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Reichsmarschall (Reich Marshal in English) was the highest rank in the German Army during World War II.

Reichsmarschall, however, was a rank that had been made long before World War II. The rank was created at the time of the Holy Roman Empire, before the twelfth century. Holding the title of Reichsmarschall was not as prestigious or rare back then than it was during World War II.

During the time of the Second Reich and World War I, no one in the German armed forces held the rank of Reichsmarschall. Even men like Otto von Bismarck and Paul von Hindenburg did not hold the title. During the era of the Third Reich and World War II, Hermann Göring was the only man to hold the title of Reichsmarschall. Göring, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, held many other prestigious titles, such as Reich Master Hunter, Comissioner Plenipotentiary of the Four-Year Plan, Minister of the Economy, and also named as Adolf Hitler's successor. He was given by Hitler the unprecedented rank of Reichsmarschall in 1940.

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