Military History

Charles XII (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718)
Frederick II (24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786)
Alexander Suvorov (13 November 1729 or 1730 – 18 May 1800)
George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731][b][c] – December 14, 1799)
Ethan Allen (1738-1789)
John Paul Jones (1747-1792)
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811)
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805)
Tecumseh (1768-1813)
Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852)
José de San Martín (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850)
Agustin de Iturbide (1783-1824)
Simón Bolívar (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830)
Francisco de Paula Santander (1792-1840)
Antonio López de Santa Anna (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876)
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870)
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882)
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
Red Cloud (1822 – December 10, 1909)
Geronimo (1829-1909)
Marshal Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch (2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929)
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928)
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951)
Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964)
Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964)
General George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945)
Bernard Montgomery (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976)
Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935)
Ho Chi Minh (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969)
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944)
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1 December [O.S. 19 November] 1896 – 18 June 1974)
Moshe Dayan (20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981)
Võ Nguyên Giáp (25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013)

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>Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar

Anyone have the funny long name of the Congo guy?

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If Akbar and the Mughal Empire interest you I recommend reading up on the last Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Expanded Mughal borders to include 150 million subjects and 3.2 million square kilometers by 1707.

>>2465019
Thanks.

>>2464925
You should also read up on Pompey and some of the Normans who conquered Sicily.

>>2467139
Oh, and Maurice, Prince of Orange. He revolutionized Western warfare in the 17th century by trying to incorporate ancient Greek and Roman tactics that would work in pike and shot warfare. He helped drive the Spaniards out of the Netherlands.

Harald Hardrada was quite interesting, although failed in the end

Gaius Marius, orchestrator of the Marian Reforms.
Don't forget Germanicus as well, he was poised to be Rome's Alexander.
Michel Ney is fairly interesting, especially his death.

>>2464925

If you really want to study military history, you don't do it by looking at this, that, or the other generals. If you're serious about this, study organizational theory, how bureaucracies process and respond to information and react ot unexpected contingencies. It'll give you a much better idea as to how militaries actually work than a bunch of biographies.

>>2464925
Add Prince Eugene of Savoy

>>2464925
>>2464925
Baibars (aka The Father of Conquest) 24 October 1260 – 1 July 1277, would be a good addition. Would possibly put Robert the Bruce over Wallace too. Sterling was impressive but it worked mainly due to the English assuming Scots would play by the rules of Chivalry, at Bannockburn the Scots just straight fucked the English with superior positioning and tactics.

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>>2467184
Also add the Black Prince. Literally THEE "Goodnight Sweet Prince" of history, fucker could've won the 100 Years War if he didn't die before his father/his son was of age