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However, a number of nations have used or proposed ranks such as <i><a href="/wiki/Generalissimo" title="Generalissimo">generalissimo</a></i>, which are senior to their five-star equivalent ranks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forms">Forms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Generalissimo_and_Generalissimus"><i>Generalissimo</i> and <i>Generalissimus</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Generalissimo and Generalissimus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Rank_insignia_of_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0.svg/120px-Rank_insignia_of_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Rank_insignia_of_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0.svg/180px-Rank_insignia_of_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Rank_insignia_of_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0.svg/240px-Rank_insignia_of_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="511" /></a><figcaption><i>Generalissimus</i> of the Soviet Union</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Generalissimo" title="Generalissimo">Generalissimo</a></div> <p>Adopted from Italian (<i>generalissimo</i>) and Latin (<i>generalissimus</i>), the rank titles literally mean "the utmost general". A number of countries, including the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hawai%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Hawai'i">Kingdom of Hawai'i</a> and the <a href="/wiki/USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR">USSR</a>, have used these ranks.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In most of these countries, the rank has only been held by one or two men.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grand_marshal">Grand marshal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Grand marshal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Grand_marshal" title="Grand marshal">Grand marshal</a></div> <p>The militaries of the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> use the rank of grand marshal (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: 大元帥; ; <a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a>: <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">da yuan shuai</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">rōmaji</a>: <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">dai-gensui</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">대원수</span>; <a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">romaja</a>: <span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn">taewonsu</i></span>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Six-star_ranks">Six-star ranks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Six-star ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Six-star_rank" title="Six-star rank">Six-star rank</a></div> <p>The United States Armed Forces have proposed and used two six-star ranks: <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Armies" title="General of the Armies">General of the Armies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Navy" title="Admiral of the Navy">Admiral of the Navy</a>. These are ranked directly above their five-star counterparts, <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Admiral_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet Admiral (United States)">Fleet Admiral</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_nation">By nation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: By nation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="China_(PRC_and_ROC)"><span id="China_.28PRC_and_ROC.29"></span>China (PRC and ROC)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: China (PRC and ROC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Special_Class_rank_insignia_(ROC).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/General_Special_Class_rank_insignia_%28ROC%29.jpg/120px-General_Special_Class_rank_insignia_%28ROC%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/General_Special_Class_rank_insignia_%28ROC%29.jpg/180px-General_Special_Class_rank_insignia_%28ROC%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/General_Special_Class_rank_insignia_%28ROC%29.jpg/240px-General_Special_Class_rank_insignia_%28ROC%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="196" /></a><figcaption><i>General Special Class</i></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Generalissimo_of_the_PRC_rank_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Generalissimo_of_the_PRC_rank_insignia.svg/120px-Generalissimo_of_the_PRC_rank_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Generalissimo_of_the_PRC_rank_insignia.svg/180px-Generalissimo_of_the_PRC_rank_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Generalissimo_of_the_PRC_rank_insignia.svg/240px-Generalissimo_of_the_PRC_rank_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="707" data-file-height="292" /></a><figcaption><i>Da yuan shuai</i></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Da_yuan_shuai" class="mw-redirect" title="Da yuan shuai">Da yuan shuai</a></div> <p>During the early years of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a>, three individuals assumed the rank of "grand marshal of the army and navy" (陸海軍大元帥): <a href="/wiki/Yuan_Shikai" title="Yuan Shikai">Yuan Shikai</a> in 1913, <a href="/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen" title="Sun Yat-sen">Sun Yat-sen</a> in 1917 and <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Zuolin" title="Zhang Zuolin">Zhang Zuolin</a> in 1927. The rank of "general special class" or "generalissimo" (特級上將) was awarded to <a href="/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a> in 1935. No one in the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> has ever been awarded the rank, though the supreme rank of "grand marshal of the People's Republic of China" (中華人民共和國大元帥 <i>zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó dà yuánshuài</i>) was proposed for <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> after the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, but was never conferred. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Army-FRA-OF-10.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Army-FRA-OF-10.svg/80px-Army-FRA-OF-10.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Army-FRA-OF-10.svg/120px-Army-FRA-OF-10.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Army-FRA-OF-10.svg/160px-Army-FRA-OF-10.