SS-Brigadeführer
Brigadeführer (, ) was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that was used between 1932 and 1945. It was mainly known for its use as an SS rank. As an SA rank, it was used after briefly being known as Untergruppenführer in late 1929 and 1930.
Key facts
- Military rank.service branch
- Schutzstaffel Sturmabteilung National Socialist Motor Corps National Socialist Flyers Corps
- Military rank.abbreviation
- Brif
- Military rank.rank
- One-star
- Military rank.NATO rank
- OF-6
- Military rank.Non NATO rank
- O-7
- Military rank.formation
- 1933
- Military rank.abolished
- 1945
- Military rank.higher rank
- Gruppenführer
- Military rank.lower rank
- Oberführer
- Military rank.equivalents
- Generalmajor
- Military rank.name
- Brigadeführer
- Military rank.image
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Brigadeführer (, ) was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that was used between 1932 and 1945. It was mainly known for its use as an SS rank. As an SA rank, it was used after briefly being known as Untergruppenführer in late 1929 and 1930.
== History == The rank was first created due to an expansion of the SS and assigned to those officers in command of SS-Brigaden. In 1933, the SS-Brigaden were changed in name to SS-Abschnitte; however, the rank of Brigadeführer remained the same.