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 | | A Marshal or Field Marshal (sometimes spelled Marshall) (Chinese : shuai, German : Feldmarschall, Polish marszałek, Swedish : Fältmarskalk) is, insome nations, the highest military rank, one step above a full General ; and of a comparable rank to the highest ranking General(s) in an army that does not use the term. |
 | | 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 thesecond-highest rank; Josef Stalin, who had appointed himself an "MSU",subsequently promoted himself to the rank of Generalissimo of the SovietUnion, a rank he and only he was ever appointed to hold. |
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