field marshals
Highest army ranks
Field marshals is the plural of field marshal, the highest or second-highest rank in many armies.
The rank originated in European military tradition and remains in use in British, German, and other armed forces.
A field marshal typically commands entire armies or serves as a nation's senior military officer: The field marshals gathered to plan the campaign.
- commandersMilitary authority figures
- high commandSenior military leadership
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- rankPosition in hierarchy
- armyOrganized land-based military
military hierarchy · military leaders · generals · military brass · warfare · theater of war · war room · battle plans · Montgomery · strategists · insignia · command structure · staff officers · baton · uniforms · salute · Napoleonic Wars · mobilization
- military officerscolonel, general, officers, major, admirals
- Axis MilitaryWehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Afrika Korps, Waffen-SS, panzer
- German GeneralsRommel, Hindenburg, Moltke, Model, Beck
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- volunteer rolescamp counselor, camp counselors, peer tutor, mentor, event staff
- WWI militarytrenches, ANZAC, trench warfare, Tommies, Western Front
field marshalsprivates
Lowest enlisted rank
foot soldiers · rank and file · infantrymen · grunts · conscripts
field marshalssubordinates
Those ranked below
underlings · orderlies · aides-de-camp · adjutants · cannon fodder
field marshalscivilians
Non-military population
non-combatants · pacifists · conscientious objectors · peace activists · peacemakers
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