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Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur UN commander who conceived the Inchon landing and overruled the unanimous opposition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Military command · United States state institutions 1880–1964
Ferenc Münnich Münnich Ferenc Hungarian communist who backed Soviet intervention with Kádár in 1956 and became prime minister after the revolution was crushed Government and administration · Hungary 1886–1967
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Carmelite friar and Free French admiral whose Republic of Cochinchina as High Commissioner opened the road to war Military command · France state institutions 1889–1964
Edward Mallory Almond Edward Mallory Almond A U.S. general whose offensive command was bound to racial prejudice Military command · United States state institutions 1892–1979
Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1893–1958
Oliver P. Smith Oliver Prince Smith A Marine commander whose caution helped save a surrounded division Military command · United States state institutions 1893–1977
Ludvík Svoboda Ludvík Svoboda A national hero of two world wars who became an unlikely last bastion of the Prague Spring Military command · Czechoslovakia 1895–1979
William K. Harrison Jr. William K. Harrison Jr. The US Army lieutenant general who signed the Korean Armistice as UNC delegate after 158 truce meetings Military command · United States state institutions 1895–1987
Lucius D. Clay Lucius D. Clay The US military governor who answered the blockade of West Berlin with a 324-day airlift Military command · United States state institutions 1897–1978
Ernst Wollweber Ernst Wollweber Communist who ran an anti-fascist sabotage network before the war and headed the Stasi from 1953 to 1957 Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1898–1967
Henri Navarre Henri Navarre Last commander of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps, who chose to fortify Điện Biên Phủ and met defeat there in 1954 Military command · France state institutions 1898–1983
Heinrich Rau Heinrich Rau Communist who chaired the German Economic Commission, the forerunner of the GDR government, and led East German economic policy Economy, finance and planning · East Germany 1899–1961
Raoul Salan Raoul Salan French commander in the First Indochina War and leader of the OAS. Military command · France state institutions 1899–1984
Choe Yong-gon 최용건 The Manchurian guerrilla who became the KPA's first commander and the DPRK's nominal head of state Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1900–1976
Maxwell Davenport Taylor Maxwell Taylor A military strategist of the nuclear age Military command · United States state institutions 1901–1987
Christian de Castries Christian de Castries French general who commanded the Điện Biên Phủ fortress in 1954 and was captured when it fell Military command · France state institutions 1902–1991
William H. Tunner William H. Tunner Architect of large-scale airlift operations Military command · United States state institutions 1906–1983
Curtis E. LeMay Curtis LeMay The Air Force general who firebombed Japan and urged nuclear war on his adversaries Military command · United States state institutions 1906–1990
Jonas Žemaitis Jonas Žemaitis Officer who founded the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters in 1949 and led the partisan resistance as its chairman Military command 1909–1954
Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy Military command · Vietnam 1911–2013
Béla Király Király Béla The general and contested witness of 1956 Military command · Hungary 1912–2009
Nam Il 남일 The Soviet-Korean general who signed the Korean Armistice at Panmunjom Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1913–1976
Nol Lon លន់ នល់ Cambodian military officer and politician who led the Khmer Republic as prime minister and president Military command · Cambodia state institutions 1913–1985
William Westmoreland William Westmoreland US Army general who commanded American forces in South Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 and pursued a strategy of attrition measured by body count Military command · United States state institutions 1914–2005
Józef Światło Józef Światło Deputy head of Poland’s security Department X whose 1953 defection and broadcasts exposed the ministry’s torture and purges Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1915–1994
Chae Byeong-deok 채병덕 A general whose colonial military career met failure at the war’s outbreak Military command · South Korea state institutions 1916–1950
Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh South Vietnamese general who led the 1963 coup and ordered the 1975 surrender Military command · Vietnam 1916–2001
Pál Maléter Maléter Pál A soldier caught between negotiation and armed resistance Military command · Hungary 1917–1958
Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng Vietnamese general who led the 1975 spring offensive to Saigon and directed the 1979 invasion of Cambodia and border war with China Military command · Vietnam 1917–2002
Kang Kon 강건 The KPA's first Chief of General Staff who finalized the invasion plan with Soviet advisers Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1918–1950
Adolfas Ramanauskas Adolfas Ramanauskas Partisan commander “Vanagas” who led the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters from 1952, the last commander to be captured Military command 1918–1957
Gail Halvorsen Gail Halvorsen An airman whose small act of kindness became an international symbol Military command · United States state institutions 1920–2022
Juozas Lukša Juozas Lukša Lithuanian partisan leader who crossed the Iron Curtain in 1947 to seek Western support and was killed by the MGB after returning Military command 1921–1951
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu General who was president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975, opposed the Paris Peace Accords and resigned days before the fall of Saigon Military command · Vietnam 1923–2001
Vasile Milea Vasile Milea Ceaușescu's last defence minister: his death on 22 December 1989 triggered the army's mass defection to the revolution Military command · Romania 1927–1989
Richard Heyser Richard Heyser The U-2 pilot whose six-minute, 928-photo run over Cuba on 14 October 1962 revealed Soviet missiles and ignited the Cuban Missile Crisis Military command · United States state institutions 1927–2008
Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara The internationalist icon who traded a stethoscope for a rifle Military command · 26th of July Movement 1928–1967
Victor Atanasie Stănculescu Victor Atanasie Stănculescu The Romanian general who switched sides on the morning of the revolution and brought down a dictator Military command · Romania 1928–2016
Vang Pao ວ່າງປາວ Royal Lao Army general who led the CIA-backed Hmong army Military command · Laos 1929–2011
Arnaldo Tomás Ochoa Sánchez Arnaldo Tomás Ochoa Sánchez Cuban general of the African expeditionary campaigns Military command · Cuba 1930–1989
Atnafu Abate አጥናፉ አባተ The Derg's last independent leader Military command · Ethiopia 1931–1977
Mohammad Ali Samatar Maxamed Cali Samantar Barre's vice-president who commanded the Ogaden War Military command · Somalia 1931–2016
Iko Carreira Iko Carreira Founder of Angola's People's Armed Forces and its first Defence Minister Military command · Angola 1933–2000
José Van-Dúnem José Jacinto da Silva Vieira Dias Van-Dúnem Angolan political-military leader and co-leader of the Nitista current with Nito Alves Military command · Angola 1939–1977
Saleh Muslih Qasim صالح مصلح قاسم South Yemen's defence minister, shot in the January 1986 Aden violence Military command · South Yemen 1942–1986
Chris Hani Chris Hani The SACP leader who kept the revolutionary flame alive after laying down arms Political and party leadership · South African Communist Party (SACP) 1942–1993
Nito Alves Nito Alves The radical MPLA interior minister who sought Soviet backing only to die in a failed coup Military command · Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 1945–1977
Ahmad Shah Massoud Аҳмадшоҳи Масъуд Panjshir Valley guerrilla commander, the "Lion of Panjshir," who fought Soviet forces and the Taliban Military command c. 1953–2001