay grade      = 
| formation      = 1936
| abolished      = 1945
| higher rank    = {{lang|de|[[Grand admiral|Großadmiral]]}}
| lower rank     = {{lang|de|[[Admiral (Germany)|Admiral]]}}
| equivalents    = {{lang|de|[[Generaloberst]]}}
| history        = 
}}

In the German ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'' of the [[Second World War]], '''Generaladmiral''' was a rank senior to an [[Admiral (Germany)|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 (''{{linktext|Kolbenringe}}'' 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]] ({{Lang|de|Generaloberst}}).

In 1943, a directive was issued that should the ''[[Oberkommando der Marine|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]].

The rank of ''Generaladmiral'' was first given to the future [[grand admiral]] [[Erich Raeder]] on 20 April 1936.

===List===
Other holders of the rank were:
* [[Conrad Albrecht]] (1 April 1939)
* [[Alfred Saalwächter]] (1 January 1940)
* [[Rolf Carls]] (19 July 1940)
* [[Hermann Boehm (admiral)|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.

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