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Francis Pegahmagabow
Francis Pegahmagabow

Francis Pegahmagabow was a quiet Ojibwe sniper who turned World War I’s chaos into a disciplined ledger of survival and fear. He came home decorated, unheard, and spent the rest of his life fighting a country that loved his kills more than his voice.
Rank - 126

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Roy Benavidez
Roy Benavidez

Roy Benavidez was a U.S. Army Special Forces medic who, in May 1968, fought for six hours while grievously wounded to rescue surrounded comrades in Vietnam.
His actions redefined battlefield courage, turning sheer willpower and self-sacrifice into living legend.
Rank - 127

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Albert Jacka
Albert Jacka

Albert Jacka was an Australian soldier and the first from his nation to receive the Victoria Cross in World War I for recapturing a trench at Gallipoli in 1915. He survived extraordinary frontline violence only to die young in peacetime, his legend growing larger as his body finally gave out.
Rank - 128

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Ibrahim Pasha
Ibrahim Pasha

Ibrahim Pasha was an Ottoman-Egyptian general and son of Muhammad Ali, famed for his modernized army and ruthless efficiency. He played a decisive, brutal role in suppressing revolts and reshaping power in Greece, Syria, and the eastern Mediterranean during the early 19th century.
Rank - 129

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Robert the Bruce
Robert the Bruce

The Scottish king who turned exile, defeat, and civil war into a long, grinding campaign for independence through patience, guerrilla warfare, and ruthless resolve. His victory at Bannockburn made him a national symbol of endurance, proving that stubborn survival can outlast empires built on force alone.
Rank - 130

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Paddy Mayne
Paddy Mayne

A founding member of the SAS and one of World War II’s most feared raiders, leading audacious nighttime attacks that destroyed enemy airfields and shattered the myth of rear-area safety. Brilliant, violent, and deeply unstable, he embodied the brutal effectiveness of irregular warfare and became a lasting archetype of special forces legend.
Rank - 131

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Jack Churchill
Jack Churchill

A British Army officer in World War II who went into combat armed with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes, turning audacity and spectacle into battlefield weapons. He became legendary for leading commando raids and capturing enemy soldiers through sheer nerve in an age dominated by guns, tanks, and artillery.
Rank - 132

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Kusunoki Masashige
Kusunoki Masashige

A brilliant guerrilla commander who fought to restore imperial rule in medieval Japan. He became a legend by obeying a hopeless order and dying at Minatogawa, immortalized as the embodiment of samurai loyalty.
Rank - 133

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Ragnar Lothbrok
Ragnar Lothbrok

The Viking who died in a snake pit but lived forever in fear, fire, and legend.
Rank - 134

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Saigō Takamori
Saigō Takamori

Saigō Takamori helped forge modern Japan, then died trying to stop it, leading the last samurai into a hopeless stand against rifles, artillery, and the future itself. His defeat at Shiroyama ended feudal warfare and transformed a failed rebel into an immortal symbol of honor crushed by progress.
Rank - 135

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Te Rauparaha
Te Rauparaha

He didn’t conquer death — he just taught it how to keep rhythm.
Rank - 138

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Harold G. “Hal” Moore
Harold G. “Hal” Moore

U.S. Army officer whose calm, uncompromising leadership at the Battle of Ia Drang defined modern airmobile warfare and the brutal reality of command under fire.
Rank - 139

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Arminus
Arminus

He turned Rome’s order into chaos—and the forest into a grave that still whispers.
Rank - 142

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Lê Lợi
Lê Lợi

Lê Lợi (1385–1433) was a Vietnamese patriot-king who led the Lam Sơn uprising and successfully expelled Ming Chinese rule from Vietnam in the early 15th century. He founded the Later Lê dynasty, securing Vietnamese independence and shaping the nation’s political identity for centuries.
Rank - 145

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Smedley D. Butler
Smedley D. Butler

Smedley D. Butler was a two-time Medal of Honor–winning U.S. Marine who spent decades fighting America’s overseas wars during the age of imperial expansion. After retiring, he became one of the nation’s fiercest critics of war profiteering, condemning the very system that had made him famous.
Rank - 148

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Georgios Karaiskakis
Georgios Karaiskakis

Greek revolutionary commander of the War of Independence, famed for ruthless guerrilla tactics, obscene candor, and battlefield brilliance. A klepht turned national hero who fought the Ottoman Empire with ambushes, audacity, and a terminal disregard for authority.
Rank - 151

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Haji Murad
Haji Murad

Mountain warlord, double-crossing survivor, and nightmare of the Russian Empire. He fought for faith, power, and family in that order—then died doing all three at once, proving the Caucasus never belonged to anyone who wanted it neatly.
Rank - 153

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Nurhaci
Nurhaci

He rose from vengeance to empire, turning tribal blood feuds into the blueprint for a dynasty.
Rank - 161

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Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif
Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif

Moulay Ismail ruled Morocco like a furnace with a crown, forging unity through terror, the Black Guard, and a fifty-year rei gn where mercy was the only thing he never built.
Rank - 163

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Askia Muhmmad I
Askia Muhmmad I

Askia Muhammad I rose from seasoned commander to empire-shaping monarch, forging the largest realm in West African history through ruthless discipline, political precision, and relentless conquest.
Rank - 164

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Vlad III Tepes
Vlad III Tepes

Vlad III Țepeș turned a bleeding borderland into a kingdom defended by terror, crafting a legacy where strategy and brutality became the same blade.
Rank - 168

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Banda Singh Bahadur
Banda Singh Bahadur

