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The Greatest General Ever, And the Strategy That Made Him Unstoppable

The Greatest General Ever, And the Strategy That Made Him Unstoppable

The Greatest General Ever, And the Strategy That Made Him Unstoppable
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1. Miltiades
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2. Leonidas
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3. Themistocles
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4. Philip II
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5. Alexander the Great
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6. Qin Shi Huang
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7. Hannibal
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8. Scipio Africanus
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9. Julius Caesar
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10. Marcus Agrippa
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11. Attila the Hun
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12. Flavius Belisarius
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13. Khalid ibn al-Walid
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14. Charlemagne
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15. William the Conqueror
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16. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar
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17. Saladin
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18. Genghis Khan
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19. Alexander Nevsky
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20. Edward I
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21. Joan of Arc
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22. Mehmed II
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23. Fernan Cortes
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24. Suleiman I
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25. Francis Drake
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26. Ieyasu Tokugawa
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27. Gustavus Adolphus
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28. Oliver Cromwell
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29. Maurice de Saxe
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30. George Washington
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31. Frederick the Great
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32. Napoleon
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33. Horatio Nelson
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34. Mikhail Kutuzov
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35. Arthur Wellesley
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36. Simon Bolivar
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37. Shaka Zulu
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38. Robert E. Lee
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39. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
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40. William T. Sherman
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41. Ulysses S. Grant
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42. Geronimo
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43. Louis Botha
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44. Heihachiro Togo
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45. Mustafa Ataturk
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46. Paul von Hindenburg
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47. T.E. Lawrence
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48. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
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49. John Monash
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50. Erich von Manstein
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51. Isoruku Yamamoto
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52. Raymond Spruance
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53. Erwin Rommel
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54. George S. Patton
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55. Vasily Chuikov
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The Greatest General Ever, And the Strategy That Made Him Unstoppable
1. Miltiades
2. Leonidas
3. Themistocles
4. Philip II
5. Alexander the Great
6. Qin Shi Huang
7. Hannibal
8. Scipio Africanus
9. Julius Caesar
10. Marcus Agrippa
11. Attila the Hun
12. Flavius Belisarius
13. Khalid ibn al-Walid
14. Charlemagne
15. William the Conqueror
16. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar
17. Saladin
18. Genghis Khan
19. Alexander Nevsky
20. Edward I
21. Joan of Arc
22. Mehmed II
23. Fernan Cortes
24. Suleiman I
25. Francis Drake
26. Ieyasu Tokugawa
27. Gustavus Adolphus
28. Oliver Cromwell
29. Maurice de Saxe
30. George Washington
31. Frederick the Great
32. Napoleon
33. Horatio Nelson
34. Mikhail Kutuzov
35. Arthur Wellesley
36. Simon Bolivar
37. Shaka Zulu
38. Robert E. Lee
39. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
40. William T. Sherman
41. Ulysses S. Grant
42. Geronimo
43. Louis Botha
44. Heihachiro Togo
45. Mustafa Ataturk
46. Paul von Hindenburg
47. T.E. Lawrence
48. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
49. John Monash
50. Erich von Manstein
51. Isoruku Yamamoto
52. Raymond Spruance
53. Erwin Rommel
54. George S. Patton
55. Vasily Chuikov

The Greatest General Ever, And the Strategy That Made Him Unstoppable

Leading troops into battle isn’t for the weak of mind or strategy, and it takes a unique individual to take on the burden of potentially sending men to their deaths. History has shown us that some individuals rise above the rest of history’s most outstanding leaders to truly become some of the most memorable military minds in history. 

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