"field marshal" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation

is a type of: marshal, marshall - (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
specific instances:
- hindenburg, paul ludwig von beneckendorff und von hindenburg, paul von hindenburg - German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)
- joffre, joseph jacques cesaire joffre - French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931)
- first earl kitchener of khartoum, herbert kitchener, horatio herbert kitchener, kitchener - British field marshal (1850-1916)
- kutuzov, mikhail ilarionovich kutuzov, prince of smolensk - Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813)
- desert fox, erwin rommel, rommel - German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
- karl rudolf gerd von rundstedt, rundstedt, von rundstedt - German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)
- archibald percival wavell, first earl wavell, wavell - British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)