* 1971 – People's Republic of China: Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the country via plane after the failure of alleged coup against Mao.

" Marshal Lin ' Biao Razbilsia v Mongolii ".

In the fall of 1948, He became the commander-in-chief of the Suppression General Headquarter of Xuzhou Garrison, controlled some 920, 000 nationalist soldiers, but when his capable deputy commander-in-chief Du Yuming was recalled to Manchuria to salvage the nationalist positions there when Marshal Lin Biao launched the Liaoshen Campaign on September 12, 1948.

After Marshal Lin Biao's death in 1971, he was restored to favor, although not to his former power.

The elimination of Marshal Lin Biao, in 1971, ameliorated the Cultural Revolution ( 1966 – 76 ).

The Constitution drafted under Kang ’ s supervision and adopted at the Nnth Congress stipulated that “ Comrade Lin Biao is Comrade Mao Zedong ’ s close comrade-in-arms and successor .” Kang Sheng and Lin Biao were not close allies, although Kang had earlier assisted Lin in his successful efforts to remove Marshal He Long, a formidable rival to Lin ’ s wish to control the People ’ s Liberation Army.

When Luo died in 1963, Both Mao and Lin Biao attended his funeral, his funeral was one of the only two funerals Marshal Lin Biao attended to, the other being the funeral of his former chief of staff and commander-in-chief of the PLA air force General Liu Yalou.

It was Baker, working through Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder and Major Hugh S. ( `` Old Ironpants '' ) Johnson, who arranged for a secret printing by the million of selective service blanks -- again before the Act was passed -- until corridors in the Government Printing Office were full and the basement of the Washington Post Office was stacked to the ceiling.

And one cannot but wonder whether Marshal Malinovsky, who was blowing hot and cold, exalting peace but also almost openly considering the possibility of preventive war against the West, wasn't trying to keep the Chinese quiet.

She was the John Harvey, one of those Atlantic sea-horses that had sailed to Bari to bring beans, bombs, and bullets to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force, to Field Marshal Montgomery's Eighth Army then racing up the calf of the boot of Italy in that early December of 1943.

The face of the allegorical representation of France calling forth her people on this last was used as the belt buckle for the honorary rank of Marshal of France.

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976 ), nicknamed " Monty " and the " Spartan General ", was a British Army officer.

France suffered over 30, 000 casualties including the commander-in-chief, Marshal Tallard, who was taken captive to England.

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The only forces immediately available for Vienna's defence were Prince Louis of Baden's force of 36, 000 stationed in the Lines of Stollhofen to watch Marshal Tallard at Strasbourg ; there was also a weak force of 10, 000 men under Field Marshal Count Limburg Styrum observing Ulm.

" Approval from Louis arrived on 27 June: Tallard was to reinforce Marsin and the Elector on the Danube via the Black Forest, with 40 battalions and 50 squadrons ; Villeroi was to pin down the Allies defending the Lines of Stollhofen, or, if the Allies should move all their forces to the Danube, he was to join with Marshal Tallard ; and General de Coignies with 8, 000 men, would protect Alsace.

Marshal Tallard, with 34, 000 men, reached Ulm, joining with the Elector and Marsin in Augsburg on 5 August ( although Tallard was not impressed to find that the Elector had dispersed his army in response to Marlborough's campaign of ravaging the region ).

After a final rally behind his camp's tents, shouting entreaties to stand and fight, Marshal Tallard was caught up in the rout and pushed towards Sonderheim.

" With salutes and courtesies, the Marshal was escorted to Marlborough's coach.

Their commander-in-chief that day, Marshal Tallard – who, unlike his subordinates, had not been ransomed or exchanged – was taken to England and imprisoned in Nottingham until his release in 1711.

With Marshal Villars sitting strong on the Moselle, the Allied commander – whose supplies had by now become critical – was forced to call off his campaign on 16 June.

However, it seems that the Duke ’ s favoured scheme was to return to the Moselle valley ( where Marshal Marsin had recently taken command of French forces ) and once more attempt an advance into the heart of France.

In the words of Marshal Villars, the French defeat at Ramillies was – " The most shameful, humiliating and disastrous of routs.

" Louis XIV was more forgiving to his old friend – " At our age, Marshal, we must no longer expect good fortune.

In recognition of his senior position in the Allied command, on December 20, 1944 he was promoted to General of the Army, equivalent to the rank of Field Marshal in most European armies.

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King Richard however, confirmed the offer and so in August 1189, at the age of 43, the Marshal married the 17-year-old daughter of Richard de Clare ( Strongbow ).

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Howard was nominated for the Distinguished Service Order for his leadership during the capture of the bridges, and on 16 July 1944, Howard was presented with the medal by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, although the award was not officially confirmed until 31 August.

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" On 1 September Eugene defeated Catinat's successor, Marshal Villeroi, at the Battle of Chiari, in a clash as destructive as any in the Italian theatre.

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Louis's successor, Francis I, gave him back the title of Grand Master, adding that of Marshal of France on 2 January 1515.

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Air Vice Marshal Alan Boxer, his successor, appointed in the following year, was the first of the two star officers to hold the post.

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