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Saad el-Shazly

سعد الدين الشاذلي

Egypt

1922 – 2011 (88 years old)

Brilliant Egyptian military strategist and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces who meticulously planned and executed Operation Badr, successfully crossing the Suez Canal and shattering the Bar Lev Line in October 1973.

Cairo, Egypt

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General of the Army Omar Bradley

Omar Nelson Bradley

United States

1893 – 1981 (88 years old)

Five-star General of the Army hailed as 'The G.I.'s General' who commanded 1.3 million soldiers in the Twelfth United States Army Group across Western Europe.

Arlington (Virginia), United States

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Ahmad Ismail Ali

أحمد إسماعيل علي

Egypt

1917 – 1974 (57 years old)

Egyptian Field Marshal and Minister of War who served as Supreme Commander of the Egyptian and Syrian unified forces during the 1973 October War, coordinating the strategic crossing of the Suez Canal.

Cairo, Egypt

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Field Marshal William Slim (1st Viscount Slim)

William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

United Kingdom

1891 – 1970 (79 years old)

British Field Marshal who rebuilt the defeated 'Forgotten Army' into the victorious Fourteenth Army, routing the Imperial Japanese Army at Imphal and Kohima.

Windsor, United Kingdom

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike)

Dwight David Eisenhower

United States

1890 – 1969 (78 years old)

Five-star General of the Army and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe who planned Operation Overlord (D-Day) and directed the liberation of Western Europe in WWII.

Abilene (Kansas), United States

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Abdel Moneim Riad

عبد المنعم رياض

Egypt

1919 – 1969 (49 years old)

Egyptian Chief of Staff acclaimed as the 'Golden General', who rebuilt Egypt's armed forces after the 1967 defeat and was killed in action leading soldiers on the front lines of the Suez Canal in 1969.

Cairo, Egypt

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Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky

Константин Константинович Рокоссовский / Konstanty Rokossowski

Russian Empire (Poland)

1896 – 1968 (71 years old)

Marshal of the Soviet Union and Marshal of Poland who planned Operation Bagration, trapped Paulus at Stalingrad, and commanded the 1945 Victory Parade.

Moscow, Russia

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Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Chester William Nimitz

United States

1885 – 1966 (80 years old)

Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet who orchestrated the victory at Midway and directed the Central Pacific drive to victory in WWII.

San Bruno (California), United States

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General Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur

United States

1880 – 1964 (84 years old)

Five-star General of the Army who liberated the Philippines ('I shall return'), accepted Japan's surrender on the USS Missouri, and led the Inchon landing.

Norfolk (Virginia), United States

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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (The Lion of Africa)

Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck

Kingdom of Prussia (Germany)

1870 – 1964 (93 years old)

General in the Imperial German Army who conducted an undefeated four-year guerrilla campaign in East Africa with 14,000 men against 300,000 Allied troops.

Pronstorf (Schleswig-Holstein), Germany

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General George C. Marshall

George Catlett Marshall Jr.

United States

1880 – 1959 (78 years old)

General of the Army hailed by Winston Churchill as the 'organizer of victory' in WWII, who expanded the US Army to 8.5 million men and created the Marshall Plan.

Arlington (Virginia), United States

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General Sudirman

Raden Soedirman

Dutch East Indies

1916 – 1950 (34 years old)

First Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian National Armed Forces who led an epic seven-month guerrilla campaign carried on a litter through the Javanese jungle while suffering from severe tuberculosis.

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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John J. Pershing (General of the Armies)

John Joseph Pershing

United States

1860 – 1948 (87 years old)

Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I who insisted on an independent US military command and won the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Arlington (Virginia), United States

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Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (Marshal Leclerc)

Philippe de Hauteclocque, maréchal Leclerc

Third French Republic (France)

1902 – 1947 (45 years old)

Marshal of France and heroic Free French commander of the 2nd Armored Division (2e DB) who liberated Paris and Strasbourg, fulfilling the Oath of Kufra.

Paris, France

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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (The Desert Fox)

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel

Kingdom of Württemberg (Germany)

1891 – 1944 (52 years old)

Field Marshal hailed as 'The Desert Fox' whose tactical brilliance leading the Afrika Korps and mobile armored warfare won Tobruk and Gazala.

Blaustein (Baden-Württemberg), Germany

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Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

山本五十六

Empire of Japan

1884 – 1943 (59 years old)

Marshal Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy who pioneered naval carrier aviation and planned the Pearl Harbor raid.

Fuchu (Tokyo), Japan

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Field Marshal Edmund Allenby (1st Viscount Allenby)

Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

United Kingdom

1861 – 1936 (75 years old)

British field marshal nicknamed 'The Bull' who commanded the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, won the Battle of Megiddo, and entered Jerusalem on foot in 1917.

London, United Kingdom

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T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

Thomas Edward Lawrence

United Kingdom (Wales)

1888 – 1935 (46 years old)

British archaeologist, officer, and irregular warfare strategist who mobilized the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire and authored Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Moreton (Dorset), United Kingdom

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