THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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2nd lieutenant
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General
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Five-star general
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -General Sam Manekshaw was the first officer to be promoted to five-star rank. He was promoted to the rank of field marshal on 1 January 1973 after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. General K. M. Cariappa, the first Indian commander-in-chief of the Indian Army was promoted to the rank of field marshal in 1986.
Detailed explanation-2: -Field Marshal (or field marshal, abbreviated as FM) is a five–star general officer rank and the highest attainable rank in the Indian Army. Field Marshal is ranked immediately above general, but not exercised in the regular army structure.
Detailed explanation-3: -General of the Air Force Arnold is the only individual in the U.S. Armed Forces to possess two five-star ranks and is the only airman to have a five-star rank.