An American war re-enactor earned the job of Napoleon for the 210th anniversary of the battle, despite his accent.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps forced British forces back across North Africa, after a series of victories. It had decisively defeated the British Eighth Army in a series of engagements ...

GUNNER HONOUREDThe Royal Artillery has been pleased to congratulate General David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, whom the King has exercised his will and pleasure in appointing to the ...

Pakistan’s top military leader meets U.S. officials amid rising Iran–Israel conflict, reflecting Washington’s growing reliance on Islamabad to anchor regional peace and security. ISLAMABAD, June 17, ...

Nawaz Sharif also praised the military leadership, declaring that “India was defeated through a strong and strategic war plan worthy of a Field Marshal.” ...

The British, who fought the most number of wars in modern history, have field-marshalled 141 of their generals. The Americans, fighting the most number of wars in the post-World War era, have been ...

Manekshaw was the first Indian military officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal, the highest rank that can be attained in the Indian Army. Manekshaw joined the British Indian Army in ...

The rank of field marshal is the highest rank of armies built on the pattern of the British Army. It has only been awarded to one other — Gen Ayub Khan — by the presidential cabinet in 1959.

Pakistan's General Asim Munir's army was badly defeated in Operation Sindoor. Now the same General Munir has been promoted by Shahbaz Sharif and given the rank of Field Marshal.

Field marshal is the highest rank in armies modelled after the British Army. In Pakistan, it was awarded only once before, to General Mohammad Ayub Khan in 1959.

Unlike Ayub Khan, General Asim Munir has been awarded the rank of Field Marshal by the civilian government—though largely seen as symbolic—rather than assuming it himself. Another key difference is ...