In the Royal Navy what is the equivalent rank to a Field Marshal in the Army?
Field marshal (Australia) Field marshal (Australia) Field marshal is the highest rank of the Australian Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of field marshal. It is a five-star rank, equivalent to the ranks in the other armed services of admiral of the fleet in the Royal Australian Navy, and marshal in the Royal Australian Air Force. The subordinate army rank is general. Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood (later created The 1st Baron Birdwood) was a British Army officer who commanded the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) in World War I. As such, he was made
Marshal of the air force ranks with general-officer ranks, although it retained the rank of marshal of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The rank of marshal of the Royal Canadian Air Force was never granted. During Germany's Nazi period, the "Luftwaffe" (air force), in common with the "Heer" (army), used the rank of "generalfeldmarschall" (field marshal), which was equivalent to "großadmiral" (grand admiral) in the navy. "Generalfeldmarschall" was immediately senior to "generaloberst" (colonel general) and it was the most senior German air force and army rank until the promotion of Hermann Göring, the commander of the Luftwaffe, to the even higher rank of "reichsmarschall" (imperial