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darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8001 Posts
February 28 2012 04:58 GMT
#1141
On February 27 2012 19:49 Skilledblob wrote:
Saladin was forgotten in the arab world for a long time.


+1 Saladin was a fucking boss (in AoE age of kings also!)
watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
Jyaki
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia170 Posts
February 28 2012 05:05 GMT
#1142
Sun Tzu anyone?
Sub40APM
Profile Joined August 2010
6336 Posts
February 28 2012 05:13 GMT
#1143
On February 27 2012 21:42 Crushinator wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 27 2012 21:06 Skilledblob wrote:
On February 27 2012 20:58 Crushinator wrote:
On February 27 2012 20:04 Euronyme wrote:
On February 27 2012 19:48 Crushinator wrote:
Though it is not as glamorous as a any single indicidual mentioned in the thread, the Prussian General Staff as an institution has to be mentioned when it comes to military leadership. Though politically incompetent, the military excellence of the Prussian General Staff is undeniable. German organisational efficiency at its finest.


Dunno about politically incompetent. Wasn't Bismarck a master politician?


Though you did correctly identify Bismarck as a Prussian, you seem to have failed to consider the fact that not all Prussians are military officers. Bismark was indeed a master politician and statesman, and as such he was not in the military.

*shakes head in disbelief*


well it's not really surprising someone gets the impression that every prussian politician was also in the military. It was very common after all that the prussian nobility was also military officers. Family played and still plays a big role in what jobs the children will get later and Prussia had a big line of families that were purely made up of military officers.


Nobility does not equal an involvement in politics. Politicians (civilian positions) were never part of the General Staff. It was a purely military organisation. Though family heritage may have played a part in the initial apointment as an army officer, admission to the general staff was very much a matter of proven competence in both the field and military academics.Though officers might have retired to political positions after their time in the military, I highly doubt it was common to hold both military and civilian positions simultaneously.

Is that why Moltke 2.0 was in charge of the General Staff in 1914, proven competence? *rolls eyes* I get your general point but lets not get carried away. The Prussian military, like all armies of that era, had pleeenty of room for patronage and nepotism.
perser84
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany399 Posts
February 28 2012 05:26 GMT
#1144
what about hanibal of karthargo

he won a fight with 50.000 men

against the romans that had 16 legions (80.000)
on Cannae

Meteora.GB
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2479 Posts
February 28 2012 05:57 GMT
#1145
George Patton gets my nod of approval. There's plenty of military generals I admire but from the top of my head I can only think of his name.
Euronyme
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden3804 Posts
March 02 2012 01:30 GMT
#1146
On February 27 2012 20:58 Crushinator wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 27 2012 20:04 Euronyme wrote:
On February 27 2012 19:48 Crushinator wrote:
Though it is not as glamorous as a any single indicidual mentioned in the thread, the Prussian General Staff as an institution has to be mentioned when it comes to military leadership. Though politically incompetent, the military excellence of the Prussian General Staff is undeniable. German organisational efficiency at its finest.


Dunno about politically incompetent. Wasn't Bismarck a master politician?


Though you did correctly identify Bismarck as a Prussian, you seem to have failed to consider the fact that not all Prussians are military officers. Bismark was indeed a master politician and statesman, and as such he was not in the military.

*shakes head in disbelief*


Fact of the matter is that he was a general, although he obviously was a politician first. He was behind the wars that unified Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_bismarck

Half of all pictures of him seems to be in his general uniform as well. No need to be condescending.
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1Eris1
Profile Joined September 2010
United States5797 Posts
March 02 2012 01:43 GMT
#1147
On February 28 2012 14:57 Meteora.GB wrote:
George Patton gets my nod of approval. There's plenty of military generals I admire but from the top of my head I can only think of his name.



Patton is so overrated, I have never understood any of the fascination for him. He talked tough and was all AMERICUH and the like, but what battles did he actually win that should make him considerable among the true "great" generals of history?
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Janders
Profile Joined June 2011
Mexico222 Posts
March 02 2012 01:46 GMT
#1148
ghandi
:D
forgottendreams
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1771 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 02:02:39
March 02 2012 01:51 GMT
#1149
On February 28 2012 13:11 i_am_immure wrote:
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Not a leader per-say. But Lewis Powell was a real standup guy, and did what he thought was right at the time.


That's pretty incredible really, I mistook that guy for someone of today. It appears political hipsters have a look of angst and semi-straight edge that is truly timeless!

EDIT; ofc I refer to right wing hipsters in this instance....
FlyingToilet
Profile Joined August 2011
United States840 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 02:01:56
March 02 2012 01:52 GMT
#1150
what so the OP got banned? and so now his post is edited to nuke... and a bad ass link to a badass leader so i don't steer away from thread, and lol its a pit bull terrier thats a ww1 vet and i think was a sgt. and had a special dog war medal made just for him, lol so badass!
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/sgtstubby.html
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kobrakai
Profile Joined June 2011
175 Posts
March 02 2012 14:35 GMT
#1151
On March 02 2012 10:43 1Eris1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2012 14:57 Meteora.GB wrote:
George Patton gets my nod of approval. There's plenty of military generals I admire but from the top of my head I can only think of his name.



Patton is so overrated, I have never understood any of the fascination for him. He talked tough and was all AMERICUH and the like, but what battles did he actually win that should make him considerable among the true "great" generals of history?


