He was a ruthless leader with a gift for politics. In an age of short and often brutal lives, he reigned for over thi...

He was an experienced commander sent to impose order on a rebellious colony. He soundly defeated the man who would co...

He was a national hero, the commander who defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Five ...

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It was one of the most significant land grabs in history. Acting on what many believe to be secret orders from Presid...

Though his name was Rodrigo Diaz, he was known simply as El Cid (The Leader). Yet recent scholarship has exposed many...

To speed up his campaign, he split command between Marshal Zhukov in the center and Marshal Konev in the south trigge...

On November 15, 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman left Atlanta with 62,000 men and headed toward the Georg...

Many said he was a cruel traitor, usurper, and hypocrite. Others found him broad-minded, tolerant, passionately relig...

His reign of conquest began in 1,000 BC with the death of King Saul. King David vanquished all other contenders to th...

His name is, without question, synonymous with that of ""Conqueror"", though he never considered himself as such. He ...

In 58 BC, Julius Caesar pushed north from Rome into the unruly lands of the barbarians. Less than eight years later, ...

Suleiman I, a 16th-century sultan of Ottoman Empire.

A profile of Julius Caesar focuses on his conquest of Gaul (58-52 B.C.), which extended the Roman Empire to the Atlan...

A profile of the Macedonian ruler and military commander Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)