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| Feb.26 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi king replaces military chiefs in shake-up |
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| Dec.16 |
Argentina |
ARA San Juan: Argentina navy chief sacked |
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| Sep.17 |
Myanmar |
Rohingya 'extremists' trying to build stronghold - Myanmar army
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| Sep.3 |
Washington |
North Korea threat: Mattis warns of 'massive military response' |
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| Aug.17 |
Washington |
USS Fitzgerald: US Navy to discipline dozen sailors |
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| Feb.20 |
Washington |
Trump names Lt Gen HR McMaster as national security adviser
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| Feb.2 |
South Korea |
Mattis warns North Korea of 'overwhelming' response to nuclear use |
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| Feb.1 |
South Korea |
US defence chief Mattis visiting South Korea and Japan
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| Jan.7 |
Ivory Coast |
Ivory Coast defence minister freed by mutinous soldiers |
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| Dec.7 |
Washington |
Border hawk ex-general to run US security |
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| Dec.1 |
Ohio |
Trump names Gen James 'Mad Dog' Mattis as defence secretary
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| Sep.8 |
Aleppo |
Syria conflict: Senior militant leader 'killed' near Aleppo |
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| Jul.7 |
Chile |
Chile Caravan of Death: Former army commander Cheyre arrested |
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| May.21 |
Northern Syria |
Top US commander makes secret visit to northern Syria |
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| May.12 |
 Damascus |
Top Hezbollah commander Badreddine killed 
Mustafa Amine Badreddine has been killed in an Israeli operation in Syria, the Lebanon-based Shia militant organisation says
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| Feb.10 |
 North Korea |
N. Korean leader Kim had his military chief executed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had Ri Yong Gil, his military chief, executed for corruption
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| May.14 |
Burundi |
Burundi coup bid: Mutineer general says plot has failed |
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| May.12 |
North Korea |
North Korea Defence Chief Hyon Yong-chol 'executed' Defence Minister Hyon Yong-chol has been executed, South Korea's spy agency has told parliament, according to media reports
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| Dec.1 |
Colombia |
Colombia's Gen Alzate resigns |
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| Nov.30 |
Colombia |
Colombian rebels free captured general
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| Nov.18 |
Colombia |
Colombian rebel leaders confirm capture of top general |
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| Nov.2 |
Burkina Faso |
Burkinabe army 'to hand over power' |
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| Aug.20 |
Bangkok |
Thailand's army ruler to take up new post as prime minister
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Guatemala |
Head of Guatemalan military dies in chopper crash |
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| Aug.5 |
 Kabul |
US general Harold Greene killed by Afghan soldier 
Maj Gen Harold Greene has been killed in an attack by an Afghan soldier at a British-run military academy near Kabul
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| May.22 |
Bangkok |
Coup leader summons Thai politicians |
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| May.18 |
Damascus |
Head of Syrian air defense killed, official says |
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| May.16 |
Laos |
Lao defense chief, 4 others killed in plane crash
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| Mar.26 |
 Cairo |
Egypt army head runs for presidency Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced that he has resigned as Egypt's military chief in order to stand for the presidency
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| Mar.25 |
Kiev |
Ukraine's parliament ousts defense minister |
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| Mar.4 |
Cairo |
Sisi hints at Egypt presidential bid |
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| Mar.2 |
Crimea |
New Ukraine navy chief defects
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| Mar.1 |
Mumbai |
Submarine accident leaves 2 sailors dead and navy chief out of job |
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| Jan.5 |
Southern Sudan |
South Sudan general killed in ambush |
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| Nov.18 |
Northern Syria |
Top Syrian rebel commander dies
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| Oct.11 |
Vietnam |
Vietnam state funeral for general |
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| Oct.4 |
Vietnam |
Legendary Vietnam General and Ho Chi Minh disciple dies at 102
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| Aug.18 |
Cairo |
Army chief al-Sisi: Room for all in Egypt |
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| Aug.5 |
Istanbul |
Turkish general jailed over 'plot' |
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| Jul.24 |
Cairo |
Egyptian army chief calls protests |
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| Jun.9 |
Libya |
Libya army chief of staff 'resigns' |
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| Feb.26 |
