Talk:Generalfeldmarschall

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which could be granted to active officers only in the war. What's the basis of this assertion? I know that at least Colmar von der Goltz, for one, was promoted in peace time. So were a whole mess of royals. Mackensen 00:16, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * The article actually implies that by the late 19th century the practice of only promoting field commanders to field marshal and only in time of war had been discontinued, but I agree that it's misleading and needs a bit of backing up. I have heard the claim before, but have never actually seen any proof. Was this perhaps only the case in the pre-unification Prussian Army? -- Necrothesp 08:50, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * It probably was, sir, but I myself wonder how Karl Herzog von Braunschweig became a generalfeldmarschal in 1787.

"I have no intention of shooting myself for that Austrian corporal." Hitler's rank and affiliation in WW I isn't correct. Hitler used to be a "Gefreiter" (i.e. private) in the Bavarian Army. Because of his Austrian nationality he later was called "the Bohemian private" by the German military establishment and high society, which is usually meant derogative.Ninjagame (talk) 06:58, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Withdrawn as I moved it to another name per the suggestions. Jojhutton (talk) 15:06, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Generalfeldmarschall → General Field Marshall — This page currently uses the foreign German spelling of the word and per the naming conventions at WP:UE and WP:EN, English should be preferred on the English Wikipedia. The page was moved a few years ago, without discussion, from Field Marshall General, using the rational that Generalfeldmarschall is a well-known word, whereas Field Marshal General is unheard of.. That may be so in Germany, but not in the English speaking world.--Jojhutton (talk) 13:07, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Support - as the proposer and per WP:EN that says that English should be preferred over a foreign spelling of the word. It does say that there will be exceptions, but I don't think that this is one of those cases. Remember that we use common English names to increase the possibility that the page will show up in internet searches more often. Using the foreign language name only hurts the article view count from English search engines.--Jojhutton (talk) 13:12, 20 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Oppose the English term is "Field Marshal" It is Field Marshal Rommel, etc. If you want to move it then it would go to Field Marshal (Germany), like Field Marshal (France), Field Marshal (Japan) etc. 184.144.166.85 (talk) 14:09, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose I agree with the IP editor. General Field Marshall is not used in English. Field Marshall (Germany) would be an acceptable renaming.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:51, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - Fine, I'll just make the move to Field Marshal (Germany), as this RM will probably lean that way anyway and if anyone has a problem with that, then they can just switch it back and we can play the 7+ day waiting game if they wish.--Jojhutton (talk) 14:57, 20 March 2011(UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Translation
Article about the Colonel General:

''Colonel general is a senior rank of general. North Korea and Russia are two countries which have used the rank extensively throughout their histories. A rank sometimes erroneously translated as "colonel general" is also closely associated with Germany, where Generaloberst has been a rank above the full General and a rank below Generalfeldmarschall.''

So it is wrong to translate Generaloberst to Colonel General but the correct translation for Generalfeldmarschall from German to English is "Colonel General"? Sounds strange to me since you can translate it, maybe not in 1 word but with the words: General, Field and Marshal. The German Field Marshal is hard to translate into English since the General of the Army (5-Star General) is an existing rank reserved for wartimes AFAIK, but Pershing was the only one who could celebrate his promotion in 1919 since George Washington was already dead for "some" time when he became a 5-Star General in 1976 because of 200 years (indepence?) celebrations.

Thats why you maybe could see it like an Fleet Admiral in the US-Navy or Marshal of the Royal Air Force? However I'm quite sure that the Generalfeldmarschall won't be a rank again in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. If "needed" they would create a rank maybe with the word "Marschall" in it.

Greetings Kilon22 (talk) 22:46, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Schörner was not ObdH while Hitler lived
"Ferdinand Schörner, another loyal officer, was promoted on 5 April 1945 when he was made Commander-in-Chief of the German Army."

Completely wrong. Hitler remained commander-in-chief of the army as long as he lived. Schörner was appointed C-in-C in Hitler's testament, but that wasn't issued until April 29. This statement is perhaps based on a misreading of the Schörner WP article, which doesn't actually say this. 94.191.136.164 (talk) 17:32, 23 October 2022 (UTC)