Greatest Generals in History

An important military commander of 14th century Bohemia. He was one of key commanders in battle of Grunwald and master (military teacher) of young Jan Žižka. "sokol" means "falcon" in czech, his nickname was Wild Falcon.

Intrepid and impetuous, along with Turenne the greatest commander of the Louis XIV era.

'Napoleon of Egypt' is the title given to him by modern egyptologists. He created the largest empire Egypt had ever see, ; no fewer than seventeen campaigns were conducted, and he conquered from Niya in North Syria to the fourth waterfall of the Nile in Nubia and never lost a single battle.

Muslim powers became increasingly concerned about the rapid rise of a Christian state in southern Caucasia. In 1121, Sultan Mahmud b. Muhammad (1118–1131) declared a holy war on Georgia and rallied a large coalition of Muslim states led by the Artuqid Najm al-din El-ğazi and Toğrul b. Muhammad. The size of the Muslim army is still a matter of debate with numbers ranging from fantastic 600,000 men (Walter the Chancellor’s Bella Antiochena, Matthew of Edessa) to 400,000 (Smbat Sparapet’s Chronicle) to modern Georgian estimates of 250,000–400,000 men. All sources agree that the Muslim powers gathered an army that was far much larger than the Georgian force of 56,000 men. However, 12 August 1121, King David routed the enemy army on the fields of Didgori, achieving what is often considered the greatest military success in Georgian history. The victory at Didgori signaled the emergence of Georgia as a great military power and shifted the regional balance in favor of Georgian cultural and political supremacy.

Haile selassie is the great king of all cuz he was a king of judah crown king of kings and lord of lords conquering lion on the tribe of judah name jah ras tafari I haile selassie I his imperial majesty emperor.

I believe this general was overlooked. He fought for the Royalist cause,Charles the 1st,in the 17th century against the Covanenteers in Scotland. He too,brought an army through the mountains,Ben Nevis,in Scotland. This was the battle of Inverlochy. He had Alasdair MacColla,an Irish soldier and his troops during most of the campaigns. His battles,tactics etc are studied by many soldiers to this day.....considered by many,a genius!

Killed over a million soldiers in classical era in China. His battles includes Battle of Changping and many more. The "God of Slaughter" in Chines military history; instrumental in Qin Dynasty's unification war. Himself is a tragic hero who had to commit suicide.

He was the Chinese Alexander or God of War: Never lost a battle and chased the Xiong-nu alll the way into Russia. He succumbed to biological warfare at age 22.

I may have missed im on the list but he belongs and very high at that. I don't agree with the list on rankings anyway. Ike was the greatest general of WW2 on all sides.

Fought brutal jungle war against determined enemy. Ill supported, ill supplied, under recognized.

With a five-star generals leading the Indonesia to fight and win the battle against the Dutch who had previously been colonized for 3.5 centuries. Indonesia's independence, but the Japanese came to colonize and soekarno back fighting alongside the people against the Japanese at that time controlled nearly the entire continent japan asia, coinciding with a nuclear bomb nagasaki and hiroshima the Japanese army was eventually defeated and returned to his country. By using traditional weapons and guns majority outdated Soekarno with his army won a war against the Netherlands and Japan are on paper they could win more easily because the technology is far more advanced and better. The whole world at that time believed that a five-star general is a serious threat to block west and a block east from the struggle to establish Indonesia as the world superpower know especially that Sukarno created a non-aligned movement. Sukarno eventually dropped by his own subordinates in a conspiracy with the USA and the UK.

kill of the aztic

Famous Bohemian general Radetzky was in the military for over 70 years, until 90, almost up to his death at age 91. In 1813 he was Schwarzenberg's chief of staff and had considerable influence on the councils of the Allied sovereigns and generals. Langenau, the quartermaster-general of the Grand Army, found him an indispensable assistant, and he had a considerable share in planning the Leipzig campaign Radetzky famous hour came much later: He is known for the victories at the Battles of Custoza (July 24–25, 1848) and Novara (March 23, 1849) during the First Italian War of Independence. He is immortalised by Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March

Emperor Justinian's right hand general during his campaigns to retake the overrun sections of the Western Empire, which he did with minimal losses. Also brilliantly defended Constantinople from the Bulgars- while in retirement.

Winner of WW2. Originated Operation Overlord. Commander of Allied Forces in WW2. Boss of Bradley, Montgomery, Nimitz and MacArthur.

General Sir John Monash, the great Australian soldier and engineer, a true leader of men, could be in the top 10 of this entire list just for his role in the Battle of Halem alone, the first battle to unite infantry, artillery, tanks and airplanes in a single objective (which Monash predicted would take 90 minutes - it took 93). But he then astonished the world by a remarkable string on victories at the head of the Australian Corps on the Western Front throughout 1918, including breaking the Hindenburg line, leading to Armistice. Monash emerged in the estimation of his colleagues as the single greatest general of WW 1. King George V was so impressed that he knighted Monash personally on the battlefield. (Halem was the first ever battle fought by US troops under foreign command; and Monash basically taught the Americans how to fight and win in Europe.) Monash single-handedly transitioned warfare to the 20th century through emphasis on meticulous planning, understanding the psychology of one's own soldiers, and the achievement of victory at the minimum human cost.

He was one of the best calvary generals.

King of Mercia known as the king killer and Bret walder. Throughout his lifetime he killed 6 Anglo Saxon kings and exiled 2.

Second most prominent Hussite general. He was a very well educated and rational Utraquist priest who became smart military tactician and leader. He was known to never wear a sword into a battle or kill somebody with his own hands in battlefield.