They say it's hard sometimes for young officers to "grow up" out from under their charismatic commanders.

A small force, commanded by a charismatic and tactically brilliant commander went behind enemy lines, and caused chaos all out of proportion to their size.

In the person of Montgomery, we had a charismatic British commander, matched by Rommel, one of the most striking German generals.

The charismatic aggressive commander of the RLAF, General Thao Ma, evoked jealousy from other Royalist generals.

Mr. Mitzna had a reputation as a remote but intelligent and charismatic commander.

Major General Pienaar was arguably one of South Africa's most charismatic and popular military commanders.

As the charismatic commander of a large army who grew overconfident in later years, he has something in common with Napoleon.

Colonel Jessep, the charismatic, autocratic commander involved in a murder at the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was another taxing, physical role.

The German corps included fresh troops with better equipment and a charismatic commander, General Erwin Rommel.

The assassination of General Massoud, the charismatic military commander, is slowing the alliance's diplomatic and military efforts, alliance officials said.