World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary
there we shall find honor, glory and riches.” In a short period of time, Napoleon turned them into an out- standing fighting for ...
enemy, and Napoleon’s forces marched into Berlin. Fighting against Russia was less victorious: At Eylau (8 February 1807), a cla ...
seemed as starting out of the ground, or the tre- mendously heavy fire we threw into them, La Garde, who had never before failed ...
their infantry and charged. They were unable to break through the Byzantine infantry and stood halted before the infantry line r ...
ern Israel (601/600 b.c.) led to a defeat, forcing him to return to Babylon to repair his armies and his chariots. A period of p ...
Suckling took in young Horatio and schooled him in the ways of the sea. Starting in 1771, Nelson went to sea on board the Raison ...
to be an Admiral and in command of the English Fleet; I should very soon either do much, or be ruined. My disposition cannot bea ...
Horatio Nelson’s legacy is the growth of the British navy and his own mark as its “father.” He is remem- bered for his tactical ...
pelled Vasily, Nevsky marched on the city and reinstalled him. Working with the Mongols, Nevsky took a cen- sus of the people in ...
of his lands and titles, although he had spent his entire personal fortune for the Royalist cause. Advanced to the title of duke ...
attracts high praise, despite massive casualties. At Ber- ezina, also known as the battle of Berezina River (26–29 November 1812 ...
Nimitz, Chester William (1885–1965) American admiral Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, on 24 February 1885, Chester William Nimitz ...
Admiral on 19 December 1944—sailed his flagship, the battleship South Dakota, into Tokyo Bay and, on board the Missouri, signed ...
to break the German lines after the French had been bled white from the Verdun clashes. His refusal to listen to his colleagues ...
Japanese victory of the 20th century—a century that saw first the rise of Japanese militarism, then the fighting of the Second W ...
Crusade (1144–87). In 1147, King Louis VIII of France and the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III sent armies to recapture Edessa. Nur ...
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Octavian See augustus. Oda Nobunaga (Oda Kipp ̄oshi) (1534–1582) Japanese warrior Oda Nobunaga was born Oda Kipp ̄oshi on 23 ...
velopment of firearms, fortifications, and iron-clad ships make him a significant figure in Japanese military history. Reference ...
In 1814, Oudinot was named commander of the VIII Corps, seeing action at Brienne (29 January), where he was wounded again, and a ...
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