Famous Military Leaders

• Allen, John R.

  The Marine who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan after Petraeus

• Antony, Marc

  Cleopatra's ill-fated lover

• Arnold, Benedict

  The great traitor of the American Revolution

• Attila the Hun

  5th century barbarian threat to the Roman Empire

• Austin, Lloyd

  The first Black American to be Defense Secretary

• Bolívar, Simón

  el Libertador of 19th-century South America

• Bonaparte, Napoleon

  The French military genius and Emperor of the 1800s

• Bradley, Omar

  American general during World War II

• Chiang Kai-shek

  Leader of The Republic of China (Taiwan), 1949-75

• Croesus

  Wealthy king of ancient Lydia in Asia Minor

• Eisenhower, Dwight

  Supreme commander of Allied forces in WWII

• El Cid

  Spanish military and folk hero

• Genghis Khan

  13th century Mongolian conqueror

• Germanicus

  Commander of Roman legions on the Rhine

• Geronimo

  The Chiricahua Apache leader who surrendered in 1886

• Grant, Ulysses

  President of the United States, 1869-1877

• Göring, Hermann

  Commander of the Nazi Luftwaffe in World War II

• Haig, Alexander

  Four-star general and U.S. Secretary of State, 1981-82

• Hannibal Barca

  The "father of strategy" who took elephants over the Alps

• Himmler, Heinrich

  Hitler's head of the Gestapo during World War II

• Houston, Sam

  Namesake of the city of Houston

• Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall"

  Brilliant Confederate general killed during the U.S. Civil War

• Joan of Arc

  The French heroine who was burned at the stake

• Julius Caesar

  The most famous of Roman generals

• Lee, Robert E.

  Leader of Confederate armies in the Civil War

• MacArthur, Douglas

  The American general who said "I shall return"

• Marshall, George C.

  World War II-era U.S. General and Secretary of State

• McChrystal, Stanley

  Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, 2009-2010

• Montgomery, Bernard Law

  The Brit who beat Rommel in North Africa

• Nelson, Horatio

  The hero of the Battle of Trafalgar

• Patton, George S.

  Commander of the U.S. Third Army in World War II

• Pershing, John J.

  Commander of American armies in Europe during World War I

• Petraeus, David H.

  The former CIA director who commanded U.S. forces in Iraq

• Powell, Colin

  U.S. Secretary of State, 2001-2004

• Pétain, Henri Philippe

  He sold out France to the Nazis

• Rommel, Erwin

  "The Desert Fox" of World War II

• Saladin

  The man who took back Jerusalem

• Schwarzkopf, H. Norman

  U.S. General during the Persian Gulf War

• Sherman, William Tecumseh

  Union general who said, "War is hell."

• Titus Flavius Vespasianus

  Roman emperor, 79-81 A.D.

• Tojo, Hideki

  Japanese Prime Minister during World War II

• Washington, George

  The first President of the United States

• Yamamoto, Isoroku

  Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor

• Zhukov, Georgi K.

  World War II Russian Army commander

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