Commanders who never lost a battle
Commanders who have never lost a battle. This list includes important historical generals and admirals, rather than simply any commander who has never lost a battle for the sake of brevity.
Africa
- Ahmose I - was the founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the New Kingdom of Egypt after defeating the Hyksos and leading a successful siege into their capital Avaris. Ahmose also campagined in Nubia and Levant.
- Thutmose I - was a pharoah of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Thutmose I was the first pharoah to cross the Euphrates. Thutmose I also campaigned in Nubia.
- Thutmose III - was a pharoah of Egypt from the Eighteenth Dynasty. Thutmose III conquered 350 towns without losing any battle.
- Seti I - was the second pharoah of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He led successful campaigns in Nubia, Libya and Levant. He also captured Kadesh and re-established the egyptian rule over it which was lost since the rule of Akhenaten.
- Ramesses II - was one of the greatest pharoahs of Ancient Egypt. He was involved in naval battles against the Pirates and battles on the land against the Canaanites and the Hittite Empire. Ramesses have signed the oldest peace treaty in history with the Hittites after a long war.
Asia
Ancient
- Bai Qi - was a military general of the Qin state in the Warring States period of Chinese history.
- Ashoka the Great - was an ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
- Han Xin - was a military general who served Liu Bang during Chu–Han Contention. He contributed to the founding of Han dynasty.
- Sargon of Akkad - was the founder of the Akkadian Empire. Sargon was involved in 34 battles winning them all.
Modern
- Khalid ibn al-Walid - was an Arab companion of Muhammad. He is noted for his military tactics and prowess, commanding the forces of Medina under Muhammad and the forces of his immediate successors of the Rashidun Caliphate, Abu Bakr and Umar ibn Khattab.
- Tariq ibn Ziyad - was a Berber[1] Muslim commander who led the Islamic Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711–718 A.D.
- Tamerlane - was a Turco-Mongol conqueror. As the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia, he became the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty.[2]
- Nguyễn Huệ - was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 1788 until 1792.[3] He was also one of the most successful military commanders in Vietnam's history,[4] though he was known to have attained these achievements by ruthless, massive killing of especially the entire Nguyen lords families.
- Akbar - was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general, Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include nearly all of the Indian subcontinent north of the Godavari river.
- Krishnadevaraya was the emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire, India from 1509 to 1529. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty. Presiding over the empire at its zenith, he is regarded as an icon by many Indians.
- Subutai - was an Uriankhai general, and the primary military strategist of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan.
- Yue Fei - was a Han Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty.
- Baji Rao (18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740) was a general of the Maratha Empire in India, Baji Rao was possibly the finest cavalry general ever produced by India. [5]
- Narses - was, with Belisarius, one of the great generals in the service of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I during the Roman reconquest that took place during Justinian's reign.
- Kumbha of Mewar - was the ruler of Mewar kingdom of western India.
Europe
Ancient
- Alexander the Great - was a Macedonian King of the 4th century BC who led an army from Greece against the Persian Empire and into India. He is often regarded as one of the finest battlefield tacticians in history.
- Scipio Africanus - was a Roman general and later consul who is often regarded as one of the greatest generals and military strategists of all time.
- Epaminondas - was a Theban general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a pre-eminent position in Greek politics.
- Sulla - was a Roman general and statesman. He had the distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as reviving the dictatorship.
- Nero Claudius Drusus - was stepson of emperor Augustus. He served as governor of the Gallic Provinces and led the first major Roman expeditions across the Rhine River into Germania, creating alliances and conquering territories. Additionally, he was the first Roman to navigate the North Sea and reach the Elbe River.
Modern
- Pepin the Short - Charlemagne's father and the first de jure Carolingian king, having deposed the previous Merovingian kings and paved the way for his more famous son's rise to power. Consolidated his father's military reforms, combining it with his military skill to remain undefeated in his lifetime.
- Skanderbeg - was an Albanian nobleman and military commander, who served the Ottoman Empire in 1423–43, the Republic of Venice in 1443–47, and lastly the Kingdom of Naples until his death.
- John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough - was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs.
- Jan Žižka - Czech general and Hussite leader, a follower of Jan Hus, was born in the small village of Trocnov (now part of Borovany) in the Kingdom of Bohemia, into an aristocratic family.
- Alexander Suvorov - was a Russian military leader and considered a national hero. He was the Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Italy, and the last Generalissimo of the Russian Empire.
- Louis-Nicolas Davout - was a French general who was Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic era.
- Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, "El Cid" - was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain. The Moors called him El Cid, which meant the Lord, and the Christians, El Campeador, which stood for Outstanding Warrior.
- Edward IV - was the King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470,[6] and again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was the first Yorkist King of England.
- Fyodor Ushakov - was the most illustrious Russian naval commander and admiral of the 18th century.
- Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck - was a general in the Prussian Army and the commander of its forces in the German East Africa campaign.
- Pál Kinizsi - was a Hungarian general in the service of king Matthias Corvinus.
North America
- George Henry Thomas - was a United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
References
- ↑ Marvine Howe (2005). Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges. Oxford University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780195346985.
- ↑ Josef W. Meri (2005). Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. p. 812. ISBN 9780415966900.
- ↑ Patricia M. Pelley Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past - 2002- Page 191 "The people of the North, who warmly welcomed Nguyễn Huệ, formed peasant armies to help him wage war against the Trịnh. Thus, the movement that had begun in Qui Nhơn came to engulf all of Vietnam."
- ↑ Théophile Le Grand de la Liraye Notes historiques sur la nation annamite
- ↑ "Baji Rao the greatest cavalry general in India".
- ↑ "Edward IV". Archontology.org. 14 March 2010.
Set sail on 2 October 1470 from England and took refuge in Burgundy; deposed as King of England on 3 October 1470
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