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To: deks
Eishenhower was an equally worse field commander than Lee was.
14 posted on 06/22/2018 11:58:36 AM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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Yeah D-Day was a big failure. You surely know that.


17 posted on 06/22/2018 12:00:22 PM PDT by deks
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To: jmacusa
Eishenhower was an equally worse field commander than Lee was.

Like most commanders of armies, Lee was not not primarily a "field" commander (neither was Eisenhower). He would plan the campaign and leave it to "field commanders" to execute the actual battle. For example, Lee made the decision to divide his army and send Jackson around to flank the Federals at Chancellorsville. How he got there and what he did there was left to Jackson. Lee was constantly having to plan how to attack the enemy while not letting them over-run Richmond (Lee did not think Richmond should be the Confederate Capitol). When one looks at how many times Lee successfully divided his forces, he seems to be an audacious commander. Much of the time, with limited resources, it was all he could do.

110 posted on 06/22/2018 1:15:20 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: jmacusa
Eishenhower was an equally worse field commander than Lee was.

Eisenhower never commanded an army in the field.

161 posted on 06/22/2018 1:58:06 PM PDT by Pelham (California, Mexico's socialist colony)
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Ike was a really good manager. Nothing wrong with that. But, it is what it is.


172 posted on 06/22/2018 2:09:12 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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