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Great Military leaders of History?

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Timberwolf593
Profile Joined February 2011
United States4 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-15 17:43:39
February 15 2011 04:35 GMT
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SirToonces
Profile Joined July 2010
United States40 Posts
February 15 2011 04:40 GMT
#2
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General MacArthur.

A bit crazy but good nonetheless.
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Timberwolf593
Profile Joined February 2011
United States4 Posts
February 15 2011 04:43 GMT
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stfn
Profile Joined December 2010
United States53 Posts
February 15 2011 04:43 GMT
#4
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Nebo
Profile Joined May 2010
United States44 Posts
February 15 2011 04:44 GMT
#5
How about General Giap of during the Vietnam War? Where would you rate him? I thought he was brilliant. What else do I need to say besides Dien Bien Phu
Kimaker
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2131 Posts
February 15 2011 04:45 GMT
#6
Can't forget Belisarius of Byzantium, or Aetius of Rome.
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Thereisnosaurus
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia1822 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-15 04:47:31
February 15 2011 04:45 GMT
#7
George motherfucking Patton. Ok, so as far as achievements go he didn't have a lot, but god damn did that man know how to run his mouth. And his unit.

edit:

Also sir John Monash, the allied side's Rommel.

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Noxie
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2227 Posts
February 15 2011 04:45 GMT
#8
Gonna go with Washington. It has been brought up many times how he had the power to take over anything. And the last thing he wanted at all was power in general. It is amazing he did not start an empire. I would highly suggest reading some biographies about him.
BiG
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany153 Posts
February 15 2011 04:46 GMT
#9
Xerxes and Hanniball are missing imo when you count those antic guys too :>.

Additionally i think washington is very misplaced as the first right there, but i guess that pick might be biased by the thread creator cuz hes most likely american i guess :o
O-ops
Profile Joined February 2009
United States4236 Posts
February 15 2011 04:46 GMT
#10
On February 15 2011 13:43 stfn wrote:
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This guy is an arrogant prick. Zhao Yun was much better.
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0mar
Profile Joined February 2010
United States567 Posts
February 15 2011 04:46 GMT
#11
Hans Guderian. He basically invented modern warfare with combined arms tactics and the Blitzkrieg. Had Hitler not interfered with German High Command decisions, his tactics would have won WW2 in '41.

Washington was actually a very poor general. He lost far more battles than he actually won. The Revolutionary War was an American win from the get-go because the tactics of the time, which were large, open battles that were pre-determined. All the colonists had to do was limit their strategic losses and wait it out. What works in that situation is a total war, subjugate the masses strategy, which the British adopted after the RW.
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
February 15 2011 04:46 GMT
#12
Robert E. Lee over G Dub any day.

Given that Lee has next to nothing, a spread out force and shitty resources and everything to deal with, he was clearly the best general in American history, even if his side lost.
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stfn
Profile Joined December 2010
United States53 Posts
February 15 2011 04:46 GMT
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On February 15 2011 13:46 O-ops wrote:
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This guy is an arrogant prick. Zhao Yun was much better.


Watch your language.
jeddus
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States832 Posts
February 15 2011 04:48 GMT
#14
Glad to see Guan Yu getting some respect. ...but you probably could have named Dong Zhou and I still would be all "I <3 Three Kingdoms" etc
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`Zapdos
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States935 Posts
February 15 2011 04:49 GMT
#15
Let's face it, he has incredible strategy and foresight into the battlefield. He is always one step of his opponent and he has gone up against a side of the world no one could compete with until now. He is the best general

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Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
February 15 2011 04:49 GMT
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Stonewall Muthafuckin Jackson
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Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
February 15 2011 04:49 GMT
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On February 15 2011 13:46 O-ops wrote:
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On February 15 2011 13:43 stfn wrote:
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This guy is an arrogant prick. Zhao Yun was much better.


Pretty sure this is about being a good tactician, not about being a good warrior one-to-one.
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stork4ever
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1036 Posts
February 15 2011 04:50 GMT
#18
King Lenoidas
Lyzon
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United Kingdom440 Posts
February 15 2011 04:51 GMT
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Shrinky Dink
Profile Joined October 2010
United States52 Posts
February 15 2011 04:53 GMT
#20
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Seriously though, if you look past the horrors he did, he was actually an excellent speaker, with his war machine being responsible for some of the greatest advances in technology and science, and recovered his country's extreme deficit in its economy at the time (following the Treaty of Versailles).

I know it's obviously that he wasn't the greatest of all time, but IMO he is very underrated as a leader for his country since everyone looks at his cons.
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