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    20 of History’s Most Infamous Military Captains

    From Bligh and Cochrane to U-boat aces and commerce raiders, meet 20 infamous captains whose choices stirred mutinies, manhunts, and myths.

    Some captains earned glory; others earned a reputation that echoed like cannon fire. From iron-willed disciplinarians and doomed polar explorers to commerce raiders who tied up whole navies, history’s most infamous captains left wake turbulence that’s still felt today. Here…