# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2241 "2020-05-05T16:19:58Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2242 "2020-05-05T17:41:38Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2244 "2020-05-05T20:22:35Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal “Ike” Dwight D. Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2245 "2020-05-05T20:43:19Z")
I call shenanigans! Eisenhower is already there for D. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2246 "2020-05-05T20:50:17Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2247 "2020-05-05T23:15:01Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2248 "2020-05-06T01:22:50Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2249 "2020-05-06T01:34:49Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2252 "2020-05-06T03:12:20Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard > **[Oliver Otis Howard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Otis_Howard)** > > Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. As a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac, Howard lost his right arm while leading his men against Confederate forces at the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines in June 1862, an action which later earned him the Medal of Honor. As a corps commander, he suffered two major defeats at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in May and July 1863, but recovered from the... ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Rommel, Erwin ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Rommel, Erwin Schwarzkopf, Norman, Jr. ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Rommel, Erwin Schwarzkopf, Norman, Jr. Thoedore Roosevelt, Colonel, New York National Guard ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Rommel, Erwin Schwarzkopf, Norman, Jr. Thoedore Roosevelt, Colonel, New York National Guard Ulysses S. Grant ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Richtofen, Baron von Schwarzkopf, Norman, Jr. Thoedore Roosevelt, Colonel, New York National Guard Ulysses S. Grant Vercingetorix R adjusted because we already had Erwin Rommel on the list. ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Richtofen, Baron von Schwarzkopf, Norman, Jr. Thoedore Roosevelt, Colonel, New York National Guard Ulysses S. Grant Vercingetorix Washington, George [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=114)