First marshal of the empire (Italian

Italian language

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: primo maresciallo dell'impero) was a military rank

Military rank

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 established by the Italian Parliament on March 30, 1938. The highest rank in the Italian Military, it was only granted to Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

 and King

King of Italy

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 Victor Emmanuel III. The rank was abolished following World War II

World War II

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.

The decision of Mussolini to create for himself and for the King of Italy

King of Italy

King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire...

 a new military rank created a crisis between himself and the king Victor Emmanuel III because for the first time in the history of the House of Savoy

House of Savoy

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, the Prime minister of Italy

Prime minister of Italy

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 bore an equal rank with the head of royal house giving to the prime minister a mortgage to the high command of the Italian armed forces

Military of Italy

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 that was a power of the king under the provisions of Statuto Albertino

Statuto Albertino

The Statuto Albertino or Albertine Statute was the constitution that King Charles Albert conceded to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in Italy on 4 March 1848...

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See also

• Marshal (Italy)
  Marshal (Italy)
  The Italian military rank of maresciallo is classified as "sub-officer" and is only the higher rank of non-commissioned officers in Italian Armed Forces, higher than the rank of Sergeant but lower than ensign/second lieutenant: there are from three to five positions inside the rank, according to...
  
  
• Marshal of Italy
  Marshal of Italy
  Marshal of Italy was a rank in the Italian Royal Army . Originally created in 1924 by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini for the purpose of honoring Generals Luigi Cadorna and Armando Diaz, the rank was granted to several other general officers from 1926 to 1943...
  
  
• Comandante Generale
  Commander-in-Chief
  A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
  
   of Italian Blackshirts
  Blackshirts
  The Blackshirts were Fascist paramilitary groups in Italy during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II...