military leaders
Those commanding forces
Military leaders are those who command armed forces—generals, admirals, and other high-ranking officers who direct troops in warfare or defense.
The term encompasses both tactical commanders in the field and strategic planners at headquarters: The military leaders met to coordinate the invasion.
It may also include political figures who assume command during wartime.
- four-star generalHighest peacetime army rank
- Alexander the GreatMacedonian empire builder
- commanding officerMilitary leader of unit
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- Joan of ArcMedieval French military saint
Genghis Khan · Captain · Sun Tzu · battle plans · Field Marshal · Major · Napoleon Bonaparte · Julius Caesar · Dwight D. Eisenhower · Horatio Nelson · war room · George S. Patton · Hannibal Barca · orders · call to arms · medals · uniforms · cavalry
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
- Historical Leadersmonarchs, rulers, statesmen, generals, admirals
- Greek Independenceuprising, Greek War of Independence, liberation struggle, revolt, revolutionaries
- historical figureshistorical figures, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc, Alexander the Great
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, writers, scientists, musicians
- portrait subjectsself, self-portraits, families, children, infants
military leadersenlisted personnel
Non-commissioned military members
privates · foot soldiers · grunts · troops · infantrymen
military leaderspolitical leaders
Those holding governmental authority
elected officials · diplomats · civil servants · prime ministers · bureaucrats
military leaderspeace activists
Those advocating nonviolent resolution
pacifists · conscientious objectors · Mahatma Gandhi · Martin Luther King Jr. · peacemakers