SS Ranks
During conversation, many characters in Sudetenland© will often use terms from their own languages to describe something. This is especially true of military ranks. Although exposition in the book will use the English version of a rank nearby when a character uses the domestic term, for those of you who wish to look at a handy reference you can find it here on the website. Following are the military ranks of the Schutzstaffel:
| Private | Schütze | |
| Lance Corporal | Rottenführer | |
| Corporal | Unterscharführer | |
| Sergeant | Oberscharführer | |
| First Sergeant | Hauptscharführer | |
| Staff Sergeant | Sturmscharführer | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Untersturmführer | |
| 1st Lieutenant | Obersturmführer | |
| Captain | Hauptsturmführer | |
| Major | Sturmbannführer | |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Obersturmbannführer | |
| Colonel | Standartenführer | |
| Major General | Brigadeführer | |
| Lieutenant General | Gruppenführer | |
| General | Obergruppenführer | |
| Colonel General | Oberstgruppenführer | |
| Field Marshall | Reichsführer-SS |