In October 2009 the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his efforts to…
Joan of Arc was a young French peasant who led French forces during the Hundred Years' War.
Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes in 1206 and founded the Mongol Empire.
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general who fought Rome during the Second Punic War.
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman whose conquest of Gaul made him one of the most…
Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC and built one of the largest empires of…
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson is Britain's most celebrated naval commander.
Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, was one of Britain's greatest military commanders.
Napoleon Bonaparte rose from artillery officer to Emperor of the French and dominated European warfare in the early…
Colin Powell served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, the first Black…
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. commanded the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, leading the 332nd Fighter Group in…
Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Omar Bradley commanded American ground forces in Europe during World War II, eventually leading the 12th Army Group.
George S. Patton was one of the most aggressive American commanders of World War II.
Douglas MacArthur commanded Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific during World War II.
Dwight D. Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War II.
John J. Pershing commanded the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I.
Philip Sheridan grew up in Somerset, Ohio and became one of the Union's most aggressive cavalry commanders.
William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1820 and became one of the Union's most important…
Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio in 1822 and rose to command all Union armies…
George Washington led the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 during the American Revolution, holding a struggling army…