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Commanders who have never lost a battle. This list includes important historical generals and admirals, rather than simply any commander who has never lost a battle for the sake of brevity.

==Asia==
=== Ancient===
* [[Bai Qi]] - was a military general of the [[Qin (state)|Qin state]] in the [[Warring States period]] of Chinese history.
* [[Ashoka |Ashoka the Great]] - was an [[List of Indian monarchs|ancient Indian emperor]] of the [[Maurya Empire|Maurya Dynasty]] who ruled almost all of the [[Indian subcontinent]] from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
* [[Han Xin]] - was a military general who served [[Liu Bang]] during [[Chu-Han Contention]]. He contributed to the founding of [[Han Dynasty]].

===Modern===
* [[Hari Singh Nalwa|Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa]]
* [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]] - was an [[Arab]] [[Sahabah|companion]] of [[Muhammad]]. He is noted for his military tactics and prowess, commanding the forces of Medina under Muhammad and the forces of his immediate successors of the [[Rashidun Caliphate]], [[Abu Bakr]] and [[Umar |Umar ibn Khattab]].
* [[Tariq ibn Ziyad]] - was a [[Berbers|Berber]]<ref name="Howe 2005">{{cite book|author=Marvine Howe|title=Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges|url=https://books.google.co.ma/books?id=olBTEdJ0ncIC&pg=PA59|date=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195346985|page=59}}</ref> Muslim commander who led the Islamic [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] conquest of [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] [[Hispania]] in 711–718 A.D. 
* [[Timur|Tamerlane]] - was a [[Turco-Mongol tradition|Turco-Mongol]] conqueror. As the founder of the [[Timurid Empire]] in [[Persia]] and [[Central Asia]], he became the first ruler of the [[Timurid dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Josef W. Meri |title=Medieval Islamic Civilization |publisher=Routledge |year=2005 |page=812 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=H-k9oc9xsuAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|isbn=9780415966900 }}</ref>
* [[Nguyen Hue]] - was the second emperor of the [[Tây Sơn dynasty]] of [[Vietnam]], reigning from 1788 until 1792.<ref>Patricia M. Pelley ''Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past'' - 2002- Page 191 "The people of the North, who ''warmly welcomed'' Nguyễn Huệ, formed peasant armies to help him wage war against the Trịnh. Thus, the movement that had begun in Qui Nhơn came to engulf all of Vietnam."</ref> He was also one of the most successful military commanders in Vietnam's history,<ref>[[Théophile Le Grand de la Liraye]] ''Notes historiques sur la nation annamite''</ref> though he was known to have attained these achievements by ruthless, massive killing of especially the entire Nguyen lords families.
* Akbar the great 
*[[Krishnadevaraya]]  was the emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire, India  from 1509 to 1529. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty. Presiding over the empire at its zenith, he is regarded as an icon by many Indians.
* [[Subutai]] - was an Uriankhai general, and the primary military strategist of [[Genghis Khan]] and [[Ögedei Khan]].
* [[Yue Fei]] - was a [[Han Chinese]] military general who lived during the [[Song dynasty|Southern Song dynasty]].
* [[Baji_Rao_I|Baji Rao]] (18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740) was a general of the Maratha Empire in India, Baji Rao was possibly the finest cavalry general ever produced by India. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-bajirao-is-indias-greatest-cavalry-general/20151223.htm|title=Baji Rao the greatest cavalry general in India.}}</ref>
* [[Narses]] - was, with [[Belisarius]], one of the great generals in the service of the Byzantine Emperor [[Justinian I]] during the Roman reconquest that took place during Justinian's reign.

==Europe==
=== Ancient===
* [[Alexander the Great]] - was a [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonian]] King of the 4th century BC who led an army from Greece against the Persian Empire and into India. He is often regarded as one of the finest battlefield tacticians in history.
* [[Scipio Africanus]] - was a Roman general and later [[Roman consul|consul]] who is often regarded as one of the greatest generals and military strategists of all time.
* [[Epaminondas]] - was a [[Thebes, Greece|Theban]] general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] city-state of Thebes, leading it out of [[Sparta]]n subjugation into a pre-eminent position in Greek politics.
* [[Sulla]] - was a [[Roman Republic|Roman]] general and statesman. He had the distinction of holding the office of [[Roman consul|consul]] twice, as well as reviving the [[Roman dictator|dictatorship]].

===Modern===
* [[Pepin the Short]] - [[Charlemagne]]'s father and the first ''de jure'' [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]] king, having deposed the previous [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] kings and paved the way for his more famous son's rise to power. Consolidated his [[Charles Martel|father]]'s military reforms, combining it with his military skill to remain undefeated in his lifetime.
* [[Skanderbeg]] - was an [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[Albanian nobility|nobleman]] and military commander, who served the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1423–43, the [[Republic of Venice]] in 1443–47, and lastly the [[Kingdom of Naples]] until his death.
* [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough]] - was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs.
* [[Jan Žižka]] - [[Czechs|Czech]] general and [[Hussites|Hussite]] leader, a follower of [[Jan Hus]], was born in the small village of Trocnov (now part of [[Borovany (České Budějovice District)|Borovany]]) in the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], into an aristocratic family.
* [[Alexander Suvorov]] - was a [[Russians|Russian]] military leader and considered a national hero. He was the Count of [[Râmnicu Sărat|Rymnik]], Count of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], Prince of Italy, and the last Generalissimo of the [[Russian Empire]].
* [[Louis-Nicolas Davout]] - was a French general who was [[Marshal of the Empire]] during the [[Napoleonic era]].
* [[El Cid|Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, "El Cid"]] - was a [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilian]] nobleman and military leader in [[Spain in the Middle Ages|medieval Spain]]. The [[Moors]] called him El Cid, which meant the Lord, and the Christians, El Campeador, which stood for Outstanding Warrior.
* [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] - was the [[List of English monarchs|King]] of [[Kingdom of England|England]] from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470,<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward IV |work=Archontology.org |date=14 March 2010 |url=http://www.archontology.org/nations/england/king_england/edward4.php |quote=Set sail on 2 October 1470 from England and took refuge in Burgundy; deposed as King of England on 3 October 1470}}</ref> and again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was the first [[House of York|Yorkist]] King of England.
* [[Fyodor Ushakov]] - was the most illustrious [[Russians|Russian]] naval commander and admiral of the 18th century.
* [[Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck]] - was a general in the [[Prussian Army]] and the commander of its forces in the [[German East Africa]] [[East African Campaign (World War I)|campaign]].
* [[Pál Kinizsi]] - was a Hungarian general in the service of king [[Matthias Corvinus]].


==North America==
* [[George Henry Thomas]] - was a [[United States Army]] officer and a [[Union Army|Union]] general during the [[American Civil War]], one of the principal commanders in the [[Western Theater of the American Civil War|Western Theater]].

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