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== Gambaran keseluruhan ==
''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' dianggap setaraf dengan [[Kolonel Jeneral]] (''Generaloberst'') dalam ''[[Wehrmacht]]'', yang secara umumnya dilihat sebagai bersamaansetaraf dengan [[Jeneral|pangkat empat bintang]] atau [[jeneral ketumbukan]] dalam angkatan tentera negara lain.
FirstPertama createdkali indicipta thepada springmusim ofbunga tahun 1942, thepangkat ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' ranktelah wasdipegang heldoleh byempat fourorang mendalam duringtempoh thetiga threetahun yearskewujudannya, ofyang itsmana existence,hanya ofdua whichorang onlydari twopasukan heldmedan ''[[Waffen-SS]]'' field commands. The rank ofPangkat ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' wasdisimpan conceivedasalnya originallysebagai as apangkat ''Waffen-SS'' rank, withdengan theniat intentuntuk beingmelantik topemegangnya appointmenjadi itspanglima holders to be theketumbukan SS commanders of certain ''panzer'' armiestertentu. HoweverBagaimanapun, appointmentsperlantikan weretelah delayedditangguhkan byoleh theStaf General Staff of theAm ''Wehrmacht'', whoyang didtidak notmahu wantseorang anjeneral SS generalmemegang tokuasa holdyang thatbanyak. much power.Pada Inbulan April 1942, thedua firstperlantikan twoyang appointmentspertama weretelah atdikeluarkan lastatas issuedkuasa onperibadi [[Adolf Hitler]]'s personal authority. BothKedua-duanya wereadalah politicalperlantikan SSpolitik appointmentsdengan withyang thekedua secondmenjadi onekenaikkan being apangkat dual promotion within thedalam ''[[Ordnungspolizei]]'', makingmenjadikan [[Kurt Daluege]] aseorang ''Generaloberst der Polizei'' atpada themasa sameyang timesama. Pangkat Daluege's rankmerupakan wassatu-satunya thekenaikkan onlypangkat policepolis promotionuntuk toposisi this rankini; thekenaikkan otherpangkat promotionyang waslain foradalah partyuntuk treasurerbendahari parti dan ketua and [[Reichszeugmeisterei|RZM]] chief [[Franz Xaver Schwarz]].
Kenaikkan pangkat dua yang terakhir dari kalangan empat ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' telah dibuat pada tahun 1944, kali ini untuk jeneral ''Waffen-SS''. Pangkat ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' hanya pernah dipakai pada pakaian seragam berwarna kelabu kehijauan ''Waffen-SS'' atau uniform warna kelabu SS (atau, dalam kes Daluege, uniform polis), dan tidak ada rekod fotografi yang tanda insignia pernah dipakai pada pakaian istiadat warna hitam, yang sebahagian besarnya tidak digunakan lagi pada masa pangkat itu dicipta.
The last two of the four ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' promotions were made in 1944, this time to ''Waffen-SS'' generals.<ref>Dietrich had commanded the 1st SS Panzer Division and the 1st SS Panzer Corps, and would command the 6th SS Panzer Army in the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. Hausser had commanded the 2nd SS Panzer Division, the 2nd SS Panzer Corps and the 7th Army, and would command Army Group G.</ref> The ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' rank was only ever worn on the field-grey ''Waffen-SS'' tunic or the grey SS service tunic (or, in Daluege's case, police uniform), and there are no photographic records of the insignia ever being worn on the black ceremonial uniform, which had largely fallen into disuse by the time the rank was created.
Secara keseluruhannya, individu-individu berikut memegang pangkat SS tertinggi ini:
In all, the following individuals held this highest of SS ranks:
*[[Franz Xaver Schwarz]], 20 April 1942 (''Ehrenführer'', honorarypemimpin leaderkehormat) ▼*[[Josef Dietrich|Josef "Sepp" Dietrich]], 20 April 1942 (''und Panzer-Generaloberst der Waffen-SS'')<ref>''Dienstaltersliste der Waffen-SS'',1 July 1944, #1</ref> ▼▲*[[Franz Xaver Schwarz]], 20 April 1942 (''Ehrenführer'', honorary leader)
*[[Kurt Daluege]], 20 April 1942 (''und Generaloberst der Polizei'')
*[[Paul Hausser]], 1 AugustOgos 1944 (''und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS'')
▲*[[Josef Dietrich|Josef "Sepp" Dietrich]], 201 AprilOgos 1942 (''und Panzer-Generaloberst der Waffen-SS'') <ref>''Dienstaltersliste der Waffen-SS'',1 July 1944, #1</ref>
InPada tahun 1944, Himmler offered to appointmenawarkan [[Albert Speer]] to the honorary rankpangkat ofkehormat ''Oberst-Gruppenführer''. Speer declinedmenolak, notkerana wishingtidak tomahu formallymenjadi beorang subordinate tobawahan Himmler.<ref>''Inside the Third Reich'' by Albert Speer</ref> [[Hermann GöringGoering]] wasjuga alsoditawarkan offeredpangkat theini rankpada intahun 1945, buttetapi refusedenggan tomenerima acceptposisi theini positionkerana duetidak to his dislike ofmenyukai Himmler. Pengganti Himmler's successor, [[Karl Hanke]], nevertidak heldpernah thememegang rank ofpangkat ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'', buttetapi telah wasdilantik appointedsebagai ''[[Reichsführer-SS]]'' fromdari thegred loweryang gradelebih ofrendah iaitu ''[[Obergruppenführer]]''. [[Karl Wolff]] furthermorepula claimedmendakwa totelahpun havedinaikkan beenke promotedpangkat toini the rank inpada April 1945 byoleh personalarahan decree ofperibadi Adolf Hitler; dakwaan Wolff's claimtidak isdapat notdisokong supportedoleh bysamada eitherketerangan documentarydokumen oratau photographicbukti evidencefotografi, leading most history texts to listyang hisakhirnya finalmengekalkan rankpangkatnya assebagai ''Obergruppenführer''.
ThoseMereka obtainingyang thememperolehi rank ofpangkat ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' werejuga alsobiasanya typicallydiberikan grantedpangkat equivalentsetaraf policejeneral orpolis atau ''Waffen-SS'' general rank. [[Franz Xaver Schwarz]], whoyang heldmemegang pangkat ''Ehrenführer'' (honorarykehormat) rank, wasadalah thesatu-satunya onlypemegang holderpangkat ofyang thetidak rankdiberikan whopangkat wasbertaraf notpolis granted equivalent police oratau ''Waffen-SS'' rank.
The rankPangkat ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' hasjuga alsomuncul appeareddalam infilem fictionfiksyen, anddan wastelah depicteddigambarkan indalam novel [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]]'s novelyang bertajuk ''[[Fatherland (novel)|Fatherland]]'', set in the 1960s in a parallel history where Germany had won the Second World War. In the novel, [[Arthur Nebe]] makes an appearance as an ''SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer'' while serving as commander of the ''[[Kriminalpolizei]]''. TheTanda insignia forbagi ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' isjuga alsodipakai worn byoleh [[Ian McKellen]] assebagai theraja dictator-kingdiktator ''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]'' in the film adaptation of the play, set in 1930s Great Britain.
; Insignia of rankpangkat ''SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer and Colonel-generaldan ofKolonel theJeneral [[Waffen-SS]]'':
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