Militants

Militants

People engaged in warfare or combats.

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Militants

Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, he rose to prominence under the First French Republic. He distinguished himself as a military commander, fighting in Italy. In ...

Chen Wei

People; Militants

The Chinese writer and veteran pro democracy activist Wei Chen was sentenced today by the Suining Intermediate Court in Sichuan (southwest) to 9 years in prison for inciting subversion against the ...

General S Patton

People; Militants

General George Smith Patton, Jr. was born November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. He became one of the United States most successful generals, despite being a complex character who was known ...

Oliver Cromwell

People; Militants

Oliver Cromwell is a contentious figure in British history. Some see him as a defender of Parliamentary democracy fighting a tyrannical King. It is argued his defence of Parliament led to the ...

Wilman Villar

People; Militants

Wilman Villar was a Cuban dissident who died the night of the 19th of January in a hospital in Santiago de Cuba after a hunger strike (to protest for his conviction) that started in prison when he ...

Michael Collins

People; Militants

Born in 1890, Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance and Teachta Dála for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of ...