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First Marshal of the Empire (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
: Primo Maresciallo dell'Impero) was a military rank
Military rank

Military rank is a system of hierarchy relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms....
 established by the Italian Parliament on March 30, 1938. The highest rank in the Italian Military, it was only granted to Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
 and King
King of Italy

King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. Until 1870, however, no ?King of Italy? ruled the whole peninsula, though some pretended to such authority....
 Victor Emmanuel III. The rank was abolished following World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
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First Marshal of the Empire (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
: Primo Maresciallo dell'Impero) was a military rank
Military rank

Military rank is a system of hierarchy relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms....
 established by the Italian Parliament on March 30, 1938. The highest rank in the Italian Military, it was only granted to Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
 and King
King of Italy

King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. Until 1870, however, no ?King of Italy? ruled the whole peninsula, though some pretended to such authority....
 Victor Emmanuel III. The rank was abolished following World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

Related fact


The decision of Mussolini to create for himself and for the King of Italy
King of Italy

King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. Until 1870, however, no ?King of Italy? ruled the whole peninsula, though some pretended to such authority....
 a new military rank created a crisis between himself and the king Victor Emmanuel III because for the first time in the history of the House of Savoy
House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was formed in the early eleventh century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy until the end of the Second World War....
, the Prime minister of Italy
Prime minister of Italy

In Italy, the Prime Minister of Italy is the country's head of government. According to the formal Italian order of precedence, the position of prime minister is ceremonially the fourth most important Italian state offices; however, in reality, the prime minister is the most powerful and thus truly most important person in the Italian govern...
 bore an equal rank with the head of royal house giving to the prime minister a mortgage to the high command of the Italian armed forces
Military of Italy

The Italy armed forces are under the command of the Italian Supreme Defense Council, presided over by the President of the Italian Republic. The total number of military personnel is approximately 308,000....
 that was a power of the king under the provisions of Statuto Albertino
Statuto Albertino

The Statuto Albertino or Albertine Statute was the constitution that Monarch Charles Albert of Sardinia conceded to the Kingdom of Sardinia on 4 March 1848....
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Sources

  • Montanelli, Cervi Storia d'Italia 1935/1943


See also


  • Marshal (Italy)
    Marshal (Italy)

    The Italian military rank of Maresciallo is classified as "subofficial" and is only the higher rank of non-commissioned officers in Italian Armed Forces, higher than the rank of Sergeant but lower than ensign/second lieutenant: there are from three to five positions inside the rank, according to the different branches of armed forces....
  • Marshal of Italy
    Marshal of Italy

    Marshal of Italy was a rank in the Italian Regio Esercito . Originally created in 1924 by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini for the purpose of honoring Generals Luigi Cadorna and Armando Diaz, the rank was granted to several other general officers from 1926 to 1943....