Taskforce Baum.

I must rescue my son in law and get 265 men out of the 300 sent captured, killed or wounded.

Truly the mark of a great, no forgive me, greatest general in history.
Geiko
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France1939 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 14:44:20
March 02 2012 14:43 GMT
#1152
On February 26 2012 17:19 cydial wrote:
I can't believe none of you circle jerking peasants mentioned the greatest Military Leader in the history of recorded civilization.

Let me tell you about a man named Admiral Mother Fucking Adama.
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Forget the Battle of Salamis, Battle of Leyte Gulf, or some other junk you've heard of as "Great Battles".

This mother fucker lead a single Battlestar against an entire fleet of these pieces of shit while he baited them on a wild goose chase throughout the galaxy.

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Now there are those that may say, "Cydial you are so full of shit Adama was being chased, he wasn't baiting them."

I have to disagree as facts say otherwise.

You thought Pearl Harbor was bad?

Unlike Pearl Harbor, when shit went down at the human ship yards, then the homeworlds, and the Cylon invasion was in full swing, THERE WAS NO PEARL HARBOR OR AMERICA LEFT TO RETURN TO OR LAUNCH A COUNTER ATTACK FROM.

Admiral Mother Fucking Adama however, didn't give a flying shit.

You thought the battle of Midway, Hitler's Blitzkrieg, the battle of Gettysburg, or some other boring bullshit battle was brilliant in its execution or planning?

Wrong.

No wonder a bunch of herps are able to derp at us from caves with shit from hardware stores and weapons that can be made in a god damn basement.

They are teaching our military leaders battles like Waterloo, Vienna, Antietam, Yorktown, and a bunch of other bronze level shit.

Let me introduce to you,

The Battle of New Caprica

Not only did he co-ordinate with ground forces for a duel pronged attack which would culminate in fleet + infantry battle by himself as an Admiral.

He simultaneously evacuated tens of thousands of stranded civilians while he was at it. Not only that, but he brilliantly out manuevers the fuck out of the Cylon fleet by splitting their forces through deception by way of false EM signatures emitted by drones, to get his fighers to support the ground forces on New Caprica he launches his fighters while his Battlestar is falling through the fucking atmosphere of the planet he is attempting to liberate.

Then he activates the FTL drive inside the atmosphere to peace the fuck out and engage the Cylon fleet in space.

Top gun has nothing on this.
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The only lose suffered by the Terrans was some random ship that showed up and promptly got blown the fuck up by the Cylon fleet however, this was something that was out of Admiral Adama's control as noobs never listen.

All in all this was the most insane fucking thing to ever happen in the history of Warfare.


So say we all...

Too bad he went mad in his later years and turned into one half of the "trinity killer"
geiko.813 (EU)
Meser87
Profile Joined April 2011
United States476 Posts
March 02 2012 14:51 GMT
#1153
On March 02 2012 10:52 FlyingToilet wrote:
what so the OP got banned? and so now his post is edited to nuke... and a bad ass link to a badass leader so i don't steer away from thread, and lol its a pit bull terrier thats a ww1 vet and i think was a sgt. and had a special dog war medal made just for him, lol so badass!
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/sgtstubby.html


this was an amazing read and even if only half of it is true(hoping all of it is) then this dog is still bad ass!
Art.FeeL
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1163 Posts
March 02 2012 14:52 GMT
#1154
Is anybody even aware that a person named Qutuz destroyed the Mongol army and stopped their advances? If it wasn't for him the Mongols would've probably re-enter Europe from Spain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutuz
I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work the luckier I am.
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6633 Posts
March 02 2012 15:00 GMT
#1155
Clausewitz, he didn't have that much success but he's still studied by militaries today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz
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Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
March 02 2012 15:09 GMT
#1156
On March 02 2012 23:52 Art.FeeL wrote:
Is anybody even aware that a person named Qutuz destroyed the Mongol army and stopped their advances? If it wasn't for him the Mongols would've probably re-enter Europe from Spain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutuz

Qutuz and the Mamlukes beat the Mongols, yes - after Genghis Khan had died and a large amount of the Mongol forces (including their commander) had left. Still an impressive victory, but things have to be taken into consideration.
FallenStar
Profile Joined October 2011
Spain118 Posts
March 02 2012 15:14 GMT
#1157
In my opinion, the best military leader will always be Napoleon Bonapart. The only reason he lost is because he was too arrogant, but his demostration of leadership in general and in Austerlitz in particular make me think he's the best ever.
"Forget about motivation. If you want something, just fucking do it" - Day[9]
yB.TeH
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Germany414 Posts
March 02 2012 15:23 GMT
#1158
napoleon, no contest
he was great in any aspect of war
or like heinrich heine said:“Napoleon was not of the stuff that kings are made of– he was of the marble from which gods are hewn”
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
March 02 2012 15:35 GMT
#1159
Only one has the courage, the strength, the wisdom, the know-how, to be able to handle this title:

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Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
March 02 2012 15:45 GMT
#1160
Aurelian. His five-year tenure as Emperor of Rome is the reason the Roman Empire stayed together 476 instead of falling apart during the late 200's.

Also a big fan of Themistocles(is that how you spell it?) the admiral who was holding off the Persians by sea when Leonidas was making his famous stand.
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