Top 10 Most Powerful Militaries of All Time

1Nazi Germany 1933-1945


2United States 1941-Present


3Mongol Empire 1206-1368


4Empire of Japan 1905-1941


5British Empire 1800-1939


6Ottoman Empire 1299-1808


7Roman Empire 27 BC-476 AD

Roman Empire 27 BC-476 AD


8Soviet Union 1941-1991


9Russian Empire 1721-1905


10First French Empire 1804-1814


11Spanish Empire 1492-1975


12Spartans 900 BC-192 BC


13Caliphates 632-1258


14Persian Empire 550 BC-651 AD


15Germany 1914-1918


16Kingdom of Macedonia 808-168 BC


17Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1386-1795


18Swedish Empire 1611-1721


19Sikh Empire 1799-1849


20Prussia 1701-1918


21Dai Viet Army 1228-1300


22Viet Cong 1954-1976


23Israel 1948-1982


24Grande Armée 1804-1815


25Maurya Empire 322-187 BC


26Communist China 1930-Present


27Russia 1991-Present


28Australia 2014-Present


29Tang Dynasty 618-905


30Regio Esercito Italiano 1870-1946


31China Qin Dynasty 221 BC-206 BC


32Ethiopian Army 747'?721 BC (25th Dynasty)


33Frankish Empire 500-900 AD


34Germanic Barbarians 400-500 AD


35Austria-Hungary 1867-1918