Field marshal was the highest rank in the military of Uganda, during the regime of Idi Amin. On 17 July 1975, Idi Amin, President of Uganda and the commander-in-chief...
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Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the second most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks, but junior...
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Idi Amin (redirect from His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular)
May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a...
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Field marshal (South Africa) Field marshal (Sri Lanka) Field marshal (Thailand) - refer Chom Phon Field marshal (New Zealand) Field marshal (Uganda)...
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the officers who have held the army rank of field marshal or marshal. It does not include air force marshals. HM Nasrullah Khan (1875–1920) 2004 - Mohammed...
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This is a list of the heads of state of Uganda, from the independence of Uganda in 1962 to the present day. From 1962 to 1963, the head of state under...
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The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as the Kagera War (Kiswahili: Vita vya Kagera) and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War, was fought between...
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an adjective, with field officer ranks, although in some countries the highest general officers are titled field marshal, marshal, or captain general...
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1986 Uganda Cup 1986 Uganda Super League 1987 Uganda Cup 1987 Uganda Super League 1988 Uganda Cup 1988 Uganda Super League 1989 Uganda Cup 1989 Uganda Super...
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before returning, destitute, to his native Uganda. He was officially removed from his post as Field Marshal on 11 March. The People's Liberation Army (PLA)...
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Human rights in Uganda have trended for the past decades towards increasing harassment of the opposition, cracking down on NGOs which work on election...
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76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (category World War II field artillery)
Marshal Grigory Kulik, commander of Soviet artillery, had ordered a halt to the production of light 45 mm anti-tank guns and 76.2 mm divisional field...
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Dedan Kimathi (redirect from Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi)
M'marete, Musa Mwariama, General China and Muthoni Kirima, was one of the Field Marshals. Kenyan nationalists view him as the heroic figurehead of the Kenyan...
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official title while in office as President of Uganda was 'His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC,...
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rank structure (Commonwealth), major general is equivalent to air vice-marshal. In some countries including much of Eastern Europe, major general is the...
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Broadcasting Corporate S.C. Oct 24, 2023. "Ethiopia introduces its first Field Marshal rank amid changes to insignia". January 8, 2022. Archived from the original...
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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (category British field marshals)
accorded the honorary rank of major-general on 11 June 1983, and of field marshal on 11 June 1993. At York Minster on 8 June 1961 the Duke of Kent married...
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Minister of Serbia Field Marshal Radomir Putnik – Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army (1914–1915) General/Field Marshal Živojin Mišić – Deputy...
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scene, although he was allowed to retain his self-bestowed title of field marshal. However, Okello's revolutionaries soon began reprisals against the...
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The Pakistan national field hockey team (Urdu: پاکستان قومى ہاكى ٹیم) represents Pakistan in international field hockey. Having played its first match...
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military committee set up under the chairmanship of General (later Field Marshal) Sir Philip Chetwode. From a class of 40 male cadets in 1932, IMA now...
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27 May 2021.[permanent dead link] "Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Act" (PDF). The Uganda Gazette. CXII (46). Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation:...
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in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal. In the United States, a lieutenant general has a three star insignia and...
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UEA split into three independent universities: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Nairobi in Kenya, and the University of Dar es Salaam...
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commander, was used in the French Army. The normal brigade command rank was field marshal (maréchal de camp) (which elsewhere is a more senior rank). During the...
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oversaw the embalming of Judy Garland in 1969, Jimi Hendrix in 1970, Field Marshal Lord Montgomery in 1976, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten of Burma...
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Martial eagle (redirect from Marshal eagle)
Somaliland and Ethiopia more or less continuously south through Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and in southern Africa from Angola, Zambia, Malawi and southern...
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and Air Marshal Norman Walsh, who retired in 1982 and was replaced by Air Marshal Azim Daudpota who handed over command to Air Chief Marshal Josiah Tungamirai...
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the Vistula River 29 September—31 October Russians defeat Germans under Marshal von Mackensen Battle of Rufiji Delta October 1914—11 July 1915 British...
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(1994-2000) Reserve Captain Idi Amin Uganda President of Uganda (1971-1979) 1946-1979 Major-General Field Marshal (self-awarded) Jacobo Arbenz Guatemala...
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