{{Italic title|reason=[[:Category:German words and phrases]]}} [[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 119-06-44-14, Gerhard Klopfer.jpg|thumb|[[Gerhard Klopfer]], with the [[Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party|Nazi rank]] of ''Befehlsleiter'' (Command Leader) in 1942]]'''''Befehlsleiter''''' (Command Leader) was a [[Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party|Nazi Party political rank]] of [[Nazi Germany]].
==Ranks== A ''Befehlsleiter'' was the highest possible party political rank achievable in the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP). Only ''[[Gauleiter]]'' (party official) and ''[[Reichsleiter]]'' (state appointment) were higher, but these titles were not within the Nazi Party's regular promotional pathway because these positions were only by direct appointment from [[Adolf Hitler]]. Until 1939, ''[[Kreisleiter]]'' and ''[[Ortsgruppenleiter]]'', were the fourth and fifth tier of the Nazi Party hierarchy, but they had become titular positions at the outbreak of the [[Second World War]].
[[Albert Speer]], the [[Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production]], was promoted to ''Befehlsleiter'' in 1942 and ''Oberbefehlsleiter'' in 1944. ===Tiers=== # ''Hauptbefehlsleiter'' - Head Command Leader # ''Oberbefehlsleiter'' - Higher Command Leader # ''Befehlsleiter'' - Command Leader
==Sources== * Clark, J. (2007). Uniforms of the NSDAP. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing
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