During the Second World War, there were 88 promotions to the rank, of which 22 were considered regular officers of the Waffen-SS and the rest members of the "Allgemeine-SS". The first wartime promotions to SS-"Obergruppenführer" occurred in April 1940 when the rank was granted to Joachim von Ribbentrop, Martin Bormann and Hans Lammers; Otto Dietrich was promoted a year later. All four promotions were honorary SS ranks with the first promotion of an active SS officer occurring in September 1941 when the rank was granted to Reinhard Heydrich. The Waffen-SS commander, Paul Hausser was promoted to the rank of SS-"Obergruppenführer" on 1 October 1941. Waffen-SS commander Theodor Eicke was promoted to "SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS" on 20 April 1942. Sepp Dietrich remained senior, having served as "General der SS-VT" ("SS-Verfügungstruppe") upon the outbreak of World War II in 1939.