Born in Austria, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) spent his young adult years as an…

Winston Churchill (1874—1965) began his military career in 1895 as a junior officer in…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882—1945) was a native of Hyde Park, New York…

Iosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Djugashvili (1879—1953) was born in a small village…

Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) had been a captain of field artillery in the First…

The reign of Emperor Hirohito (1901—1989) lasted from 1926 until his death sixty-three…

After graduating from West Point, Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890—1969) served as…

George S. Patton, Jr. (1885—1945) graduated from West Point in 1909, and later…

Bernard Law Montgomery (1887—1976) served in the First World War, where he was…

Douglas A. MacArthur (1880—1964) retired from the US Army in 1937 after a long…

Shortly after the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Chester W. Nimitz…

Erwin Rommel (1891—1944) was a daring and highly decorated infantry officer in…

As a young naval officer, Isoroku Yamamoto (1884—1943) spent considerable time…