He has never commanded any battles, but he is known as the greatest American soldier in the 20th century; a military strategist who is famous for his decision-making on wars, but he won the Nobel Peace Prize; he is not handsome, but he is He often charms noble ladies and is praised as the perfect man.

Marshall

This man is General Marshall, the founder of the largest army in the history of the United States and the chief adviser to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman. Marco is a superstar in American history. Americans say that his abilities and moral character can be compared to only one person in their country's history, and that person is Washington, the "Father of the Founding." Being able to sit on an equal footing with the "Father of the Founding" shows that Lao Ma is really amazing!

Marshall was a poor unlucky child when he was a child. Due to his poor grades and seemingly slowness, he was nicknamed "the big fool, the little lazy man, and the mangy dog", so he often He was despised and ridiculed by his brothers and sisters. What was even worse was that his father, a company owner, was also tired of him and often beat him on the *** with whips and sticks. After entering the Virginia Military Academy, Marshall was still bullied. He was once forced by senior students to play a violent game called "rat sitting on the bayonet". His ***, who was often hit by his father's stick, was stabbed with a bayonet and bled. After graduating, Marshall became a second lieutenant. He never expected that an officer could be bullied by soldiers. Once, he was stepped on by a large group of stubborn soldiers and couldn't get up for a long time in the mud.

Perhaps because he had been discriminated against and bullied a lot, Marshall was determined to be better than others, so he worked hard in the army, persevered and performed his best, and soon got the top job in the U.S. Army at that time. General "Black Jack" Pershing appreciated him, and his official career began to flourish. Later, Pershing's old subordinate Craig became Army Chief of Staff, and Marshall was promoted to serve as an official in the Army Staff Department. In order to expand the strength of the U.S. Army and Air Force, Marshall lobbied everywhere and publicly contradicted President Roosevelt for this purpose. When many people thought that Marshall's future was doomed, Roosevelt unexpectedly fell in love with this soldier who was gentle on the surface but actually upright and resolute. On September 1, 1939, Marshall was appointed Army Chief of Staff by Roosevelt. Just hours before Marshall was sworn in, Hitler invaded Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany, and World War II broke out.

Marshall has his hands full.

It is difficult to be the Chief of Staff of the Army. It is even more difficult to be the Chief of Staff of the Army during wartime. It is even more difficult to be the Chief of Army Staff of a major power during a world war. Throughout World War II, Marshall had to take care of many things. In the United States, apart from Roosevelt, he was the most tired. The first is the matter of military expansion. Before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, many Americans had no interest in the war in Europe and just wanted to hide in the middle of the two oceans and watch the excitement. Marshall could tell at a glance that the United States would definitely not be able to hide. Sooner or later it would be involved in the war, and it would have to accumulate more and stronger military power. So Marshall went to Congress every day to ask for money to expand the army. Those congressmen who did not want to fight became annoyed when they saw him and called him Roosevelt's lackey. He didn't care about this, just scold him, but Roosevelt himself seemed indifferent to the expansion of the army, which made him very angry. When Lao Ma was not the Army Chief of Staff, he dared to contradict the president. Now he was not afraid anymore. He contradicted the president again. Get up and say that if the president doesn't take immediate action, America will be doomed in the future. Roosevelt was deeply moved and soon asked Congress for $900 million to give Marshall. When Marshall got the money, he felt so happy that he immediately expanded the U.S. Army. Within a few years, the U.S. Army expanded to nearly 5.4 million people and 167 fighter groups. When the United States entered the war in December 1941, the largest army in American history rushed to North Africa, Europe, China, and the Pacific, fighting bloody battles against the German, Italian, and Japanese Axis powers until victory.

Marshall

The issue of troop strength has been settled, and there is also the issue of generals leading the troops. The United States had many famous generals in World War II, and most of them were Marshall's men. Marshall had a "little black book" before he became Army Chief of Staff. He believed that talented soldiers would write down their names in the book. Soldiers who entered this "blacklist" were lucky. Most of them later became American soldiers. An all-powerful general in history.

The famous American generals promoted by Marshall include: Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, who commanded the Normandy landings, Arnold, known as the "Father of the Modern American Air Force", Patton, the bloody and courageous invincible in Europe, and beaten hard on the battlefields of China and Burma. Stilwell of the Japs, Clark who captured Rome, airborne master Ridgway, etc. Seeing this, don’t think that Marshall is the kind of nepotistic person who likes to start small gangs. In fact, he is not. They promote outstanding military talents, and he looks down on those incompetent losers. , no matter how close you are to him, he will not promote you.

