Codename: Nick
This name was given to Confederate General Thomas Jackson for standing firm as bricks at the First Battle of Bull Run
What is Stonewall
This battle saw the Spartan 300, led by Leonidas facing off against the Persians and their King Xerxes
What was the Battle of Thermopylae
This General took over most of Asia, expanded influence into Europe, and is related to 16 million people today.
Who was Genghis Khan
This code name for the largest land invasion in recorded history saw Russia being invaded again and repel its invaders again after using their greatest weapon... Old Man Winter!
What was Operation Barbarossa?
"Veni, vidi, vici" was uttered by this military leader after an easy victory at the Battle of Zela in Asia Minor (now in present-day Turkey) in 47 BC
Who was Julius Caesar?
This brutal title was given to Wallachian Voivode Vlad III due to his habit of sticking his enemies onto stakes.
What is The Impaler
This battle had the English Duke of Cumberland against Marshal de Saxe of France, who famously utilized a 'masked battery' at the edge of the woods.
What was the Battle of Fontenoy
Which General turned President oversaw Operation Overlord and the Storming of Normandy
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower
This letter to the Mexican Government from Germany urged them to invade America so the Americans would stay out of Europe during the war. This promptly led to America going into Europe after the British decoded it
What was the Zimmerman Telegram
"War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over" was coined by this Union Civil War General who walked the walked and talked the talked in his March to the Sea
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman
This animalistic title was given to King Richard I of England because of his great leadership in combat
What is Lionheart
This Napoleonic battle off the coast of Spain was one of the only naval affairs during the period, and saw Admiral Horatio Nelson die, but England won, securing control of the waves.
What was the Battle of Trafalgar
This General was in command of the Pacific Theater of World War II, and parts of the Korean War, and was fired due to his Nuke-happy mindset
Who was Douglas MacArthur
This was the policy by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain who implemented it an effort to prevent a war with Germany. He would allow Germany to take whatever lands they wanted, as long as they didn't start a war... We all know how it turn out
What was Appeasement
This famed and extremely quotable General once remarked to his officers "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte
This name for Finnish sharpshooter Simo Hayha, was given because of his ability to dispatch huge numbers of enemies from his snow embankment.
What is The White Death
This battle was fought between the English and Germans on a French river, and is notable for it's importance of airpower, and saw the first use of the tank in combat
What was the Battle of The Somme
This General is known for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, and later became Prime Minister of England
Who was Arthur Wellesley/The Duke of Wellington
This blunder saw a three-pronged invasion of New York State completely fall apart at the hands of none other than Benedict Arnold
What was the Battles of Saratoga/Saratoga Campaign
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, whole defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win" is a notable quote written by this Asian philosopher and general
Who was Sun Tzu
This nickname was given to James Butler Hickok because of his daring strategies during the Civil War, and the gunfights he got into in the Old West
What is Wild Bill
This Shakespearean battle of the Hundred Years War had Henry V of England's outnumbered archers skillfully turn the tide of the battle against the French, led by Charles d'Albret
What was the Battle of Agincourt
This General marched through the Alps with his army, containing several war elephants, to invade Rome
Who was Hannibal
This event kicked of the a war with Spanish, and occured in Havana Harbour. The Spanish were blamed in the American newspapers, many of which used yellow journalism, since they wanted the war to occur. Remember! To hell with Spain!
What was the sinking of the USS Maine
The concept of the "Fog of War" is attributed to this Prussian general and military theorist when he stated "War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty."
Who was Carl von Clausewitz?