I object to excluding Sir Isaac Brock from a list of Canada’s famous military commanders. Sure, he wasn’t Canadian, but then again, no such nationality existed at the time. He functioned as a military commander of the region now known as Canada, and that’s good enough for me. Plus, he’s regarded as a national hero, which should count for our purposes.
Also, he was awesome.
“Canadian” as a nationality definitely existed in 1812, even if there weren’t any Canadian citizens, legally speaking. Plenty of people were described as “Canadian” at the time. Whether Isaac Brock was one of them, I can’t say, since I don’t really know the character all that much.
I rest my case (listen to the first episode)
I’m just saying - I once had a Bulgarian explain to me that “Belisarius” comes from the proto-Slavic “Beli Tsar” or “white king”. I didn’t argue. People should be allowed their heroes.
I think of him more as a politician/statesman than a general.
Finland has Grand Marshall Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim. The man is legend there, right down to the main street of downtown Helsinki named after him as well as a larger-than-life equestrian statue on that very street.
Ironically enough, he did not speak any Finnish. Ah well, can’t have it all…
Boudicca - just for being a mentalist
(possibly) Alfred
(possibly) Henry II
Henry V
Drake
Duke of Marlborough
Nelson
Wellington