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This category is for senior military leaders such as admirals, generals and air marshals. It includes military leaders with strategic influence who pre-dated the formal establishment of ranks as well as senior commanders in irregular militaries who may not hold rank. For middle and junior ranking officers, see Category:Military officers.
The only other four-time recipient was Leonid Brezhnev, who never rose above modest military rank and received all of his four Hero of the Soviet Union medals for his birthday as part of his overall cult of personality and love for medals, titles, and decorations. Despite his general lack of political ability, Zhukov became the highest-ranking ...
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Authorized three- and four-star officers to retire in the highest grade held on active duty, at the discretion of the president and subject to confirmation by the Senate, with no time-in-grade requirement [changed in 1996 to certification by secretary of defense and three-year time-in-grade requirement (110 Stat. 292)]. Act of January 28, 2008
Authorized three- and four-star officers to retire in the highest grade held on active duty, at the discretion of the president and subject to confirmation by the Senate, with no time-in-grade requirement [changed in 1996 to certification by secretary of defense and three-year time-in-grade requirement (110 Stat. 292)]. Act of October 28, 2009
100: British Royal Air Force officer and businessman [54] Dorothy Frooks: 1896–1997: 101: American author, publisher, military officer, and military lawyer [55] Robert B. Fulton: 1910–2015: 104: American Navy officer [19] John Gonge: 1921– 103: American Air Force officer [56] Edward Greer: 1924–2025: 100: American army officer [57 ...
An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history, as well as one of the most brutal and deadly. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Timur is also considered a great patron of art and architecture, for he interacted with intellectuals such as Ibn Khaldun , Hafez , and Hafiz-i Abru and his reign ...
Carl von Clausewitz and Napoleon Bonaparte considered him one of the greatest generals of all time, an evaluation agreed with by George S. Patton and others. He was also renowned for his constancy of purpose and the equality of his troops—no one part of his armies was considered better or received preferred treatment, as was common in other ...