Greatest Military Leaders

• Alexander the Great (356 - 388 BC) - King of Macedonia. Conquered vast sections of Asia.
• Ataturk - Turkish general in First World War. Helped defeat Allied forces at Gallipoli
• Attila the Hun
• Boudicca - (30AD - )Led Britons in revolt against Roman rule. Initially very successful in revolt before being defeated at the Battle of Watling Street
• Charlemagne (748 AD - 812) - Expanded the Frankish kingdoms to unite much of Europe (France, Germany and Italy) under one rule.
• Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) As a military leader Churchill had mixed results. In the First World War his great plan to invade Turkey at Gallipoli proved an expensive failure. But, his greatest triumph came in rallying the British Empire to fight on against Nazi Germany in 1940
• Napoleon - (1769 – 1821) conquered much of Europe, before finally being defeated at Waterloo in 1815. His greatest moment came at The Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, effectively defeating the third coalition of Russia, Austria and German forces.
• Saladin (1138-1193) - Defeated European Crusaders. Became well respected by even his adversaries
• George Washington (1732-1799)- Military campaigner of American forces in the war of Independence.
• Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852) - British Commander defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815
• Bernard Montgomery - Helped turned the tide of the Second World War at the Battle of El Alamein
• Dwight Eisenhower - Supreme overall commander of Allied Forces during Second World War