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="162" data-file-height="405" /></a><figcaption>Marshal of France</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Maréchal_général"><span id="Mar.C3.A9chal_g.C3.A9n.C3.A9ral"></span><i>Maréchal général</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Maréchal général"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marshal_General_of_France" title="Marshal General of France">Marshal General of France</a></div> <p>The title <i>Maréchal général des camps et armées du roi</i> ("Marshal General of the King's camps and armies") was given to signify that the recipient had authority over all the French armies in the days when a marshal usually governed only one army. This dignity was bestowed only on Marshals of France, usually when the dignity of <a href="/wiki/Constable_of_France" title="Constable of France">Constable of France</a> was unavailable or, after 1626, suppressed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Maréchal_de_France"><span id="Mar.C3.A9chal_de_France"></span><i>Maréchal de France</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Maréchal de France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Marshals_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Marshals of France">List of Marshals of France</a></div> <p>Marshal of France (French: <i>Maréchal de France</i>, plural <i>Maréchaux de France</i>) is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank but is granted to generals for exceptional achievements. It was one of the great officers of the Crown of France during the <i>Ancien Régime</i> and <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_Restoration_in_France" title="Bourbon Restoration in France">Bourbon Restoration</a> and one of the great dignitaries of the Empire during the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First French Empire</a> (when the title was not "marshal of France" but was "marshal of the Empire"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Maréchal_d'Empire"><span id="Mar.C3.A9chal_d.27Empire"></span><i>Maréchal d'Empire</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Maréchal d'Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Empire" title="Marshal of the Empire">Marshal of the Empire</a></div> <p>"Marshal of the Empire" (French: <i>Maréchal d'Empire</i>) was a civil dignity during the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First French Empire</a>. It was created by <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9natus-consulte" title="Sénatus-consulte">Sénatus-consulte</a> on 18 May 1804 and to a large extent resurrected the formerly abolished title of marshal of France. According to the Sénatus-consulte, a marshal was a grand officer of the Empire, entitled to a high-standing position at the court and to the presidency of an electoral college. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Italy">Italy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_primo_maresciallo_dell%27impero_of_the_Italian_Army_(1940).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Rank_insignia_of_primo_maresciallo_dell%27impero_of_the_Italian_Army_%281940%29.png/50px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_maresciallo_dell%27impero_of_the_Italian_Army_%281940%29.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Rank_insignia_of_primo_maresciallo_dell%27impero_of_the_Italian_Army_%281940%29.png/75px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_maresciallo_dell%27impero_of_the_Italian_Army_%281940%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Rank_insignia_of_primo_maresciallo_dell%27impero_of_the_Italian_Army_%281940%29.png/100px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_maresciallo_dell%27impero_of_the_Italian_Army_%281940%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Italian "First marshal of the empire"</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/First_marshal_of_the_empire" title="First marshal of the empire">First marshal of the empire</a></div> <p>The Italian rank of "first marshal of the Empire" was granted in 1938 to <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a> and King <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III" title="Victor Emmanuel III">Victor Emmanuel III</a>, who remain the only holders, as the rank (and the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Empire" title="Italian Empire">Italian Empire</a>) was abolished after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Generalissimo_rank_insignia_(Japan).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28Japan%29.png/120px-Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28Japan%29.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28Japan%29.png/180px-Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28Japan%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28Japan%29.png/240px-Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28Japan%29.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="152" /></a><figcaption><i>Dai-gensui</i></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dai-gensui" title="Dai-gensui">dai-gensui</a></div> <p>The Japanese rank of <i>dai-gensui</i> ("grand marshal") was held by the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor of Japan</a> in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> (from 1889 to 1945), and was abolished in 1947. It was held by three people: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor Taishō</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Emperor Shōwa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nazi_Germany">Nazi Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Nazi Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Goering_uniform.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Goering_uniform.jpg/125px-Goering_uniform.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Goering_uniform.jpg/188px-Goering_uniform.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Goering_uniform.jpg/250px-Goering_uniform.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2128" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Göring's uniform</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luftwaffe_epaulette_Reichsmarschall.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Luftwaffe_epaulette_Reichsmarschall.svg/125px-Luftwaffe_epaulette_Reichsmarschall.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Luftwaffe_epaulette_Reichsmarschall.svg/188px-Luftwaffe_epaulette_Reichsmarschall.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Luftwaffe_epaulette_Reichsmarschall.svg/250px-Luftwaffe_epaulette_Reichsmarschall.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="170" /></a><figcaption>Reichsmarschall (<a href="/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a>) </figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Reichsmarschall" title="Reichsmarschall">Reichsmarschall</a></div> <p>In 1940 Nazi Germany, <a href="/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a> was promoted by <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> to <i>Reichsmarschall</i>, the highest rank in the armed forces of Nazi Germany during World War II (after the position of supreme commander, which was held by Hitler himself). Göring was the only person to hold this rank in modern times.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The rank of <i>Reichsmarschall</i> was originally created before the 12th century, during the time of the Holy Roman Empire. Historically, holding the rank of <i>Reichsmarschall</i> was neither unique nor as prestigious<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> as it was during World War II. During the time of the German Empire and World War I, no one in the German armed forces held this rank.