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Who were the greatest generals in history?
Osiris:
havent we had like 12 of these to derail already? :P
Teeth:
Georgy Zhukov for World War II
If you take into account the technology of the era, the vast distances and the fact that it all went down in 13 years, Alexander's exploits are damn impressive from a logistical point of view. Makes one wonder what he could have accomplished if he had more time.
Erebosaither:
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk simple as that he defended his country against countless countries.. :wink:
Hirlok:
calling military figures "great" has a questionable ring to me, usually they were (and certainly are today) just bigger pawns pushing smaller pawns around in the interest of the hidden powers of their time... But anyways - some of them certainly were better at it than others.
I second Rommel as the choice for modern times.
Not so much because of his military genius, or what he was fighting for - but for his style of leadership.
The guy had balls, did genuinely care about his men (as much as that is possible in the horrors of war), kept the warfare in Africa relatively clean (ignoring several direct orders from the fucking "Führer"), and did not hide in some command post most of the time, but was in the line of fire more often than not.
Too bad he had that Suebian accent, LOL
Angantyr:
An admiral not a general, but military history's greatest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-arkhipov-stopped-nuclear-war
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