<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Field_Marshal_Ceremony" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1940 Field Marshal Ceremony">Field Marshal Ceremony</a>: First occasion in World War II that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> appoints field marshals due to military achievements.