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<b>1. Napoleon Bonaparte</b></div>
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Born a Corsican, Napoleon became by far the most able general of the 
modern age, rising from obscurity during the Revolution to Consul and 
Emperor of the French Empire which spanned from Madrid to Moscow and 
from Oslo to Cairo. Originally an artilleryman, he led campaigns that 
conquered the Italian States, Austria, Egypt, Prussia, Spain, the 
Netherlands, Swedish Pomerania, parts of the Caribbean, and large 
swathes of Russia. Leading brilliant campaigns, using concentrated force
 in lightning strikes on the field, developing independent and complete 
army corps (a system still modeled today), installing puppet rulers, 
conscripting troops from each nation he subdued, and inspiring a host of
 marshals who were all able tacticians themselves (Murat, Massena, 
Bernadotte, Ney, and many others), Napoleon revolutionized warfare. No 
less than four international alliances of powers were required to bring 
his empire to its knees, and without the simultaneous pressure or 
Russian winter, British naval domination, Spanish guerillas, and 
Wellington’s stolid and unbreakable Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese Army, very 
likely Bonaparte would have sat astride the his European conquests for 
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<b>2. Hannibal Barca</b></div>
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The most feared opponent Rome ever faced, this Carthaginian general was 
raised to the task of defeating the Romans from early childhood by his 
father, Hasdrubal. Hannibal abandoned previous Carthaginian tactics of 
passive naval superiority, and marched a force on elephants over the 
Italian Alps. Defeating the Romans at nearly every battle he fought, he 
made a Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus, famous merely for being 
able to delay Hannibal’s advance without enormous loss of life (Fabius 
was granted the title “Cunctator”, or delayer, by the Roman senate). At 
Cannae, Hannibal’s forces, cobbled together and suffering from losses, 
routed an enormous Roman army, killing or capturing upwards of fifty 
thousand enemies. Eventually defeated by Scipio Africanus and deserted 
by his government, he remained a scourge the Romans invoked to justify 
razing Carthage.</div>
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<b>3. Salah ad Din</b></div>
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Saladin, as he is known in our language, was the most outstanding leader
 of the Crusades, hampering the fledgling crusader states and European 
invasions with equal aplomb. Known for his calm and rationality, his 
lack of fanaticism, and his respect for his opponents, he conquered 
Syria, Egypt, and most of modern day Israel steadily and without great 
difficulty. He was enormously respected by nearly all of his rivals, and
 maintained an epistolary friendship with Richard the Lionheart, sending
 him gifts, horses, and his own physician.</div>
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<b>4. Robert E. Lee</b></div>
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Lee, perhaps the most successful commander in history against 
numerically and materially superior forces, was the gentle genius in 
charge of the Army of Northern Virginia and most Confederate forces 
during the Civil War. He developed a reputation of near omniscience 
among both enemies and allies, and soundly thrashed Union forces soundly
 on numerous occasions. His losses, few as they were, were generally 
more devastating to his opponents than himself, and Ulysses S. Grant, 
the only general to successfully corner Lee, was forced to adopt a 
strategy of attrition, rather than any attempt to outfight Lee.</div>
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<b>5. George Washington</b></div>
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Washington was the pivotal, and probably most successful, leader of the 
American revolutionary forces vying for independence from the British 
Empire. Though ably assisted by several subordinates (including Benedict
 Arnold, whose military acumen has been overshadowed by his famous 
betrayal), Washington proved the uniting force of the Continental Army, 
leading it to victory at Trenton and Yorktown, and holding the piecemeal
 forces together in the hard winter at Valley Forge.</div>
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<b>6. Julius Caesar</b></div>
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The famed consul of Rome was perhaps the ablest of the late Republic’s 
military leaders, vying with his co-consul, Pompey for glory in 
subjugating territory to Rome’s expansionist will. His campaign against 
the Gauls is still required reading in many military academies, and his 
defeat of Pompey nearly granted him the kingship of firmly republican 
Rome. The political and personal treachery that ended his life and 
provided the opportunity for his nephew, Octavian, to become emperor, is
 legendary, but Caesar’s successes were more reliant on the loyalty and 
victory of his armies than political maneuvering.</div>
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<b>7. Joan of Arc</b></div>
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The maid of Orleans is the only commander on this list to have had to 
share command in even her finest moments of victory, but as she is also 
the only woman, one feels an exception is in order. A French peasant 
girl who claimed visions from God, she traveled to Charles II, the 
French king losing the war to the English. Though she was hampered by 
skepticism at first, Joan influenced several important French victories,
 leading charges personally, and inspiring French troops to renewed 
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<b>8. George S. Patton</b></div>
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The most controversial figure of the Allied forces in WWII, Patton 
himself may have believed himself to be reincarnated from more ancient 
warriors, carrying their bravery and experience into his battles. A 
promising early career helping Pershing hunt Pancho Villa jumpstarted 
Patton into the armored corps, where he became a mentor to Eisenhower 
(later promoted over his head). In WWII, he gladly used the Germans’ 
blitzkrieg against them, using the maneuverability of American armored 
units to out maneuver German lines and gaining large amounts of ground 
over short periods of time. His infamous incidents, including troops 
under his command executing more than one massacre, and Patton’s 
slapping of a supposedly cowardly soldier in a field hospital, 
contributed to his decline, but more than anyone else, he led the Allies
 to victory in Europe.</div>
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<b>9. Frederick the Great</b></div>
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Frederick II of Prussia was a student of modern warfare, and later its 
guiding voice in the late 18th century. He modernized the army of his 
disjointed pseudo-German kingdom, and fought continuous wars against 
Austria, the dominating power of the Holy Roman Empire at the time. 
Known for both his books and treatises on warfare, as well as leading 
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<b>10. Attila the Hun</b></div>
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Leader of the Hunnish empire that stretched from the borders of modern 
day France to the steppes of Russia, this thorn in the side of both 
Roman and Byzantine empires assembled a massive force of all the tribes 
and nations traditionally viewed as provincial savages – Huns, Goths, 
Ostrogoths, Vandals, and many more, and nearly conquered mainland 
Europe. In the template of other “barbarian” conquerors to come after 
him, like Genghis Khan, he showed the lie of assumed Western 
superiority; and whenever your enemies names you “the Scourge of God”, 
you can assume you’ve proved yourself a respected threat.</div>
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