Not counting George Washington, (since congress had not created the office of General at that time) there have been a total of five (5) US Army Five-Star Generals. George Marshall (1944) Douglas MacArthur (1944) Dwight D Eisenhower (1944) Henry Arnold (1944) (Although he later became an Air Force General) Omar Bradly (1950) NetRaven
At present, there are no five-star officers in the US Army or in any of the other military branches. The last five-star general was Omar Bradley. He died in 1981.Over the course of history, there have been a total of six US Army officers with that rank.
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As the US Civil War unfolded, the US army was small and did not have many generals. In order to command all the Union recruits, new generals had to be appointed. In 1861, Lincoln appointed one hundred and twenty six generals.
In the Canadian Forces, there are about 12 people at this grade, but this would include the Navy, Army, and Air Force. If the CF's composition is about 40% army, then usually it means 4 to 6 people out of the 12 will be Army Lieutenant-Generals. The "Chief of the Land Staff" (i.e. senior army officer) also holds this rank. The rest of the Lieutenant-Generals usually hold various senior staff positions for the CF in general.
Hitler's SS and regular army had several hundreds of them (plus 20 Field Marshals), but the present German army (the Bundeswehr) has three full generals that are now on active service: Volker Wieker, Werner Freers and Hans-Lothar Domröse.
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Only six in the History of France.
There have been many instances of battles in history where generals have retreated or abandoned their armies in battle.
There are 40 Generals Currently on Active Duty. This does not count the Generals that are in the National Guard and Reserve who have been activated or otherwise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers
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1 full general, 5 lieutenant generals and about 60 major generals
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The US Army had over 1,100 Generals during WW2.
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