World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary
References: French, Gerald, The Life of Field-Marshal Sir John French, First Earl of Ypres,... (London: Cassell and Company, Lim ...
Gaiseric (Genseric) (ca. 390–477) king of the Vandals Little is known of Gaiseric, also known in history as Genseric, who wa ...
of her spouse, she summoned the Vandal Gai- seric, king of Africa, against Maximus, who was ruling Rome. He came suddenly to Rom ...
Horatio Gates gAteS, hoRAtio John burgoyne twice at Saratoga (19 September and 7 October 1777), after which Burgoyne surrend ...
Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khan) (ca. 1162–1227) Mongol emperor and military leader Though he became famous for his leadership, mili ...
His father, a farmer, had also been involved in the move- ment for Vietnamese independence, and had taken part in the uprising o ...
to sign a peace treaty in 1973 and carry out a gradual American withdrawal from South Vietnam. Neverthe- less, the North Vietnam ...
was invested by the Mahdi in the early part of 1884, and, after a gallant defence, was stormed [on] 26 January Gordon was cut d ...
Ulysses S. Grant 0 gRAnt, ulySSeS SimpSon ...
Therefore, when the Civil War broke out in 1861 and President Abraham Lincoln asked for volunteers, Grant responded. After formi ...
Historian Michael Lee Lanning writes of Grant’s legacy: “Grant—short, stocky and round-shouldered— never impressed anyone with h ...
Greene or move toward the north, Cornwallis was forced to withdraw to Wilmington and thence to Yorktown. This allowed Greene and ...
His father prepared him for his role as king by having him taught Latin, Italian, and Dutch by the age of 12 and Spanish, Russia ...
these advantages the quality of the commander supplied an invaluable supplement. Mastering every detail, shar- ing every hardshi ...
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Habsburg-Lorraine, Friedrich Rudolf See albert, archduke of austria. Haig, Douglas, first earl Haig and Baron Haig of Bemers ...
ducting the orderly withdrawal of his forces during the early German advance at the battle of Ypres, his former commander, Sir J ...
his excellent and perceptive biography of the Field-Mar- shal, John Terraine drew a comparison between Haig in the Somme battle ...
William “Bull” Halsey “the greatest fighting admiral” of the conflict. References: Potter, Elmer Belmont, Bull Halsey: A Biogra- ...
sent to South Africa, serving as commander of a divi- sion of mounted infantry under Lord roberts. He saw limited action in this ...
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