In addition to expanding the army and selecting generals, Marshall had many tasks. During the war, he had to accompany the president to attend countless conferences and meetings, including domestic, international, military, and political; He has to deal with civilian officials and naval chiefs of the Communist Party of China, and has to deal with international big names such as Stalin, Churchill, and de Gaulle; he has to participate in the planning of the European war plan against Germany and Italy, and is also responsible for the formulation of the Pacific war plan against Japan... In fact, As a soldier in the war, Marshall wanted to go to the front line to lead troops in the war like the generals he promoted, but Roosevelt couldn't do without him. He said that if Lao Ma was not by his side, he would not even be able to sleep peacefully. There is no way, Lao Ma can only continue to stay in Washington and control the overall situation, instead of experiencing the feeling of fighting on the battlefield.

In 1944, due to Marshall's hard work and great reputation, he was awarded the highest honor of the American military - the rank of five-star general in the Army. The next year, President Roosevelt died, and Marshall began to assist President Truman in continuing to direct major military operations of the U.S. military in World War II. In August 1945, Marshall brought an end to World War II by "gifting" two atomic bombs to Japan.

Marshall once said a famous saying: "No matter how difficult the environment is, a true general can show his talents and turn defeat into victory!" In fact, he himself is such a general, and he has won the support of countless people. In the face of opposition, he fought hard and broke through all obstacles to create the largest army in the history of the United States. He also selected the best generals for this largest army and led these generals to win the war in history. The largest war. His role and influence in the US military during World War II was second only to President Roosevelt, and his "global military strategy" had a profound impact on the entire world pattern. After the war, the "Marshall Plan" he proposed helped rebuild the devastated Western Europe and directly affected the politics and economy of many European countries. It can be said that Marshall's work played a great role in promoting the United States to quickly become the world's most powerful country. He was one of the few professional soldiers in the 20th century who had a huge impact on global politics, military and economy. Marshall's impartial, unpretentious qualities and his charming charm also made him one of the most charming generals in American history.

George Catlett Marshall was born in Unionton, Pennsylvania, USA. Graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Lane Army School, and Command and General Staff College. He participated in World War I and served as the chief of operations of the U.S. division and corps. In 1938, he was appointed director of the Army's Operational Planning Division. In 1938, he became deputy chief of staff of the Army. After the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he served as Army Chief of Staff and presided over the expansion of the army. During the war, he served as a member of the U.S. Chiefs of Staff and the U.S.-British Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, participating in the formulation of U.S.-British global military strategies. In 1940, he first put forward the idea of ??"defeat Germany first", which was called the beginning of the strategy of Europe first, Asia second. As the main military adviser to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, he participated in a series of allied summits including Casablanca, Tehran, Cairo, Yalta, and Potsdam. Received the rank of five-star general in 1944. Retired in 1945. In the same year, he was appointed as a special envoy to China to mediate the negotiations between the Kuomintang and Kuomintang. After the failure, he returned to China. He served as Secretary of State from 1947 to 1950. During his tenure, he proposed the "Marshall Plan" to aid European economic recovery. He later won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. From 1950 to 1951, he served as Secretary of Defense and participated in the planning and formulation of the US military strategy in the Korean War. Retired in 1951. Died on October 16, 1959.

World War II finally ended, and many famous generals in World War II were relieved, but Marshall was still very busy. Although he resigned as Chief of Staff of the Army, Truman still refused to let him go and sent him to China to mediate the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Lao Ma did not expect that the China issue was simply more complicated than his dealings with Germany and Japan, and the mediation ultimately failed. Lao Ma is really depressed.

In 1947, Truman appointed Lao Ma as Secretary of State. This was the first professional soldier to hold the position of Secretary of State in the history of the United States. During his two years as Secretary of State, Marshall did a very good thing, which was to propose the "Marshall Plan" to help Europe quickly get rid of poverty. This plan made him the first professional soldier in world history to win the Nobel Peace Prize. After resigning as Secretary of State, Truman still did not let him go and made him serve as Secretary of Defense for another two years and participated in the formulation of the US military strategy in the Korean War, but he was not very interested in this depressing war. In 1951, Marshall officially retired and could finally take a break. On October 16, 1959, this soldier who dedicated his life to the United States died of illness at the age of 79. According to his will, his funeral was very simple, almost no different from that of ordinary people...

What I have mentioned above is Marshall’s charm as a soldier, and finally let’s talk about Marshall’s charm as a man. Marshall's first wife was named Lily, who was also his first love. Unfortunately, Lily was so beautiful that she died of illness. Marshall felt that the world was falling apart and he almost died. At the age of 50, the flower of love in Lao Ma's heart bloomed again, and he fell in love and got married to a widow, Catherine. The two lived happily together and grew old together. Maybe Marshall was born with the magic power to attract women. There are many beauties and famous women who have a close relationship with him, such as Queen Frederica of Greece and Madam Soong Meiling, the wife of Chiang Kai-shek of China. They are all his confidantes and often write about her. The letter pours out one's heart.