Banda Singh Bahadur was a fearless Sikh revolutionary who rose from ascetic origins to lead a populist uprising that shattered Mughal power and redefined resistance in 18th-century India.
Rank - 170

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Abd el-Krim
Abd el-Krim

Abd el-Krim was the Amazigh strategist who united the Rif tribes, shattered Spain at Annual, and became a defining symbol of 20th-century anti-colonial resistance.
Rank - 171

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Adrian Carton de Wiart
Adrian Carton de Wiart

A walking catalogue of injuries, Adrian Carton de Wiart charged through the twentieth century’s worst battles with the attitude of a man personally offended by mortality.
Rank - 175

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Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts
Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts

Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts was the ruthless, impeccably dressed Welsh pirate who terrorized the Atlantic before dying in a blaze of cannon fire in 1722.
Rank - 178

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Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny

Otto Skorzeny (1908–1975) was an Austrian SS commando famed for his audacious World War II special operations.
Rank - 179

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Ernesto “Che” Guevara
Ernesto “Che” Guevara

Che Guevara was an Argentine revolutionary and guerrilla commander who became both a symbol of global rebellion and a cautionary tale of how conviction can burn a man alive from the inside out.
Rank - 181

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Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck

In the steaming chaos of East Africa, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck fought the entire British Empire to a standstill with nothing but mosquitoes, discipline, and pure Prussian spite.
Rank - 185

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Cúchulainn
Cúchulainn

He died on his feet so Ireland wouldn’t have to—but she did anyway, again and again, just to keep him company.
Rank - 190

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Dihya (al-Kahina)
Dihya (al-Kahina)

Defiant to her final breath, Dihya united the Berber tribes and turned the desert itself into a weapon against the invading Caliphate.
Rank - 193

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Escadrille Lafayette
Escadrille Lafayette

The Escadrille Lafayette was a World War I fighter squadron formed in 1916 by American volunteer pilots flying for France before the United States formally entered the war. Celebrated as both a combat unit and a propaganda symbol, it helped shape early air combat doctrine while cementing the myth of the fighter pilot as a modern warrior.

Group Rank - 175

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Brigades
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Brigades

The Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga brigades were decentralized mountain infantry formations that emerged as the dominant Kurdish fighting force during the 1991 uprising and later partnered with U.S. forces in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Shaped by guerrilla warfare, clan loyalty, and survival after genocide, they combined local terrain mastery with political fragmentation to secure and hold northern Iraq.

Group Rank - 176

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Kurdish Peshmerga (Barzani & Talabani Forces)
Kurdish Peshmerga (Barzani & Talabani Forces)

The Kurdish Peshmerga are the armed forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, rooted in guerrilla traditions that emphasize mobility, local loyalty, and survival in mountainous terrain. Historically divided along Barzani (KDP) and Talabani (PUK) party lines, they have fought external threats and internal rivals alike while remaining central to Kurdish autonomy and defense.

Group Rank - 177

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Palmach (Haganah Elite Strike Force)
Palmach (Haganah Elite Strike Force)

The elite strike force of the Haganah, formed in 1941 to wage guerrilla war through sabotage, night raids, and rapid assaults during the final years of the British Mandate in Palestine. Hardened by scarcity and constant movement, its fighters helped shape the outcome of the 1948 war and left a lasting imprint on Israel’s military culture.

Group Rank - 178

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French Fusiliers Marins
French Fusiliers Marins

The French Fusiliers Marins are naval infantry trained to fight ashore with the discipline of sailors, the endurance of infantry, and a collective refusal to break once committed.

Group Rank - 181

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Spanish Guerrilleros
Spanish Guerrilleros

A brotherhood of Spanish Guerrilleros rises from the hills and hollows of Iberia to bleed an empire one ambush at a time.

Group Rank - 186

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Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers

In the dust-choked frontier where promises meant nothing and survival meant everything, the Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry carved their legend by riding farther, fighting harder, and enduring longer than a nation that barely acknowledged their existence.

Group Rank - 190

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The Sea Peoples
The Sea Peoples

The Sea Peoples were not a mystery—they were the knife that cut the Bronze Age’s throat.

Group Rank - 192

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Spanish Conquistadores
Spanish Conquistadores

They advanced like a single starving organism made of steel, superstition, and the certainty that the world existed only to be taken.

Group Rank - 193

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Danish Jaeger Corps & Frogmen
Danish Jaeger Corps & Frogmen

They moved as if the cold had carved secret truths into their bones, two brotherhoods built to appear where no one should exist and to leave before anyone realized they were there.

Group Rank - 194

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Hunnic Noble Cavalry
Hunnic Noble Cavalry

A predator aristocracy on horseback, the Hunnic noble cavalry tore across late antiquity with speed, terror, and precision, unraveling empires before they could even form a shield wall.

Group Rank - 195

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Norwegian FSK / Marinejegerkommandoen
Norwegian FSK / Marinejegerkommandoen

The Marinejegerkommandoen move through the world like a cold-water omen, leaving only the hush of their passing behind.

Group Rank - 196

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THE SOLOMONIC KNIGHTS
THE SOLOMONIC KNIGHTS

The Solomonic Knights fought for seven centuries with blades, faith, and terrifying resolve, carving Ethiopia’s destiny into the highlands one battlefield at a time.

Group Rank - 199

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Irish Ranger Wing / SAS in Ulster
Irish Ranger Wing / SAS in Ulster

In the end, they were the men who made the darkness blink first. Not knights, not villains—just professionals in a dirty century, paid to make silence possible again.

Group Rank - 200

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