10 undefeated military commanders of all time

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1.Thutmose III(1481-1426BC) is considered to be the greatest Warrior Pharaoh in history of Egypt who turned the Egyptian Kingdom into an Empire through about 17 major Campaigns against Syrians,Nubians, Hurrians etc. . His first and the most notable achievement is the Battle of Megiddo in 1457BC where he neutralized a Syrian rebellion. He never lost a battle!

2.Alexander the Great(356-323BC) began his millitary career at the age of 16 at battle of Chaeronea where he commanded a group of Macedonian cavalry. After Conquering the the half of the known world including Persia, Egypt and Parts of India he still remained undefeated and is consderd to be the greatest tactician of all time.

3.Ashoka the Great(304-232BC) a Maurian king who played the major part in spread of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent. He fought many battles in the Kalinga War and is considered to be undefeated in the field.

4.Scipio Africanus the Elder(236-183BC) is best known for defeating the deadliest enemy of the Roman Republic, Hannibal of Barca at battle of Zama. He crushed afterwards the Carthagian army several times and never got defeated in any battle.

5.Khalid ibn al Walid(592-642) is probabely the most genius military commander in history of Islam and Arabs. He fought more than 100 battles, defeated Roman and Persian armies several times with less advanced Caliphate armies while being outnumbered and never lost a battle.

6.Tariq ibn Ziyad(670-720) was a berber freed slave who lead MuslimUmayyed armies alongside his previous master to Iberian peninsula. He is mostly known for defeating the Visigoth army at battle of Gaudalete and have led about 15 campaign in Hispania without losing a single battle.

7.Timur the lenk aka Tamerlane(1330-1405) began his military commander before his rise to power, he proved to be a genius field tactician and a master of warfare, he led several campaigns in Iberia, Armenia,Middle east, Anatolia,India etc. and have an undefeated military record.

8.Yi Sun Sin(1545-1598) is the greatest admiral in history of Korea, he played the major role in defending Korea against the Japanese Invasion during Imjin War. He is also known for improvement of the Korean Geobukseons(eng: turtle ships) in 16th century. He was never defeated in any battle.

9.Alexander Suvorov(1730-1800) was the last Generalissimio of the Russian Empire, led several Campaigns against Poles, Turks, French etc. and up to end of his military career never lost a battle.

10. Paul von Lettow Vorbeck(1870-1964) was the legendary commander of the German Schutztruppe during the first world war. He successfully repulsed the British and Belgian Invasion of the German East Africa several times with outnumbered army which was made up of mostly native African Askari. He was never defeated in the battlefield.


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Where's Genghis Khan? The only Emperor who conquered all of Asia and destroyed the long-reign of Muslim Caliphate in 1200 A.D