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10 greatest military commanders of all time
freerepulic ^ | August 31, 2002 | zapiks44

Posted on 08/31/2002 1:49:08 PM PDT by zapiks44

Who do you think are the 10 best military commanders of all time? (By military commander, I mean someone who actually commanded armies and orchestrated the attacks, not politcal leaders, such as Churchill) Here are my picks:

1.Alexander the Great (The undisputed greatest military genius who ever lived)

2.George S. Patton ( Can't forget him)

3.Napoleon (Obvious, but the French don't get credit since he's techincally Italian!)

4.Julius Ceasar (Veni, Vetti, Vecci)

5.Richard the Lionheart/Saladin (The two men who've probably shaped the Middle-East more than anyone else)

6.Georgi Zhukov (Main architect of Stalingrad victory)

7.Erwin Rommel (The real "Desert Fox")

8.Hannibal (Coined the term (Crossing the Alps)

9.Stonewall Jackson (Of course)

10. Horatio Nelson (Stopped Napoleon from invading Britain and spreading to South America)


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To: bandleader; Burr5

Sorry didn’t check the date of the thread. Blush


141 posted on 06/29/2009 4:34:43 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: TheEngineer
"I'm going to throw in my vote for George Washington."

Seconded.

142 posted on 06/29/2009 4:43:46 PM PDT by j_tull (I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.)
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To: drake.m007
Talk about the thread that will not die. ;-)

One of my personal favorites is Arminius, the Germanic warlord who crushed the Roman forces under Publius Quinctilius Varus at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

Trained by the Romans, Arminius turned against them and led ten to fifteen thousand Germanic tribesmen against a force of twenty to twenty-five thousand Romans (three legions, three alae, and six auxiliary cohorts). Only two to three thousand Roman troops escaped the slaughter, with nearly every senior officer either being killed in action or committing suicide to restore their honor. The three legions, the 17th, 18th, and 19th, were never restored, a rare occurrence in the Roman Army.

143 posted on 06/29/2009 6:00:55 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry. - Oliver Cromwell)
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