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Erich von Manstein
Erich von Manstein (Fritz Erich von Lewinski, 1887–1973), German field marshal, planner of the 1940 Sichelschnitt Ardennes thrust, commander of 11th Army and Army Group South, convicted war criminal, and leading postwar promoter of the clean Wehrmacht myth through his memoir Lost Victories.
Ernest Medina
Ernest Medina, US Army captain, commanded Charlie Company, 1/20th Infantry, at the 1968 My Lai massacre, Son My village, Quang Ngai. Charged with murder March 1970; acquitted of all charges, including command responsibility, at Fort McPherson on 22 September 1971.
Ernő Kiss
Ernő Kiss (Kiss Ernő) was a Hungarian lieutenant general of Armenian descent who led the first honvéd forces in the 1848–1849 Revolution and was one of the thirteen Martyrs of Arad, executed on 6 October 1849.
Ernő Poeltenberg
Ernő Poeltenberg (Ernst Poelt, Ritter von Poeltenberg) was an Austrian-born cavalry officer who became a Hungarian general and was hanged at Arad on 6 October 1849.
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
Ernst Gideon von Laudon was an Austrian field marshal of Livonian birth who fought Frederick the Great in the Seven Years' War and captured Belgrade in 1789.
Ernst Põdder
Ernst Põdder (1879–1932) was an Estonian major general who led the Defence League, won the Battle of Cēsis in 1919, and crushed the 1924 communist coup attempt.
Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg
Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638–1701) was an Austrian imperial field marshal best known for commanding the defense of Vienna against the Ottoman siege of 1683.
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), the "Desert Fox," German field marshal of the Afrika Korps in North Africa and Army Group B in Normandy; forced to commit suicide after the July 20, 1944 plot; subject of a contested chivalry myth.
Erwin von Witzleben
Erwin von Witzleben (Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben), German field marshal (1881-1944), Commander in Chief West, highest-ranking officer executed after the failed 20 July 1944 Hitler assassination plot.
Esteban Arze
Esteban Arze, or Esteban Mariano Arze Alba y Uriona, was a criollo military leader who commanded forces during the 1810 Cochabamba uprising and subsequently won the battle at Aroma.
Ezequiel Zamora
Ezequiel Zamora (1817–1860) was a Venezuelan popular leader and military strategist who led the 1846 peasant insurrection under the slogan "tierra y hombres libres" and commanded Federal War forces.
Fabian Ver
Fabian Ver, born Fabian Crisologo Ver, was a Filipino general and cousin of Ferdinand Marcos who served as chief of staff of the Philippine armed forces.
Fabio Rispoli
Fabio Rispoli, Italian midfielder born in Milan in 2006, Como 1907 academy product, nephew of Giuseppe Greco; loan spells at Virtus Verona, Catanzaro, and FC Südtirol in Serie B; Italy Under-21 debut in 2026.
Fayyaz Hussain Shah
Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah, Pakistani Army lieutenant general of the 4 Sindh Regiment (80th PMA Long Course), ex-IG Frontier Corps North and IG Training and Evaluation, Commander IV Corps Lahore from January 2025.
Fedor von Bock
Fedor von Bock (1880–1945), German Generalfeldmarschall; commanded Army Group North in Poland, Army Group B in France 1940, Army Group Center at Moscow 1941, and Army Group South 1942; twice dismissed by Hitler; died in a British air attack in May 1945.
Felix Steiner
Felix Steiner (1896–1966), German Waffen-SS general born in Stallupönen, East Prussia; trained the SS-Verfügungstruppe on storm-battalion tactics, commanded Division Wiking and III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps, defied Hitler's 1945 Berlin relief order, and later wrote apologist works rehabilitating the Waffen-SS.
Ferdinand Schörner
Ferdinand Schörner (Johann Ferdinand Schörner, 1892–1973) was a German field marshal, the last Heer officer promoted during the war, who commanded army groups on the Eastern Front and was named in Hitler's testament.
Ferhad Şamî
Ferhad Şamî, also known as Farhad Shami, is a Syrian Kurdish journalist who serves as spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces and directs its media center.
Flor Crombet
Flor Crombet, born Francisco Adolfo Crombet Tejera (1851–1895), was a Cuban independence general who fought in all three of Cuba's nineteenth-century wars against Spain and commanded the 1895 expedition that landed Antonio Maceo in Cuba.
Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Frank Blair, 1821–1875), Missouri congressman, Union major general who helped keep Missouri in the Union, 1868 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, and U.S. senator 1871–1873.
Francisco Bolognesi
Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes was a Peruvian army colonel who commanded the defense of Arica in the War of the Pacific and died when Chilean forces stormed the Morro on 7 June 1880.
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816), Venezuelan-born Precursor of Spanish American independence; served in Spanish, French, and Venezuelan armies; wrote federal constitutional projects; left the 63-volume Colombeia archive; died in Cádiz prison.
Francisco Hernández Girón
Francisco Hernández Girón was a Spanish conquistador and encomendero in Peru who led the last major encomendero uprising against royal authority from 1553 to 1554.
Franciszek Kleeberg
Franciszek Kleeberg (1888–1941) was a Polish general who commanded Independent Operational Group "Polesie" in the Battle of Kock, the last battle of the 1939 campaign.
François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé
François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé (1739–1800) was a French general and colonial administrator who seized several British Caribbean islands and organized Louis XVI's 1791 flight from Paris.
François Joseph Lefebvre
François Joseph Lefebvre, duc de Dantzig (1755-1820), French marshal and peer; sergeant in the gardes françaises who fought at Fleurus, backed 18 Brumaire, took Danzig's 1807 capitulation, and led the Old Guard in Russia and France.
Frank Merrill
Frank Dow Merrill (1903–1955), American major general, West Point class of 1929 and Japanese-language officer, commanded the 5307th Composite Unit, Merrill's Marauders, in Burma 1944, capturing Myitkyina airfield before heart trouble ended his field command.
Frank Ross McCoy
Frank Ross McCoy (1874–1954) was a United States Army major general and soldier-diplomat who chaired the Far Eastern Commission overseeing occupied Japan from 1945 to 1949.
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf was an Austrian field marshal and chief of the Austro-Hungarian general staff from 1906 to 1917, a leading advocate of preventive war.
Franz Halder
Franz Halder (1884–1972), German Generaloberst and Chief of the Army General Staff 1938–1942, planned the Poland, France, and Soviet campaigns; later led the US Army Historical Division and helped shape the clean Wehrmacht myth.