Throughout history, there were many notorious Georgian military figures and commanders serving in the Georgian, Turkish, Iranian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other country's military forces from BC till today. There were around 100 high-ranking officers serving in the Polish army during
World War II alone. Most prominent figures served in Russian, US and Persian armies.
Giorgi Saakadze (1570–1629), Georgian, Safavid and Ottoman military commander who won many battles against Muslim coalition forces and also battles for the Ottoman and Safavid Empire; notorious for annihilating an Iranian army at the
Battle of Martqopi in 1625 almost without own losses
Pyotr Bagration (1765–1812), one of the most prominent generals in Russian military history and most respected opponent of
Napoleon; the Soviet counterattack against German forces in
World War II was named after him,
Operation Bagration
Alexander Imeretinsky (1837–1900), Georgian-Russian prince; lieutenant general and hero of the
Russo-Turkish War; became governor-general of Warsaw in 1897
Ivane Kazbegi (1860–1943), major general of the Russian Empire, then major general of the Polish Army and strategist at the Polish Academy of Defence
Kote Abkhazi (1867–1923), general of the Russian Empire and Georgian resistance fighter
Zakaria Bakradze (1870–1938), brigadier general of the Polish army
Giorgi Mazniashvili (1872–1937), general in Russian and Georgian service; defeated three enemy armies invading Georgia
Valerian Tevzadze (1894–1987), colonel of the
Polish army and resistance fighter in World War II, later against the Soviet rule until his death in 1987
Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), marshal of the Soviet Union and main ideologist and architect, as well as chief of the Soviet secret police,
NKVD
Dimitri Amilakhvari (1906–1942), colonel of the French Foreign Legion, fighting on almost every important spot during the war, hero of France and iconic figure of the French resistance during
World War II
Noe Adamia (1914–1942), Soviet sniper, hero of the Soviet Union
Meliton Kantaria (1920–1993), sergeant of the Red Army who raised the Soviet victory banner over the Reichstag in Berlin, April 30, 1945
Geno Adamia (1936–1993), Georgian major general and garrison commander of
Sukhumi; executed with the entire garrison and extermination of the city's population by Abkhazian militia during the
Sukhumi massacre
John Shalikashvili (Poland, 1936–2011), general of the United States, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe; partially solved Kurdish conflict on the Iraqi-Turkish border, saving around 500.000 Kurdish people being displaced; developed the Joint Vision 10 plan, a template which combined all elements of the United States armed forces to one efficient network of the different combat components
Throughout history, there were many notorious Georgian military figures and commanders serving in the Georgian, Turkish, Iranian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other country's military forces from BC till today. There were around 100 high-ranking officers serving in the Polish army during
World War II alone. Most prominent figures served in Russian, US and Persian armies.
Giorgi Saakadze (1570–1629), Georgian, Safavid and Ottoman military commander who won many battles against Muslim coalition forces and also battles for the Ottoman and Safavid Empire; notorious for annihilating an Iranian army at the
Battle of Martqopi in 1625 almost without own losses
Pyotr Bagration (1765–1812), one of the most prominent generals in Russian military history and most respected opponent of
Napoleon; the Soviet counterattack against German forces in
World War II was named after him,
Operation Bagration
Alexander Imeretinsky (1837–1900), Georgian-Russian prince; lieutenant general and hero of the
Russo-Turkish War; became governor-general of Warsaw in 1897
Ivane Kazbegi (1860–1943), major general of the Russian Empire, then major general of the Polish Army and strategist at the Polish Academy of Defence
Kote Abkhazi (1867–1923), general of the Russian Empire and Georgian resistance fighter
Zakaria Bakradze (1870–1938), brigadier general of the Polish army
Giorgi Mazniashvili (1872–1937), general in Russian and Georgian service; defeated three enemy armies invading Georgia
Valerian Tevzadze (1894–1987), colonel of the
Polish army and resistance fighter in World War II, later against the Soviet rule until his death in 1987
Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), marshal of the Soviet Union and main ideologist and architect, as well as chief of the Soviet secret police,
NKVD
Dimitri Amilakhvari (1906–1942), colonel of the French Foreign Legion, fighting on almost every important spot during the war, hero of France and iconic figure of the French resistance during
World War II
Noe Adamia (1914–1942), Soviet sniper, hero of the Soviet Union
Meliton Kantaria (1920–1993), sergeant of the Red Army who raised the Soviet victory banner over the Reichstag in Berlin, April 30, 1945
Geno Adamia (1936–1993), Georgian major general and garrison commander of
Sukhumi; executed with the entire garrison and extermination of the city's population by Abkhazian militia during the
Sukhumi massacre
John Shalikashvili (Poland, 1936–2011), general of the United States, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe; partially solved Kurdish conflict on the Iraqi-Turkish border, saving around 500.000 Kurdish people being displaced; developed the Joint Vision 10 plan, a template which combined all elements of the United States armed forces to one efficient network of the different combat components