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

The German Army introduced the Tiger 1 tank in 1942 which sent the Allied forces into a frenzy. The need to overcome the ...

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps forced British forces back across North Africa, after a series of victories. It had ...

Samuel Huntington theorized decades ago on civilian supremacy in democracies. He clearly didn’t account for Pakistan where ...

Photograph: Kind courtesy The Indian Army Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, popularly known as 'Sam Bahadur' was the first general to be promoted to field marshal in modern India.

The received historical wisdom is that the Pro-Treaty side won the war because of British support and the National Army’s ability to very quickly recruit ex-first World War servicemen to the cause.

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.

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.

Pakistan elevated General Asim Munir to Field Marshal. This is a rare five-star rank. It is only the second time in Pakistan's history. The promotion occurred after military setbacks against India.

Globally, the Field Marshal rank is rarely conferred. India has had two so far: General Sam Manekshaw, who led the 1971 war, and General K.M. Cariappa. In the UK, military giants like Montgomery ...

How different is Asim Munir’s elevation to Field Marshal from Ayub Khan’s? The essential difference is that while Ayub promoted himself, Asim Munir has been promoted by the civilian government of ...