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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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. List of great powers from the early modern period to the post-Cold War era Great powers are often recognized in an international structure such as the United Nations Security Council. A great power is a nation, state or empire that, through its economic, political and military strength ...
100: French Resistance fighter (Compagnon de la Libération) [31] Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford: 1917–2017: 100: British Royal Navy officer and submariner [32] Susan Ahn Cuddy: 1915–2015: 100: American Navy officer; first female gunnery officer in U.S. Navy [33] Donald L. Custis: 1917–2021: 103: American Navy vice admiral [34] Aaron S ...
Trump has long had a boyish fascination with the military, idolizing World War II generals George Patton and Douglas MacArthur. As a teenager, he reveled in his stint at a military-style boarding ...
Fort Bragg supports a population of 260,000 when including military families, contractors, retirees and others. It covers 284.5 miles across 172,000 acres, with 1,400 miles of paved roads and 23 ...
Israel on Thursday claimed it had killed the head of Hamas' military wing in the latest of a series of targeted actions against the leadership of the militant group, which Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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 ...
The leader of the US troops, Major Thomas Van Horne then ordered a withdrawal, at which point the whole US unit broke and fled in disorder. The Indians achieved the military victory against the odds, even though they were outnumbered 8 to 1. [21] [22] The Americans lost 17 people, while the Native Americans lost just 1. [23]