Kit Carson
American frontiersman & Army officer born in 1809. Symbol of colonial expansion & Native American genocide.
Wilhelm Canaris
German admiral born in 1887. Turned against Hitler & was executed for high treason.
Evangeline Booth
English evangelist, author, & first woman General of The Salvation Army born in 1865.
George Armstrong Custer
American Army officer & cavalry commander in the American Civil War & the American Indian Wars.
Warwick the Kingmaker
English nobleman, administrator, & military commander born in 1428. Instrumental in deposing two kings.
Jacques de Bollardière
French Army general born in 1907. Famous for his non-violent positions during the 1960s.
Jean-Baptiste Marchand
French colonial military officer in Africa born in 1863. Commander during Fashoda Incident.
Claus von Stauffenberg
German army officer born in 1907 & known for his failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Alfred Dreyfus
French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry born in 1859. Tried for treason in the infamous “Dreyfus Affair”.
Albrecht Von Wallenstein
Bohemian military leader & statesman born in 1583. Major figure in the Thirty Years’ War.