Talk:Marshal (Brazil)

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The latter part of the statement that "As such, in 1975, the Army had 73 marshals - meaning that there were more Brazilian marshals than French and English ones together throughout the twentieth century" appears not to be true. If the statement really did mean English and not British then I would suggest that this is misleading but I have assummed that British was intended in the following reckoning. First of all there were 12 men created a Marshal of France in the 20th century. Sixty-nine men were promoted to the British rank of field marshal during the 20th century. Additionally, as the Brazilian count includes marshals of the air, the total of 25 holders of the rank of marshal of the Royal Air Force (all 20th century) should also be included, excluding the four members of the British Royal Familiy who also held / hold the rank of field marshal to prevent double accounting. This gives a 20th century combined British and French count of 12 + 69 + 21 = 102. The Brazilian count of 73 includes those promoted during the Empire of Brazil which came to an end in 1889 and so the Brazilian total for the 20th century is no higher than the 66 promotions during one of the Brazilian republics (it may be lower but promotion dates are not given in the article). Greenshed (talk) 19:34, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]