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Field Marshal

Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical position:Some nations use the title of...

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1917

12.9.1917

In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem.

1942

6.22.1942

Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.

1945

5.4.1945

World War II: The surrender of the North Germany Army to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

5.9.1945

World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower’s deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.

1950

6.8.1950

Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.