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What did generals McClellan Burnside and Hooker have in common?
Union generals McClellan, Burnside and Hooker were all graduates of West Point and all of them had been appointed by President Lincoln to lead the Army of the Potomac. Each of them had also been relieved of being commander of that same army. In order there was 1. McClellan 2. Burnside and 3. Hooker.
Who was a famous general in the Vietnam War?
Giap was the NVAs most well known general; US commanders Harkins, Westmoreland, and Abrams were the most well known US generals. There were HUNDREDS of US generals in the war, at least 12 of them (counting one admiral) were killed in Vietnam. USAF generals flew combat missions over North Vietnam (actor & USAF Reserve General James Stewart was one of them). Stewart had flown B24 Liberator missions over Germany in WWII.
Who was the commander of southern troops in the civil war?
The Generals-in-Chief were, in order: Winfield Scott George McLellan (Interregnum - notionally Abraham Lincoln) Henry Halleck Ulysses S. Grant
Is a Major in the Air Force a higher rank than a Lt. Colonel?
no Lt. Colonel is higher Air Force Ranks: 2nd Lt, 1st Lt, Capt, Major, Lt Col, Col, Brig. Gen., Lt. Gen., Maj. Gen., General, then General of the air force ( which is like a 5 star general and normally only during time of war there will be one Dear Mr. William Galloway, With due respect to you, Mr. Galloway, I think Lt. General is one rank higher than Maj. General. In the order that you have mentioned the ranks in your posting, it appears that it is the other way. As far as my knowledge is concerned, a major general carries two stars while a lieutenant general carries three, a full pledge general, four. A brigadier general one. You are right on five-star general. As you surely know, among five-star generals were Gen. Omar Bradley, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Pres. Dwight Eisenhower, to name just three.
German general who was demoted to private?
Colonel General Erich Hoepner was stripped of his pension and demoted to Private by Hitler for defying his no retreat from Moscow order. Hoepner appealed to the Military courts and had his pension restored and retired. Always an active conspirator against Hitler, his was put on trial after the 1944 attempt on Hitler and was hanged.
