Famous Generals Recall
Instructions: Test your knowledge of history's greatest military commanders!
- 1.
Which American general commanded Allied forces on D-Day and later became president?
ADwight D. EisenhowerBDouglas MacArthurCOmar BradleyDGeorge Patton - 2.
Which Confederate general was known as the greatest tactician of the American Civil War?
AJames LongstreetBStonewall JacksonCRobert E. LeeDJ.E.B. Stuart - 3.
Which French military leader crowned himself Emperor in 1804?
ANapoleon BonaparteBCharles de GaulleCMarquis de LafayetteDLouis XIV - 4.
Which Union general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House?
AWilliam ShermanBUlysses S. GrantCGeorge McClellanDPhilip Sheridan - 5.
Which British general defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
ABernard MontgomeryBDuke of WellingtonCHoratio NelsonDDuke of Marlborough - 6.
Which American general famously said 'I shall return' when leaving the Philippines in WWII?
ADwight EisenhowerBDouglas MacArthurCGeorge PattonDChester Nimitz - 7.
Which Mongol conqueror built the largest contiguous land empire in history?
ATamerlaneBAttila the HunCKublai KhanDGenghis Khan - 8.
Which WWII American general was known as 'Old Blood and Guts'?
AGeorge PattonBMark ClarkCOmar BradleyDDouglas MacArthur - 9.
Which British field marshal led the Eighth Army to victory at El Alamein in 1942?
AClaude AuchinleckBBernard MontgomeryCHarold AlexanderDArchibald Wavell - 10.
Which German general was known as 'The Desert Fox'?
AFriedrich PaulusBErwin RommelCErich von MansteinDHeinz Guderian - 11.
Which ancient Roman general reformed the army and was elected consul seven times?
APompey the GreatBScipio AfricanusCLucius SullaDGaius Marius - 12.
Which French general led the Free French Forces during World War II?
ACharles de GaulleBJean de Lattre de TassignyCHenri GiraudDPhilippe Pétain - 13.
Which Soviet general led the defense of Stalingrad?
AVasily ChuikovBGeorgy ZhukovCIvan KonevDKonstantin Rokossovsky - 14.
Which Prussian general helped the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo?
AAugust von GneisenauBHelmuth von MoltkeCCarl von ClausewitzDGebhard von Blücher - 15.
Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC?
AScipio AfricanusBJulius CaesarCGaius MariusDMarcus Aurelius
Answer Key
Dwight D. Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe and oversaw the D-Day invasion. He later became the 34th US President.
Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and is widely regarded as one of the greatest military tacticians in American history.
Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France on December 2, 1804, at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
General Ulysses S. Grant accepted Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
The Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) defeated Napoleon at Waterloo on June 18, 1815, ending Napoleon's Hundred Days return to power.
General Douglas MacArthur made this famous promise when ordered to leave the Philippines in 1942, and he fulfilled it by returning in 1944.
Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and conquered vast territories stretching from China to Eastern Europe in the 13th century.
General George S. Patton earned the nickname 'Old Blood and Guts' for his aggressive and bold military leadership during World War II.
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery ('Monty') led the British Eighth Army to a decisive victory over Rommel's Afrika Korps at El Alamein in 1942.
Erwin Rommel earned the nickname 'The Desert Fox' for his cunning tactics commanding the Afrika Korps in North Africa during WWII.
Gaius Marius reformed the Roman army into a professional fighting force and was elected consul an unprecedented seven times.
Charles de Gaulle led the Free French Forces from London during WWII and later became President of France.
General Vasily Chuikov commanded the 62nd Army during the brutal defense of Stalingrad, fighting from building to building against the Germans.
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher led the Prussian army that arrived at Waterloo in time to help Wellington defeat Napoleon decisively.
Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, ending the Second Punic War and earning his honorary name 'Africanus.'