military influence expanded throughout the world, the rank of colonel became adopted by nearly every nation (albeit under a variety of names).

During the 20th century, with the rise of communism, some of the large communist militaries saw fit to expand the colonel rank into several grades, resulting, for example, in the unique senior colonel rank, which was found and is still used in such nations as China and North Korea.

Colonel-in-chief

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