General Grant
Sherman
The most famous one was General Bernard Law Montgomery, nicknamed 'Monty'. Some others being ; - Sir William Slim, (nicknamed 'Uncle Bill') General Claud Auckinleck General Wavell There were many more too!!! Admirals for the Royal Navy being; - Admiral Andrew Bertram Cunningham (nicknamed 'ABC' ) Admiral Ramsay Admiral Somerville
Sounds like U.S. Grant. A heavy drinker certainly. Butcher - yes, he appeared to be blase about his losses, but it was simply a war of attrition, and he knew the Confederates would run out of men first.
Erwin Rommel, a German General during World War 2, was nicknamed the "Desert Fox."
General Valeriano Weyler of the Spanish Army.
Nicknamed "The Butcher"....Weyler was sent down from Spain in the late 1800's to put thousands of Cubans into harsh-treatment camps. This helped spark the Spanish-American War.
General V. Weyler was known as The Butcher during the Spanish-American War
General V. Weyler was called The Butcher.
Valeriano Weyler was called The Butcher.
He was a former Cuban Governor and Spanish Army General known as The Butcher who was a master of the reconcentration camps to quell revolts.
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton was nicknamed "The Butcher" of the American Revolutionary War.
"Butcher" Weyler
Valeriano Weyler.
General Valeriano Weyler
General Valeriano Weyler attempted to suppress the Cuban rebellion backfire was to restore order.
General Valeriano Weyler