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Korea">North Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: North Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Taewonsu"><i>Taewonsu</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Taewonsu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Taewonsu" title="Taewonsu">taewonsu</a></div> <p>The highest rank in North Korea is <i>taewonsu</i> and is intended to be an honorific title for the nation's leaders. Its insignia is based on the North Korean <i>wonsu</i> insignia, but with an added crest. The rank was created in 1992 when it was awarded to <a href="/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a>, who was the only holder until 2012, when his successor <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il" title="Kim Jong Il">Kim Jong Il</a> was awarded the title posthumously.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a seven-star equivalent rank. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wonsu"><i>Wonsu</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Wonsu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wonsu" title="Wonsu">wonsu</a></div> <p>The rank of <i><a href="/wiki/Wonsu" title="Wonsu">wonsu</a></i> is the highest military rank except <i>taewonsu</i>. Its insignia is a large single star, based on the insignia of <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">marshal of the Soviet Union</a> which is itself based on the <a href="/wiki/Marshal%27s_star" title="Marshal's star">marshal's star</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> North Koreans awarded the rank of <i>wonsu</i> have included: <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il" title="Kim Jong Il">Kim Jong Il</a> (1992), <a href="/wiki/O_Jin_U" class="mw-redirect" title="O Jin U">O Jin U</a> (1992), <a href="/wiki/Choe_Kwang" title="Choe Kwang">Choe Kwang</a> (1995) and <a href="/wiki/Ri_Ul-sol" title="Ri Ul-sol">Ri Ul-sol</a> (1995). Rank of marshal with the title "marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (<i>konghwaguk wonsu</i>) is superior to "marshal of the Korean People's Army" (<i>wonsu</i>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chasu"><i>Chasu</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Chasu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>North Korea also maintains a rank of <i><a href="/wiki/Chasu" title="Chasu">chasu</a></i>, senior to the four-star rank of <i><a href="/wiki/Daejang" class="mw-redirect" title="Daejang">daejang</a></i>, but junior to <i>wonsu</i>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Generalissimo_rank_insignia_(North_Korea).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taewonsu"><img alt="Taewonsu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg/120px-Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg/180px-Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg/240px-Generalissimo_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Taewonsu</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marshal_of_the_DPRK_rank_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Konghwaguk wonsu"><img alt="Konghwaguk wonsu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Marshal_of_the_DPRK_rank_insignia.svg/120px-Marshal_of_the_DPRK_rank_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Marshal_of_the_DPRK_rank_insignia.svg/180px-Marshal_of_the_DPRK_rank_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Marshal_of_the_DPRK_rank_insignia.svg/240px-Marshal_of_the_DPRK_rank_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Konghwaguk wonsu</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marshal_of_the_KPA_rank_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wonsu"><img alt="Wonsu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Marshal_of_the_KPA_rank_insignia.svg/120px-Marshal_of_the_KPA_rank_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Marshal_of_the_KPA_rank_insignia.svg/180px-Marshal_of_the_KPA_rank_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Marshal_of_the_KPA_rank_insignia.svg/240px-Marshal_of_the_KPA_rank_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Wonsu</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice-Marshal_rank_insignia_(North_Korea).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chasu"><img alt="Chasu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Vice-Marshal_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg/120px-Vice-Marshal_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Vice-Marshal_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg/180px-Vice-Marshal_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Vice-Marshal_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg/240px-Vice-Marshal_rank_insignia_%28North_Korea%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Chasu</i></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paraguay">Paraguay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Paraguay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Spanish rank <i>mariscal presidente de los ejércitos</i> (English: "marshal president of the armies") was a rank given by the <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan" class="mw-redirect" title="Paraguayan">Paraguayan</a> Congress to <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Solano_L%C3%B3pez" title="Francisco Solano López">Francisco Solano López</a> at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_War" title="Paraguayan War">Paraguayan War</a>. It is equivalent to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Grand_marshal" title="Grand marshal">grand marshal</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> López remains the only Paraguayan that was ranked as a marshal during his lifetime and also the only one with the title <i>mariscal presidente de los ejércitos</i>. <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_F%C3%A9lix_Estigarribia" title="José Félix Estigarribia">José Félix Estigarribia</a> posthumously received the rank of <a href="/wiki/Field_marshal" title="Field marshal">field marshal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Federation">Russian Federation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Russian Federation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Marshal of the Russian Federation">Marshal of the Russian Federation</a></div> <p><i>Marshal of the Russian Federation</i> (Russian: <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Маршал Российской Федерации</span></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>:</small> <span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Marshal Rossiyskoy Federatsii</i></span>) is the highest <a href="/wiki/Army_ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation">military rank</a> of <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, created in 1993 following the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Korea">South Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: South Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In South Korea <i><a href="/wiki/Wonsu" title="Wonsu">wonsu</a></i> is considered a five-star rank, and uses an insignia based on the five-star insignia of the U.S. <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Generalissimus_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Generalissimus of the Soviet Union">Generalissimus of the Soviet Union</a></div> <p>The rank of "generalissimus of the Soviet Union" was created on 27 June 1945, and granted to <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a>, who never actually wore the insignia; instead, his tunic with Marshal had a special design different from the regular military uniform of a Marshal. He was the only person ever to hold the rank.