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Greatest Military Leaders

Can you guess these 21 famous and effective military commanders from throughout history?
This list isn't definitive in any way and was compiled based on a variety of articles and personal opinion
Time period based on death date
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Last updated: February 13, 2025
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- 100 CE
King of Sparta; Died at Thermopylae
Leonidas I
King of Macedon; Conquered the Persian Empire
Alexander the Great
Carthaginian general during the 2nd Punic War
Hannibal Barca
Roman general and rival of the above
Scipio Africanus
Roman dictator assassinated on the ides of March
Gaius Julius Caesar
Founded the Persian Empire and conquered most of Western Asia
Cyrus the Great
101 - 1250
Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor
Charlemagne
Norman invader who conquered England
William the Conqueror
Egyptian sultan during the Third Crusade
Saladin
First khan of the Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan
Mongol battle strategist of the above
Subutai
1251 - 1855
Founded the Timurid Empire
Tamerlane
Albanian lord who revolted against the Ottoman Empire
Skanderbeg
Prussian king during the Silesian wars
Frederick the Great
First American president and hero during the American Revolution
George Washington
Average-height French emperor and general
Napoleon Bonaparte
Anglo-Irish officer and prime minister whose army defeated the above
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
1856 - Present
General of the American Civil War who later became president
Ulysses S. Grant
Top American general during the Korean War and WWII
Douglas MacArthur
34th American president and supreme leader of the allied expeditionary forces in Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soviet general who was top commander during WWII
Georgy Zhukov
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Level 83
Feb 10, 2025
Some interesting takes but for the most part a good selection! And a fun quiz for sure.