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Who was the better General?

Wellington
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Napoleon
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The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« on: February 24, 2011, 02:03:33 am »
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yup. as stated in the title. who was the better general?

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2011, 02:27:08 am »
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Surely whichever one won was the better general?

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2011, 02:31:49 am »
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Surely whichever one won was the better general?

Or the luckier one. Personally I say wellington.

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2011, 02:58:05 am »
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The one who didn't starve his army to death in the snow and then abandon them. :rolleyes:

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2011, 04:40:46 am »
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Napoleon was brilliant until he got a God complex, for some reason many great generals tend to get a God complex and lose their sense of proportion and reality.  I guess if you get used to commending men to their deaths and you always win, you will start believing that anything you do your ability will get you through it :?.  Wellington on the other hand was a competent plodder a meat and potato guy, competent but not brilliant reminds me of Grant.  If Napoleon would have met Wellington early in his career while he still had a sense of balance, Wellington would have got his ass handed to him. 

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2011, 04:56:01 am »
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ever hear of the battle of assaye? wellington was epic from the start. he frequently won battle while outnumbered.

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2011, 05:24:08 am »
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Henry V and Agincourt and Crecy, oh wait what was the question?  Actually Admiral Horatio Nelson was the true genius in that war.  It was his adept maneuvering against superior naval forces that allowed and supported much of Wellington's victories in Spain and later.  Without it there would be know way the British could have maintained forces in Spain in the first place.  Probably the finest naval commander in history.  But, like always, land commanders geta ll the credit and everyon ignores what the anvy did.  Plus much of the war was also won in the overseoles of France and England and the loss of trade and money provided by naval embargoes.
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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2011, 05:29:42 am »
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actually kesh, im fairly certain nelson is more famous than wellington.
the reason i made this poll "who is the better general, wellington or napoleon" as opposed to "who is the best general, lots of options" is cause i wanted to see who was considered better between only 2 people.
if there was a "who was the greatest naval commander" poll... id vote nelson without any hesitation.

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2011, 10:47:11 pm »
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Henry V and Agincourt and Crecy, oh wait what was the question?  Actually Admiral Horatio Nelson was the true genius in that war.  It was his adept maneuvering against superior naval forces that allowed and supported much of Wellington's victories in Spain and later.  Without it there would be know way the British could have maintained forces in Spain in the first place.  Probably the finest naval commander in history.  But, like always, land commanders geta ll the credit and everyon ignores what the anvy did.  Plus much of the war was also won in the overseoles of France and England and the loss of trade and money provided by naval embargoes.

I agree with kesh that without trafalgar wellington would have been welldone

My test is to pretend each general led the other army, , I doubt had napoleon had somehow wellington that Europe would have had as difficult a time, and if napoleon was marshalling wellingtons historical force at waterloo he would have won


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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2011, 08:40:26 am »
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i think napoleon would have lost just as bad if not worse if they traded troops. he would have put them into column and sent them to their deaths, and wellington would have deployed in line and sent napoleon forces packing.

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2011, 03:09:45 pm »
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Not wellington neither Napoleon....... Francisco Castaños  For The Win!!!!

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2011, 08:52:37 pm »
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I'm not surprised by the results of this poll. It is disappointing though  :|
Seeing as Wellington never lost a fight, and was frequently out numbered... and never attacked Russia in winter... you would think he would get more credit.

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2011, 05:08:49 pm »
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Wellington any day! Damn french people voting for napoleon!

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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2011, 05:24:19 pm »
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If Wellington was in Napoleons shoes... Would France be much of the EU today? Perhaps Wellington wouldnt have taken the wrong steps that led to the downfall of Napoleon. OMG British would be French!


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Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2011, 05:50:57 pm »
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On a scale of 1 to 10
Napoleon: 10
Wellington: 4
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