U.S. Senate |
Hagel confirmed as defence secretary
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| Jan.7 |
Washington |
Obama's Pentagon pick stokes row
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| Dec.26 |
Syria |
Syrian military police chief defects |
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| Nov.16 |
Hague |
War court clears Croatia generals |
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| Nov.14 |
 Gaza |
Hamas military leader killed by Israeli strike Map of Gaza City Israel Ahmed Jabr, the head of Hamas' military wing, was killed Wednesday in Gaza by an Israeli "surgical" strike, the Israeli military announced
| U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting. Hamas' military wing warned that Israelis had opened 'the gates of hell on themselves' with the move
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| Nov.12 |
USA |
Petraeus scandal engulfs US commander Allen
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| Nov.9 |
CIA |
CIA's Petraeus quits over affair CIA director David Petraeus has resigned from his post, admitting he had an extra-marital affair that was conducted with his biographer
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| Nov.6 |
Moscow |
Putin dismisses defence minister |
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| Aug.12 |
Egypt |
Egypt president 'retires' military figures Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is replacing top generals and reasserting power the military claimed for itself before he took office
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| Jul.29 |
USA |
Panetta: Aleppo 'nail in Assad's coffin' |
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| Jul.17 |
North Korea |
North Korea's Kim named marshal |
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
North Korea military head removed
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Egypt |
Clinton meets Egypt army leader |
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| Jul.9 |
Egypt |
Egypt military 'warns' president |
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| Jul.6 |
Syria |
High-ranking general defects from Syrian military |
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| Feb.11 |
Syria |
Syrian military hospital chief killed
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| Jan.12 |
Washington |
Pentagon chief anger at 'urination' video |
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| Dec.30 |
North Korea |
Kim Jong-un named army commander |
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| Nov.6 |
Guatemala |
Perez Molina wins Guatemalan election |
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| Sep.6 |
UN Tribunal |
Ex-Yugoslav army chief jailed at Hague |
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| Sep.5 |
 Niger |
Libya army convoy reaches Niger The vehicles rolled into the town of Agadez; one report said they were accompanied by well-armed Tuareg tribal fighters
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| Jul.28 |
Eastern Libya |
Top Libyan rebel commander killed Gen Abdel Fattah Younes, the military commander of the Libyan rebels fighting to topple Col Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed
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| May.28 |
Northern Afghanistan |
Suicide blast: 1 general killed, 1 injured
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| Apr.27 |
CIA |
Petraeus to be next head of CIA |
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| Apr.18 |
Washington |
McChrystal cleared of misconduct |
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| Mar.7 |
Kabul |
US defence chief in Afghan visit |
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| Feb.5 |
California |
US ally from Laos, Vang Pao, remembered |
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| Jan.11 |
Beijing |
Gates: N. Korea may pose 'direct threat' |
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| Nov.25 |
South Korea |
S Korea names new defence chief |
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South Korea |
South Korean defense minister resigns
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| Oct.21 |
Canada |
Military commander gets life for killing 2
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| Sep.6 |
Afghanistan |
Petraeus: Quran-burning harms troops |
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| Aug.24 |
Washington |
General warns on Afghan deadline |
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| Jul.20 |
South Korea |
Clinton and Gates visit Korea DMZ |
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| Jul.3 |
Kabul |
Petraeus takes over Afghan campaign |
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| Jun.29 |
U.S. Senate |
Petraeus: Afghan fighting may worsen |
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| Jun.26 |
Kabul |
Karzai backs choice of Petraeus |
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| Jun.23 |
Washington |
Obama fires US Afghan commander
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| Jun.22 |
Washington |
Obama 'angry' over McChrystal claims |
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| Jun.19 |
Johannesburg |
Rwanda ex-army chief Nyamwasa shot |
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| Mar.15 |
Sri Lanka |
General Fonseka set to face military trial |
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| Feb.26 |
Turkey |
Ex-generals charged over 'plot'
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| Feb.14 |
Afghanistan |
McChrystal regrets Afghan deaths |
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| Jan.6 |
Honduras |
Arrest warrants for military high command |
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| Dec.8 |
