Defence/military Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a well-known Russian revolutionary whose political philosophy was the revolutionary doctrine kno

Was a well-known Russian revolutionary whose political philosophy was the revolutionary doctrine known as collectivist anarchism.

Was a Russian Field Marshal prominent in the Catherinian wars and the Napoleonic campaigns Mikhail K

Was a Russian Field Marshal prominent in the Catherinian wars and the Napoleonic campaigns Mikhail Kamensky served as a volunteer in the French army in 1758-1759.

Was the Russian Field Marshal popularly credited with halting Napoleon's invasion of Russia and savi

Was the Russian Field Marshal popularly credited with halting Napoleon's invasion of Russia and saving it from certain defeat.

Was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the titular head of state of the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1946. T

Was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the titular head of state of the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1946. Though only four years older than Joseph Stalin, Kalinin was celebrated as Dedushka ("Grandpa") by the Young Pioneers. Two large cities, Tver and Königsberg, were renamed in his honor; the latter has retained the name Kaliningrad after the fall of the USSR.

Was a Soviet military commander, chief of the Red Army (1925–1928), and one of the most promi

Was a Soviet military commander, chief of the Red Army (1925–1928), and one of the most prominent victims of Stalin's Great Purge of the late 1930s.

Was a general of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. Yoshitsune

Was a general of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. Yoshitsune was the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. Yoshitsune's older brother Minamoto no Yoritomo (the third son of Yoshitomo) founded the Kamakura shogunate. Yoshitsune's name in childhood was Ushiwakamaru (???).

Was a prominent Algerian leader during the war of independence. He was captured by French paratroope

Was a prominent Algerian leader during the war of independence. He was captured by French paratroopers in February 1957 while supervising the guerilla actions of the FLN in the Battle of Algiers and tortured and then executed by the French Special Services. His "suicide" was announced on March 6, 1957. He is considered in Algeria as a National Hero.

Was a Captain in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 1948 in the vill

Was a Captain in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 1948 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babugonj upazilla of Barisal district. He was an officer in Sector 7 of the Muktibahini. He was killed in an attempt to break through enemy defence on the bank of the Mahananda River. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area and led to the fall of the position to the Pakistan Army. The main gate of Dhaka Cantonment- "Shaheed Jahangir Gate" is named in his honour.

Was a famed Armenian military commander in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. He is largely credited for majo

Was a famed Armenian military commander in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. He is largely credited for major military victories against Azerbaijan from the late autumn of 1992 to his death in June 1993. Melkonian had no prior service record in any country's army

Was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Force

Was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958), he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new State of Israel.

Better known as Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal was a sepoy in Bangladesh Army during the Liberation War

Better known as Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal was a sepoy in Bangladesh Army during the Liberation War.On 18 April 1971, Mostofa Kamal was killed in a defensive battle against the occupying Pakistan Army in Daruin village of Comilla. His action inflicted heavy casualties on his enemy troops.

Was the president and military ruler of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988. Appoint

Was the president and military ruler of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988. Appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1976, General Zia-ul-Haq came to power after he overthrew ruling Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in a military coup d'état on July 5, 1977 and became the state's third ruler to impose martial law. The coup itself was largely bloodless; however, he later had Bhutto executed.

Was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well a

Was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President.Mustafa Kemal established himself as an intelligent and extremely capable military commander while serving as a division commander at the Battle of Gallipoli. He later fought with distinction on the eastern Anatolian and Palestinian fronts, making a name for himself during World War I