This paper presents the military career of Croatian general Ante Gotovina. As a young man he went to France and enlisted in French Foreign Legion to become a professional soldier. After the Legion, he became a commando instructor in the French army, and at the beginning of the Greater Serbia aggression on Croatia in the summer of 1991, he enlisted in the National Guard Corps. With his knowledge and proffesionalism, he quickly proved himself in the Croatian Army and progressed through its ranks. As one of the main commanders of the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence, he was in charge of the successful planning and implementation of liberation operations in the occupied part of the territory of the Republic of Croatia. The speed and success of the operations in which he commanded brought Croatia the liberation of its territory and peace to its people. With the end of the Croatian War of Independence and the change of the political climate in the country, he was discharged from the Croatian Army and forced to defend his honor before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. After a final verdict, he was finally acquitted of war crimes charges, proving his honorable role in the war, and thus finally returning to his homeland. Today he is engaged in tuna farming and enjoys the undivided affection of the Croatian public.