1. Adolf Hitler
   Alexander the Great
2. George Washington

With his slicked hair and beady little eyes, Adolf Hitler fit the bill as one of history’s evilest men. His 1939 invasion of Poland started WWII.

1. Louis Botha
   Nathan Bedford Forrest
2. Ulysses S. Grant

As the cataclysm of the Civil War consumed America, Ulysses Grant took control of some of the most important battles, and he won his Virginia Campaign, which helped to end the conflict.

1. George Washington
   Thomas Jefferson
2. Ben Franklin

In 1775, George Washington took command of the Continental Army, tasked with bringing independence to the colonies. Washington’s legendary courage eventually led his men to a rousing victory over the redcoats.

1. Teddy Roosevelt
   William T. Sherman
2. Ferdinand Foch

During the Great War, French General Ferdinand Foch became Supreme Allied Commander. He was known as a driven leader who was relentless in his efforts to beat back the Germans.

1. George Washington
   Dwight Eisenhower
2. George W. Bush

During WWII, Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces that invaded and then liberated Europe from the Nazis. He was later elected president.

1. Francisco Pizarro
   Robert E. Lee
2. Simon Bolivar

Robert E. Lee was a masterful tactician in the Civil War, unafraid to take on armies bigger than his own. He won most of his battles, but a defeat at Gettysburg left the Confederacy on the ropes.

1. Alexander the Fantastic
   Alexander the Great
2. Alexander the OK

Although his reign started in 336 BC, Alexander the Great is still noted as one of the most dominant military leaders ever. He used his armies to build an immense empire that was eventually destroyed by civil wars.

1. George Washington
   Oliver Cromwell
2. William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror was a Norman commander who rose to lead Normandy in the early 11th century. Then, he set out to invade England, an effort that was ultimately successful.

1. Turenne
   Francis Drake
2. Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel made himself a hero in WWI, and in WWII he created an amazing sequel. The "Desert Fox" confounded Allied forces in North Africa and became a legend of the war.

1. Geronimo
   Shaka Zulu
2. Napoleon

Geronimo was an Apache war commander who used guerrilla tactics to battle the U.S. Army for 25 years in the Southwest. In 1886, he was finally captured for good.

1. Maurice de Saxe
   Andre Massena
2. William T. Sherman

In late 1864, Union General William T. Sherman pushed through Georgia to the coast, destroying everything in his path. His strategy was brutal ... and effective.

1. Saladin
   Julius Caesar
2. Napoleon

In the early 19th century, Napoleon’s military prowess made him Emperor of France and one of the most powerful men on the planet. Then, at the Battle of Waterloo, his men were defeated, and Napoleon wound up in exile.

1. Frederick the Great
   John Jervis
2. William Wallace

William Wallace was a Scottish knight who battled against the English for Scottish independence. He was captured and executed (in the worst way possible) in 1305.

1. Genghis Khan
   Napoleon
2. Adolf Hitler

Genghis Khan was a Mongolian ruler who set out to conquer the world, and he mostly succeeded in his goals. His men killed off many villages and towns as they laid waste to civilizations across Asia.

1. Edward I
   William the Conqueror
2. Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle was a POW in WWI and then served with distinction in WWII. He was a war hero who ascended to a well-regarded presidency.

1. Vladimir Putin
   Che Guevara
2. Donald Trump

Che Guevara, or just "Che," was a Marxist revolutionary who fought to improve life in Latin America in the 20th century. In 1967, at age 39, he was executed by firing squad.

1. Francisco Franco
   William Wallace
2. Douglas MacArthur

The Japanese drove MacArthur out of the Philippines in 1941, but he swore he’d be back. In the end, the spotlight-loving MacArthur made good on his promise.

1. Hernando Cortez
   Christopher Columbus
2. Galileo

In the early 1500s, Hernando Cortez landed in the Aztec Empire with just a few hundred men. His political manipulations allowed him to rot the Empire from within.

1. Horatio Nelson
   George S. Patton
2. Michel Ney

As the WWII Battle of the Bulge raged, American troops were stranded by winter weather and German foes. Patton, ever the madman, drove his men to the scene and they drove back the Nazis, putting an end to the final German offensive of the war.

1. Duke of Wellington
   Duke of Austria
2. Duke of Hazzard

“Iron Duke" Arthur Wellington made Napoleon’s life hell. He frustrated the French in Spain and then helped beat them for good at the Battle of Waterloo.

1. Georgi Zhukov
   George Washington
2. GEORGE WASHINGTON

Georgi Zhukov was a vital Soviet commander in WWII, one who led the defenses during Nazi offensives. Then, he took the fight to the Germans ... and blasted his way to Berlin.

1. Curtis LeMay
   Moshe Dayan
2. Enoch Powell

Curtis LeMay was a general in the U.S. Air Force during WWII and created methods of systematically demolishing Japanese cities from the air. His planes also dropped the only two atomic weapons ever used in war.

1. Alexander the Great
   Genghis Khan
2. George Washington

In the winter of 1777-78, George Washington hunkered down at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania with a dying army. But emergency measures and new training built a better military that gave the British fits.

1. Isoroku Yamamoto
   William Wallace
2. William Slim

Yamamoto was a whipsmart Japanese commander who plotted the Pearl Harbor attack. His personal plane was pinpointed by U.S. intelligence and shot down later in the war.

1. Ferdinand Foch
   Heihachiro Togo
2. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate general during the Civil War who earned a reputation for battlefield smarts. He was shot by his own men and died a week later, partly from complications due to pneumonia and partly from, you know, having his arm sawed off.

1. Harold G. “Hal” Moore
   Erich von Manstein
2. Raymond Spruance

At the Battle of la Drang, American troops were stranded. Harold G. "Hal" Moore’s incredible command of the situation helped influence strategies for the rest of the war.

1. Erich Ludendorff
   John J. Pershing
2. George Washington

John J. Pershing was the commander of the American forces sent to WWI. The British and French wanted to put American troops to use as they saw fit — Pershing said, "No, thanks," we have our own way of doing things.

1. William Halsey
   Ivan Konev
2. George Marshall

At the outset of WWII, America had a small, outdated fighting force. In stepped George Marshall, who revolutionized the military and helped the Allies win the war.

1. Matthew B. Ridgway
   Sitting Bull
2. Vo Nguyen Giap

Matthew B. Ridgway was a WWII hero who was told to turn things around during the Korean War. He’s often spotlighted as the man who helped flip the conflict in favor of the U.N.

1. Chester Nimitz
   Mao Zedong
2. Donald Trump

Mao Zedong was a revolutionary who saw Communism as the savior of China. He helped build a controlling government that pushed for modernity at the cost of millions of civilian lives.