armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

general officer - officers in the army or air force or marines above the rank of colonel

Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola - Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)

Alcibiades - ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)

Antigonus, Antigonus Cyclops, Monophthalmos - a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC)

Anthony, Antonius, Antony, Marcus Antonius, Mark Anthony, Mark Antony - Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

Benedict Arnold, Arnold - United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)

Belisarius - Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians

Belshazzar - (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC)

El Libertador, Simon Bolivar, Bolivar - Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)

Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley, Bradley - United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)

Bragg, Braxton Bragg - Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)

Burgoyne, Gentleman Johnny, John Burgoyne - British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)

A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside, Burnside - United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)

Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar - conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)

Chiang Chung-cheng, Chiang Kai-shek - Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)

Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill - English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)

Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark, Clark - United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984)

Clausewitz, Karl von Clausewitz - Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)

Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay, Clay - United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)

Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey, Clive, Robert Clive - British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)

Charles Cornwallis, Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis - commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown

Cromwell, Ironsides, Oliver Cromwell - English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)

Butcher Cumberland, Cumberland, Duke of Cumberland, William Augustus - English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)

Custer, General Custer, George Armstrong Custer - United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)