Thread:Uskok/@comment-112155-20140924085327/@comment-112155-20140924090829

Once HYDRA separated from Nazi Germany, I think those ranks had no meaning anymore for HYDRA. Zola become the leader and he had no military Rank.

And Zola was the leader of HYDRA within S.H.I.E.L.D., though in S.H.I.E.L.D. he was a subordinate of the Director (Pierce or his predecessor)