List of military / V

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Vācietis, Jukums (1873–1938), Soviet general; 1918/19 commander in chief and commander in chief of the Russian armed forces; executed
Vad, Erich (* 1957), Colonel of the Bundeswehr, military policy advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel
Vahl, Herbert-Ernst (1896–1944), Major General of the Waffen SS
Vaillant, Jean-Baptiste (1790–1872), French general; Marshal of France
Valdivia, Pedro de (1497–1553), Spanish soldier and conquistator, first governor of Chile
Valée, Sylvain-Charles, comte (1773–1846), French general; Marshal and Peer of France
Valence, Cyrus-Marie-Alexandre de Timbronne, comte de (1757–1822), French general; 1773 governor of the École Royale Militaire
Valentini, Georg Wilhelm, Freiherr von (1775–1834), general; Military historian and writer
Vandamme, Dominique-Joseph-René , Count von Hüneburg (1770–1830), French general in the Napoleonic Wars
Vandenberg, Hoyt S. (1899-1954), American four-star general; Air Force Commander in World War II; CIA director; Chief of Staff of the US Air Force
Vandervoort, Benjamin H. (1917–1990), American paratrooper officer in World War II
Van Dorn, Earl (1820–1863), Confederate General in the American Civil War; shot in an argument
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prêtre, marquis de (1633–1707), French general and fortress builder of Louis XIV; Marshal of France
Vaudoncourt, Guillaume de (1772–1845), French general and war historian
Vaughan, Sir John KCB (1747 / 48–1795), British general in the American War of Independence and in the West Indies

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Vega, Gariclaso (around 1500–1536), Spanish general
Vega, Jurij (1754–1802), Austrian-Slovenian artillery mathematician
Vendôme, César de Bourbon, duc de (1594–1665), Grand Admiral of France
Vendôme, Louis-Joseph, duc de (1654–1712), leading French general in the War of the Spanish Succession
Verdy du Vernois, Julius von (1832–1910), Prussian general and minister of war 1889–1890
Verhuel, Carel Henrik (1764–1845), Dutch-French admiral and diplomat
Verner, Waldemar (1914–1982), Admiral of the People's Navy of the GDR
Vernon, Edward RN (1684–1757) British Vice Admiral and Member of Parliament
Vetter von Doggenfeld, Anton (1803–1882), Hungarian field marshal lieutenant

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Vian, Sir Philip GCB KBE DSO (1894–1968), British naval admiral in World War II.
Videla Redondo, Jorge Rafael (1925–2013), Argentine general and dictator.
Vieilleville, François de Scépeaux-Durtal, seigneur de (1510–1571), French statesman and diplomat; Marshal of France.
Vieira, João Bernardo (1939–2009), Guinea-Bissau politician and general; 1980–1999 President of the Republic.
Viereck, Karlheinz (* 1951), German Air Force General; Commander of the EUFOR mission in the Congo in 2006.
Vietinghoff-Scheel, Heinrich Gottfried von (1887–1952), German general in World War II; 1943 Colonel General; 1944 Commander in Chief Southwest of Army Group C.
Vietinghoff called Scheel, Hermann Freiherr von (1829–1905), royal Prussian lieutenant general.
Vietinghoff called Scheel, Hermann Freiherr von (1851–1933) Prussian-German general of the cavalry; Commander of the Order of St. John.
Villaret de Joyeuse, Louis Thomas (1747-1812), French admiral; Commander of the French fleet at the Battle of Ouessant (Battle of the 13th Prairial, Glorious First of June ).
Villars, Claude-Louis-Hector, duc de (1653–1734), Marshal of France; one of the most famous generals in French history; War of the Spanish Succession.
Villeneuve, Pierre de (1763-1806), French admiral; Nelson's opponent at Trafalgar.
Villeroy, François de Neufville, duc de (1644–1730), Marshal of France.
Villeroy, Nicolas de Neufville, duc de (1598–1685), Marshal of France.
Vincent, John (1764-1848), British general; Officer of the Napoleonic Wars and the 1812 War with the United States.
Vitelleschi, Giovanni (1390-1440), Italian condottiere; Cardinal.

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Vlastimir (~ 790–860) Serbian grand Župan and general

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Vogel von Falckenstein, Eduard (1797–1885), Prussian general
Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013), Vietnamese general and guerrilla fighter
Vollmer, Jörg (* 1957), German Brigadier General in the Bundeswehr
Voigts-Rhetz, Konstantin Bernhard von (1809–1877), Prussian general
Vojislav, Stefan (~ 1000–1060) Serbian Grand Župan and general
Voss, Hans (1894–1973), German rear admiral in the Navy

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Vukasović, Joseph Philipp , Freiherr (1755–1809), Lieutenant Field Marshal; Knight of the Maria Theresa Order; die of the wounds he received in the battle of Wagram