<sup id="cite_ref-Shtemenko_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shtemenko-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg/100px-US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg/150px-US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg/200px-US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>Dewey's admiral of the Navy insignia</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Admiral_of_the_Navy">Admiral of the Navy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Admiral of the Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Navy" title="Admiral of the Navy">Admiral of the Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Six-star_rank" title="Six-star rank">six-star rank</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/George_Dewey" title="George Dewey">George Dewey</a> was promoted to the U.S. rank of admiral of the Navy on March 24, 1903, with effect from March 2, 1899. In 1944 the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Navy Department</a> declared Dewey's rank to be senior to the then newly created <a href="/wiki/Five-star_rank" title="Five-star rank">five-star rank</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">fleet admiral</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During the preparations for the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">invasion of Japan</a>, a proposal was raised by the Navy Department to appoint <a href="/wiki/Chester_Nimitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester Nimitz">Chester Nimitz</a> to the rank of admiral of the Navy, or grant him some equivalent rank.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposal, however, was dropped after the Japanese surrender. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="General_of_the_Armies_of_the_United_States">General of the Armies of the United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: General of the Armies of the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Armies" title="General of the Armies">General of the Armies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Six-star_rank" title="Six-star rank">six-star rank</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Pershing" class="mw-redirect" title="John Pershing">John Pershing</a> was promoted to "General of the Armies" in 1919, from what was then the highest rank, the <a href="/wiki/Four-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Four-star rank">four-star rank</a> of <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">general</a>. Under the regulations of the time, he was permitted to choose his insignia, and he chose four gold stars, in contrast to the four silver stars used by U.S. general and admiral rank insignia. </p><p>In 1976, as part of the <a href="/wiki/American_Bicentennial" class="mw-redirect" title="American Bicentennial">American Bicentennial</a> celebrations, a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress stated that "it is considered fitting and proper that no officer of the United States Army should outrank Lieutenant General George Washington". Hence, it was resolved that "the grade of <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Armies_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="General of the Armies of the United States">General of the Armies of the United States</a> <i>(be)</i> established" and <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> be posthumously appointed to this grade.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a>, who served as a general in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> prior to his presidency, was also posthumously promoted to this rank on 23 December 2022, the bicentenary of his birth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Magister_militum" title="Magister militum">Magister militum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spahbod" class="mw-redirect" title="Spahbod">Spahbod</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constable_of_France" title="Constable of France">Constable of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Domestic" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Domestic">Grand Domestic</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgun" class="mw-redirect" title="Shōgun">Shōgun</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force" title="Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force">Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Allied_Commander" title="Supreme Allied Commander">Supreme Allied Commander</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dux_bellorum" class="mw-redirect" title="Dux bellorum">Dux bellorum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_marshal" title="Grand marshal">Grand marshal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six-star_rank" title="Six-star rank">Six-star rank</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hetman" title="Hetman">Hetman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Royal_Thai_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Head of the Royal Thai Armed Forces">Chom Thap Thai</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generalissimo" title="Generalissimo">Generalissimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshal_General_of_France" title="Marshal General of France">Marshal General of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_marshal_of_the_empire" title="First marshal of the empire">First marshal of the empire</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Admiralissimo" title="Admiralissimo">Admiralissimo</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highest_military_ranks&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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World 1852–1912</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.korea-dpr.com/dprk-60th-foundation/materials/imgkorea.jpg">Image of Kim Jong Il Wonsu and Kim Il Sung Dae Wonsu shoulder/collar insignia and crests.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110605055510/http://www.korea-dpr.com/dprk-60th-foundation/materials/imgkorea.jpg">Archived</a> 2011-06-05 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> www.korea-dpr.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Spanish)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/e/estigarribia.htm">José Félix Estigarribia at <i>Biografías y Vidas</i> 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decoding="async" width="60" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/US-O9_insignia.svg/90px-US-O9_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/US-O9_insignia.svg/120px-US-O9_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1883" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Three-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-star rank">Three-star rank</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O8_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/40px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/60px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/80px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> <a 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