Claude de Villars vs Ratko Mladic

Villars commanded French forces at Friedlingen, defeating an Imperial army. This victory secured French control over the Rhine and earned him the rank of Marshal of France.

Villars took command of French forces after the defeat at Malplaquet. He rebuilt the army and conducted a defensive campaign, preventing the Allies from invading France despite severe French losses.

Villars led a surprise attack on the Allied supply depot at Denain, defeating a larger force under Prince Eugene. This victory saved France from invasion and allowed Louis XIV to negotiate favorable terms in the Treaty of Utrecht.

Villars negotiated the Peace of Rastatt with Prince Eugene, ending the War of the Spanish Succession between France and the Holy Roman Empire. The treaty confirmed French gains, including Alsace and Strasbourg.

As a general in the Bosnian Serb Army, Ratko Mladi

Mladić led the Bosnian Serb forces that captured the UN safe area of Srebrenica in July 1995. His troops systematically executed over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, an act later classified as genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

The ICTY indicted Mladi

Mladić was arrested in Serbia on May 26, 2011, after 16 years on the run. He was extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to face trial for genocide and war crimes. His arrest was a major step in international justice for the Yugoslav wars.

The ICTY convicted Mladi