EPTGreat Military leaders of History? - Page 37
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bigjenk
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Equity213
Canada873 Posts
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FryktSkyene
United States1327 Posts
On August 04 2011 13:29 j3i wrote: general tso ![[image loading]](http://gluttonize.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/general-tao.jpg) I Lol'd | ||
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bigjenk
United States1543 Posts
Whoever that seasme guy is is better though  | ||
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MozzarellaL
United States822 Posts
On August 04 2011 13:50 bigjenk wrote: Whoever that seasme guy is is better though Protip: They're the same thing, except one has sesame seeds sprinkled instead of dried red pepper | ||
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RandomAccount#49059
United States2140 Posts
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askTeivospy
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On August 04 2011 14:15 stormtemplar wrote: Exactly. War sucks, but the only reason people can be pasifists is because they hide behind massive armies that keep them safe. Thank you for saying that ^>^ I find it ironic that people wouldn't have the right to protest if it wasn't for war keeping them free anyways my favourite general was Rommel | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
On August 04 2011 13:47 Avi- wrote: Yeah, sure. It was right to let Hitler annex Austria in 1938. It was right to let Hitler annex Czechoslovakia. It was right to support munich agreement, because peace is always better than war, right? Tell people of Soviet Union, that their war was wrong, because, you know, they could just dance with flowers and no one would get hurt, right? Whaaa.. What part of the war? You mean the part where the Soviet Union invaded Poland or Finland or the part where the Reich betrayed them? Dude there were no principles in WW2 that were innocent. Only varying degrees of blood stains. As far as on topic goes I've always been a fan of Liu Bei. Not that I particularly believe the Romance of the Three Kingdoms account is accurate but he seemed like a pretty legit guy. I'm not a fan of the 20th century roll call in this thread. I see well executed strategies against inferior opponents- not the brilliance of antiquity. Who knows, maybe it's all a crock. I like General Mills. | ||
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Murkinlol
United States366 Posts
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johanngrunt
Hong Kong1555 Posts
Biggest empire? check. 2800 people killed in honor of your death? check. Badass mustache? check and check. Basically a real life Khal Drogo, but about 20% cooler. | ||
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MozzarellaL
United States822 Posts
On August 04 2011 14:27 johanngrunt wrote: Has anyone mentioned Genghis Khan yet? Biggest empire? check. 2800 people killed in honor of your death? check. Badass mustache? check and check. Basically a real life Khal Drogo, but about 20% cooler. You forgot to mention the part where he made 8% of the people living in the region of former Mongol Empire his direct descendants because of his powerful testicles. | ||
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Avi-
Germany58 Posts
On August 04 2011 14:20 Probe1 wrote: Whaaa.. What part of the war? You mean the part where the Soviet Union invaded Poland or Finland or the part where the Reich betrayed them? Dude there were no principles in WW2 that were innocent. Only varying degrees of blood stains. First of all, Finland War was not part of WW2. And you know exactly what part i mean, part where people were fighting for their home, children, for their own life. | ||
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emjaytron
Australia544 Posts
On August 04 2011 14:27 johanngrunt wrote: Has anyone mentioned Genghis Khan yet? Biggest empire? check. 2800 people killed in honor of your death? check. Badass mustache? check and check. Basically a real life Khal Drogo, but about 20% cooler. Tsubodai (Subutai) was Genghis Khan's greatest general though. Genghis was the force that bound the Mongols together, Subutai was the real tactician | ||
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nubcak3
United States104 Posts
On February 15 2011 15:01 Coagulation wrote: The Desert fox Erwin Rommel | ||
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RavenLoud
Canada1100 Posts
On August 04 2011 14:20 Probe1 wrote: + Show Spoiler + On August 04 2011 13:47 Avi- wrote: Yeah, sure. It was right to let Hitler annex Austria in 1938. It was right to let Hitler annex Czechoslovakia. It was right to support munich agreement, because peace is always better than war, right? Tell people of Soviet Union, that their war was wrong, because, you know, they could just dance with flowers and no one would get hurt, right? Whaaa.. What part of the war? You mean the part where the Soviet Union invaded Poland or Finland or the part where the Reich betrayed them? Dude there were no principles in WW2 that were innocent. Only varying degrees of blood stains. As far as on topic goes I've always been a fan of Liu Bei. Not that I particularly believe the Romance of the Three Kingdoms account is accurate but he seemed like a pretty legit guy. I'm not a fan of the 20th century roll call in this thread. I see well executed strategies against inferior opponents- not the brilliance of antiquity. Who knows, maybe it's all a crock. I like General Mills. Liu Bei is one of the least capable military leaders of the time. His tactics consists of following some traditional honor code, crying (literally, he cries when people disagree with him) when he doesn't get his way, and use better people than him to actually do stuff. (Lots of incredibly talented people that he bought to his side by being incredibly honorable and charismatic, which is probably the best and the only skill the guy had. That makes him a talented politician perhaps, but not a general.) | ||
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imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
On August 04 2011 14:20 Probe1 wrote: Whaaa.. What part of the war? You mean the part where the Soviet Union invaded Poland or Finland or the part where the Reich betrayed them? Dude there were no principles in WW2 that were innocent. Only varying degrees of blood stains. As far as on topic goes I've always been a fan of Liu Bei. Not that I particularly believe the Romance of the Three Kingdoms account is accurate but he seemed like a pretty legit guy. I'm not a fan of the 20th century roll call in this thread. I see well executed strategies against inferior opponents- not the brilliance of antiquity. Who knows, maybe it's all a crock. I like General Mills. Guy was a cool king, but the general for that side was Zhu-ge Liang. If it weren't for him, the Shu-Han would've been wiped out extremely quickly. | ||
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hyperknight
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
I often hear this, but the reality is that he was beyond awful, he cost a lot of lives with his retarded, emotional decisions. He had success in the beginning by using unconventional tactics, but once people caught up to it, and the longer the war drew on, the more obvious it became he was clueless. He was, in many ways, the equivalent of a gold league cheeser. | ||
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AugustDreams
Australia127 Posts
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Brilliance
United States28 Posts
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