Military Commanders Of The World Wars Codexery

A source-cited reference to military commanders of the world wars

Military Commanders Of The World Wars (19)

• Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig — British field marshal who commanded the BEF in the First World War.
• Eddie Rickenbacker — America's top World War I flying ace and racing pioneer.
• Erich Hartmann — The most successful fighter ace in history, with 352 aerial victories.
• Erich Ludendorff — German general and politician who dominated World War I strategy and later promoted nationalist myths.
• Erich von Manstein — German field marshal convicted of war crimes.
• Ernest J. King — Fleet admiral who held dual command of U.S. Navy in World War II.
• Ernst Udet — German WWI ace and Luftwaffe general who pioneered dive-bombing.
• Ferdinand Foch — Supreme Allied Commander who coordinated the final Allied offensives in 1918.
• Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf — Austria-Hungary's Chief of the General Staff who pushed for war with Serbia and led the army into 1914.
• Heinz Guderian — German general who pioneered blitzkrieg and panzer warfare.
• Helmuth von Moltke the Younger — German general and Chief of the Great German General Staff during the opening months of World War I.
• Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener — British field marshal and colonial administrator, key in Sudan and First World War.
• Hirose Takeo — Hirose Takeo was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Russo-Japanese War.
• Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard — British military officer instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force.
• Issa Pliyev — Soviet cavalry general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Ivan Konev — Soviet marshal who led key offensives and suppressed uprisings.
• Ivan Kozhedub — Soviet ace with over 60 victories, first to down an Me 262.
• J. F. C. Fuller — British officer, theorist of mechanized war, and fascist activist.
• Erich von Falkenhayn — German general and Ottoman Field Marshal, Chief of the German General Staff.

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