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Iphicrates
Greek general
Gustav Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus
king of Sweden
Epaminondas
Greek statesman
Shaka
Shaka
Zulu chief
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashurnasirpal II
king of Assyria
Montecuccoli, portrait by an unknown artist, 1670; in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Austrian field marshal
Sir Basil Liddell Hart
British military historian
Žižka, Jan, Count
Jan, Count Žižka
Bohemian leader
Frunze, Mikhail Vasilyevich
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze
Russian military officer
Johann Yorck, Graf von Wartenburg
Johann Yorck, count von Wartenburg
Prussian field marshal
Georg Bruchmüller
German artillery officer
Colleoni, Bartolomeo
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Italian condottiere
Yoshida Shōin
Japanese teacher
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian
German general
J.F.C. Fuller
J.F.C. Fuller
British army officer
Jean-Charles, chevalier de Folard
French military officer
William Joseph Hardee
William J. Hardee
Confederate general
Vegetius
Roman military author
Adam Heinrich Dietrich, baron von Bülow
Prussian soldier
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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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