As we all know, Hitler was the head of Germany during World War II, with supreme power, but committed heinous crimes that made it unforgivable to the world. But many people only know that he is the German Fuehrer, but do not know that Hitler's official position, in fact, has been stuck in the corporal stage, even if it is the last death of the Confederate army to capture Berlin, Hitler was a corporal rank when he died, and he has never promoted himself.
The position of the German Fuehrer was relatively special, and there was a group of high-ranking generals and officials of the prestigious nobility who were subordinate to the German Constitution rather than to the Führer. Although Hitler served as German fuehrer for 12 years, and under his radical leadership, he spent only a few years invading more than a dozen European countries, defeating France, beating Britain to no return, and even killing the Soviet countries in the Far East.
However, these outstanding achievements still could not make Hitler promote his rank, so that he has always been in the rank of corporal, and this corporal rank is a relatively low-level military position in the German army system, only a little higher than ordinary soldiers, so the world has teased Hitler as the head of state with the lowest rank in the world.
Many people can not understand that the German military rank is divided into six grades and twenty grades, the highest rank is the marshal, the order from high to low is the rank of general, the rank of general, the rank of lieutenant general and then the rank of major general, etc., there are many senior ranks, and non-commissioned officers with a little merit and ability can apply for a high rank.
Hitler, as Führer, was capable enough to make his rank superior, but why didn't he do so?
Related to these 3 reasons, first of all, the problem of public opinion, Hitler is a person who loves face very much, in the army system, he generally gets the opportunity to be promoted from the senior generals of the army, and generally only one level or two levels is already envious of others, inviting people to be jealous. Then Hitler himself was a soldier, just reached the position of corporal, and suddenly became the head of the German Fuehrer, which was an unbelievable miracle, so many German troops were dissatisfied.
At this time, if Hitler promoted himself to the rank of general or above, it would be equivalent to a further promotion from corporal to more than ten ranks at once, which was almost unacceptable to many German non-commissioned officers, and would attract the nonsense of others, so Hitler did not promote his rank in order not to let his authority be shaken.
Secondly, Hitler's natural quirks are different from ordinary people, and he may have an abusive tendency, that is, he prefers to wear the rank of corporal to order officers of all senior ranks, which is undoubtedly an "invincible" existence. During World War I, Hitler participated in the Verdun War, the Somme War, etc., and was wounded in the battle many times, so he was awarded several medals of honor by Germany. Although he was a corporal at the time, he was accustomed to seeing soldiers who appeared extremely vain because of their ranks, especially Hitler, who had been bullied by high-ranking non-commissioned officers before, so he became disgusted with the rank system and dismissed high ranks.
The last reason, and the perception of many people, is that everyone agrees that Hitler's promotion to a military rank is superfluous, and Hitler himself sits in the position of German Führer, almost can call the wind and rain, and does not care about a military rank. During World War II, he led a group of senior generals, marshals, generals, generals, etc. as a common goal, and went everywhere to conquer the west, almost sweeping through Europe, and achieving great feats.
These credits are not only For Hitler alone, but also for a group of generals under his command, so to give them a higher rank, which will make the other party have a sense of honor, as a corporal rank can be more able to integrate into the circle of subordinates, if he raises his rank to the highest, it will undoubtedly give people a condescending feeling, but self-defeating.
Hitler allowed himself to remain in the position of corporal rank, perhaps to commemorate his time as a creep, when he was an ordinary soldier who went into war and nearly died in the melee several times, and this corporal rank was bought with his life, so it became precious.