U.S. Senate |
McChrystal: Next 18 months 'critical' |
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| Dec.7 |
Afghanistan |
U.S. defense secretary arrives |
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| Oct.18 |
Southern Iran |
Commanders assassinated
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| Aug.21 |
Iran |
Defence minister-designate on Interpol list
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| Jul.6 |
Washington |
Ex-Pentagon chief McNamara dies |
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| May.11 |
Washington |
US sacks top Afghanistan general |
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| Jan.22 |
Congo |
DR Congo rebel leader arrested
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| Dec.29 |
Jerusalem |
Barak: Israel in 'all-out war' with Hamas
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| Sep.15 |
Baghdad |
Gates arrives to oversee command change |
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| Sep.11 |
Washington |
Bush to adopt Petraeus advice on troops |
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| Nov.8 |
 Washington |
Bush replaces Rumsfeld by Gates President former CIA chief introduced Robert Gates as his nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense
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| Oct.12 |
London |
General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal
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| Sep.19 |
 Thailand |
Army chief leads coup while PM away The chiefs of the army, navy and air force met with King Adulyadej to declare they were taking over the country
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| Jun.25 |
Sri Lanka |
Bomber kills general |
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| Dec.8 |
Spain |
Croatian fugitive general seized
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| Jun.3 |
Singapore |
Rumsfeld: China needs freer government |
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| Dec.23 |
Iraq |
Rumsfeld arrives for surprise visit |
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| Dec.3 |
Washington |
Bush Keeps Rumsfeld, Names Kerik |
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| May.13 |
Baghdad |
Rumsfeld visits Abu Ghraib prison |
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| May.7 |
Washington |
Rumsfeld apologizes |
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| Sep.19 |
Mosul |
Former defense minister surrenders |
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| Apr.12 |
Iraq |
Saddam aide surrenders |
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| Jul.25 |
Croatia |
General surrenders to U.N. court |
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| Dec.28 |
Washington |
Rumsfeld to lead Pentagon
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| Nov. 22, 1890 |
 France |
Charles De Gaulle born Map of Lille France| A French general, resistant, writer and statesman. He was the leader of Free France. He founded the Fifth Republic | |
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| Nov. 30, 1874 |
 England |
Winston Churchill born Map of Blenheim Palace United Kingdom| A British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955 | |
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| Dec. 5, 1867 |
 Lithuania |
Marshal Pilsudski born Map of Zalavas Lithuania Józef Klemens Pilsudski was a Polish statesman; Chief of State and de facto dictator (1926–35) of the Second Polish Republic
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| Mar. 24, 1794 |
Poland |
Kosciusko leads national uprising in Poland Map of Krak%F3w Poland Kosciusko fought in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and Prussia, and in the American Revolutionary War
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| Jul. 24, 1783 |
 Venezuela |
Simon Bolivar born Map of Caracas Venezuela| Played an instrumental role in the establishment of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia as sovereign states independent of Spain | |
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| Oct. 19, 1781 |
Virginia |
Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown Map of Yorktown Virginia Virginia He inflicted an embarrassing defeat on the American army at the Battle of Camden, though he surrendered his army at Yorktown
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| Oct. 17, 1777 |
Upstate New York |
General Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga John Burgoyne was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. Burgoyne is best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War
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| Aug. 15, 1769 |
Southern France |
Napoleon Bonaparte born Map of Ajaccio Corsica France| Born to Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino in his family's ancestral home, in Ajaccio, the capital of the island of Corsica. He was a French military and political leader who rose to pr... | |
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| Apr. 29, 1769 |
 Ireland |
Duke of Wellington born Map of County Dublin Ireland An Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of Britain. His defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815
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| Sep. 29, 1758 |
England |
Lord Nelson born He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of naval victories
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| Nov. 16, 1632 |
 Eastern Germany |
King Gustavus Adolphus killed as battle of Lutzen ends Map of L%FCtzen Germany The founder of Sweden as a Great Power. He led Sweden to military supremacy during the Thirty Years War
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