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* {{lang|de|[[Erich Raeder]]|italic=no}}, then-Commander-in-Chief of the {{lang|de|Kriegsmarine}}, was made a grand admiral on 1 April 1939.
* {{lang|de|[[Karl Dönitz]]|italic=no}}, commander of the U-
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=== Turkey ===
[[Turkish Naval Forces|Turkish Navy]] officially still has Grand Admiral ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: ''Büyük Amiral'') as a rank. It is the equivalent of rank [[Field marshal|Field Marshal]] for the [[Turkish Land Forces|Army]] and the [[Turkish Air Force|Air Force]]. Since the foundation of the [[Turkey|Republic]] in 1923, no person has held the rank. The rank is awarded by the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] to persons who are holding the rank of [[Admiral]] and displayed distinguished merit in wartime.
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