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Major General

Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

Timeline of Events

1865

2.18.1865

Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.

1940

6.12.1940

World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

1985

8.27.1985

The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.