On 28 May 1941, Smuts was appointed as a Field Marshall of the British Army, becoming the first South African to hold that rank. General Smuts was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. M.O.T.H “O” said: “General Smuts...
Deng rewarded him with the rank of full admiral, a place on both the Party and state Central Military Commissions and a seat in the National People's Congress. Four years later, after Deng's retirement, he became a member of the innermost circle of the Chinese Communist Party: the ...