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A photograph of General Richard O'Connor (1889-1981) - on the right - and General Archibald Wavell (1883-1950), the commanders of Operation Compass (9 Dec 40 - 7 Feb 41), the Allied offensive which won several important...

A 1943 photograph of General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British general and then field marshall during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

An 1884 portrait (based on a photograph) of General Charles Gordon (1833-85) dressed in Egyptian uniform when serving as Governor-General in Sudan. Bibliothèque nationale de France

An 1893 painting by George W. Joy titled General Gordon's Last Stand. Gordon was killed in 1885 by Mahdists at the end of the siege of Khartoum during the Mahdist War in Sudan.

A 1940 photograph of General Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), one of the foremost panzer commanders of the German Army during the Second World War (1939-45). Guderian was insturmental in major German victories during the Fall...

A photograph of the German general Erich von Manstein (1887-1973), shown on the left, after the Siege of Sevastopol in 1941-2 during the Second World War (1939-45). The port in the Crimea was captured by Axis forces...

A photograph of the United States Army general George Patton (1885-1945). Patton was a key commander in the Second World War (1939-45).

General Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), photograph by Duffus Bros, taken in 1901 when he was commander-in-chief of the British-led forces in the Boer War (1899-1902).

General Order No. 3, issued in Galveston, Texas, 19 June 1865.

An 1860s photograph of Major General William S. Rosecrans (1819-98) of the US Union Army who served in the American Civil War. Library of Congress