EPTGreat Military leaders of History? - Page 38
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CatNzHat
United States1599 Posts
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zazone
Romania460 Posts
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King of Kings
Germany481 Posts
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The Iron Duke
United Kingdom41 Posts
also to note : John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, was one of the greatest and the mongels didnt have the biggest the British empire was ...by only a little bit but total land owned by the British was more. Aswell as Erwin Rommel not ever being great , started as good, but had the advtange in weapons making even a bad plan hard to fail. But then when things where evened out he was bested by some one who wasnt a great either and the dude was depressed as hell for most of it, like all the letters to his wife show just how bad it all was. <3 for the epic thread tho been lots of fun reading it  | ||
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jack520
China3 Posts
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zatic
Zurich15328 Posts
On August 04 2011 18:36 The Iron Duke wrote: <3 for the epic thread tho been lots of fun reading it Probably the best tdot thread ever Ultimately this thread was the conversion of tdot. We became so vigilant of his trolling threads that he gradually started more and more acceptable threads, to the point that they spawn truly interesting discussion way past him being banned. | ||
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GurZtly
Austria148 Posts
On August 04 2011 13:29 InfamousSC2 wrote: Not to berate your opinion, most of the things you mentioned made Hitler a great politician and not a great general. If he had let his generals who actually had military knowledge order the German military, then the outcome of the war could have been very different. On many occasions Hitler's incompetence as a commander cost the German army dearly. One of the most notable occasions this happened on was Stalingrad which was the beginning of the end for 3rd Reich Interesting in which ways you can talk about Hitler in USA... | ||
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
I agree, he was a great commander as well as an inspiring man. In a force full of SS supporters, Rommel dared to stand up to Hitler for what he believed in, and the Germany that he believed in, earning him the admiration of both his peers and his foes. Truly a great man, showing that even in the darkest hours of humanity the good of one's heart comes first. | ||
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krndandaman
Mozambique16569 Posts
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jhNz
Germany2762 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.cncgeneralsworld.com/generals/zerohour/images/shitao.jpg) his nuketanks were imba ;/ | ||
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Hassybaby
United Kingdom10823 Posts
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Dyme
Germany523 Posts
Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen must be the best name ever. Two rhymes! He also took part in the decisive defeat against Napoleon, but his name...! | ||
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sVnteen
Germany2238 Posts
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Zazzles
Slovakia153 Posts
![[image loading]](http://nd01.jxs.cz/226/710/b0b94232b5_23922764_o2.jpg) without this man World would speak German ![[image loading]](http://www.sme.sk/vydania/20061201/photo/64f63d77860ba3f767efa1483b66659a.jpg) and Hitler was just great speaker but terrible general and even more horrible person..... | ||
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
He decided to take the reserves at Toulon, walked up to an english fort whilst the main French army was getting ripped to shreds, scaled the walls, and raped the cannon crews allowing the French to boot the English who were trying to help the Monarchists destroy the revolution and he was just a major at that time.When he was stranded by Nelson's fleet in Egypt, he managed to get back to France and take complete control of France. It took alliances of something like 6-7 countries to manage to defend europe from his Grande Armee. After losing and getting exiled, he decided to escape and retake control of France, Like a boss! he was crowned Emperor by the Pope. anyways, he rocks :D also, Sun Tzu isnt a real general, historians agree its a fictional persona made to aggregate a lot of Chinese Generals' best ideas/strategies | ||
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FreshDumbledore
Austria57 Posts
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bech
Denmark162 Posts
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Tippecanoe
United States342 Posts
Lee, perhaps the most successful commander in history against numerically and materially superior forces, was the gentle genius in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia and most Confederate forces during the Civil War. He developed a reputation of near omniscience among both enemies and allies, and soundly thrashed Union forces soundly on numerous occasions. His losses, few as they were, were generally more devastating to his opponents than himself, and Ulysses S. Grant, the only general to successfully corner Lee, was forced to adopt a strategy of attrition, rather than any attempt to outfight Lee. | ||
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Usagi
Spain1647 Posts
Generals from the nazi germany often go under rated and rarely received any credit, but some of them were fucking genious. | ||
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
On August 04 2011 18:34 King of Kings wrote: Erwin Rommel aka "Der Wüstenfuchs" yes absolutly no question Rommel was the greatest and biggest general ! he also was a mannerd guy and not killed people even after hitler told him etc great general ! and all who say hitler ... he did SO many big mistakes in the war ... without his interuption gernals like rommel would been even better ... nono he sucked guys ! just good talker bad strategy as i read this tread i think also rommel have the most points ok well perhaps hes only the 2nd biggest general as i remember there is still ![[image loading]](http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/5254/guderiankopie.jpg) | ||
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