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Field Marshal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (452 words) |
 | "Marshal" and "Marshall" are both common surnames, held by such notable figures as William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and George C. Marshall, the United States Army Chief of Staff during World War II. |
| A Marshal is also the name for a law enforcement officer, such as members of the United States Marshals Service, or Sky marshals who serve as undercover law enforcement onboard commercial aircraft. |
| The Field Marshall is a model of agricultural tractor. |
| Field Marshal (929 words) |
| The office of Marshal was known in England from the twelfth century but in the introduction of the modern military title,Great Britain was a relative latecomer. |
| The field marshal's special symbol was a baton, famously mentioned by Napoleon: "Every French soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack". |
| In the Soviet Union, the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was actually the second-highest rank; Josef Stalin, who had appointed himself an "MSU", subsequently promoted himself to the rank of Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, a rank he and only he was ever appointed to hold. |
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