2006-08-10 20:04:36 · 7 answers · asked by tbone 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The best "tactical' general was Paul Hausser, in particular, his exploits in leading the II SS Panzer Corps during the 3rd Battle of Kharkov. He beat a Soviet force 7 times his size. The result was the stablization of the front after the debacle at Stalingrad.
There were other great generals, including Patton, Guderian, Rommel, Manstein and Kurt "Panzer" Meyer, but Hausser was above them all in a losing cause.
2006-08-10 21:19:24 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how you measure 'greatest'? One who starts a war or one who ends it? One who ends with fews soldier losses or one who seek victory at all costs?
2006-08-11 03:23:31 · answer #2 · answered by EagleDotCom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good generals put their troops at the right place at the right time. Great generals put their troops at the wrong place at the right time.
2006-08-11 03:14:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The German general who tried to kill Hitler with the bomb in the suitcase.
2006-08-11 03:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they were all bad. mcarthur ordered the dropping of the a-bomb, the japanese generals killed thousands of innocent chinese and murdered POWs, and of course Hitler killed millions of Jews. was there a general who stopped bloodshed in WWII?
2006-08-11 03:11:49 · answer #5 · answered by James Harrison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Patton, his units moved farther, faster, and inflicted more casualties than any other in WWII.
2006-08-11 21:58:37 · answer #6 · answered by TOPKICK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler the great. i am a fan of him. God bless him.
2006-08-11 03:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