Editing Generalfeldmarschall (section)

===Modern Germany===
The ranks of ''Generalfeldmarschall'', ''Generaloberst'', ''Großadmiral'' and ''Generaladmiral'' no longer exist in the new German (until 1990 [[West Germany|West German]]) Armed Forces, the ''[[Bundeswehr]]'', which were created in 1956. Currently, the highest military grades in the ''Bundeswehr'' are [[General (Germany)|general]] and [[Admiral (Germany)|admiral]].

The [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the ''[[Bundeswehr]]'' is, in peacetime, according to Article 65a of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]] (constitution), the [[Civilian control of the military|civilian]] [[Minister of Defence (Germany)|Federal Minister of Defence]], who holds supreme command authority over all soldiers. In wartime, during the [[State of Defence (Germany)|State of Defence]], that supreme command authority is transferred to the ''Federal Chancellor''. The [[Inspector General of the Bundeswehr|Inspector General of the ''Bundeswehr'']] is the military [[chief of defence]] and heads the ''Armed Forces Command Staff'' ({{langx|de|Führungsstab der Streitkräfte}}).