Who is the greatest general of all time?

Question

I say Alexander the Great or Saladin

Answer 1

I believe that it was Alexander the Great. If you think about what he was able to accomplish it was amazing. He marched 11,000 miles with his soldiers and conquered basically everything to the west of Greece. The only reason he stopped was because his soldiers demanded they go home. If he would have continued he undoubtedly would have conquered India as well.

To bad his empire was split up after he died though.

Answer 2

George S. Patton, Norman Schwarzkopf, George Washington or Alexander the Great

Answer 3

General Dwight D. Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Julius Cesar
George Washington

Answer 4

General Dwight D. Eisenhower
General MacArthur
General Patton

Answer 5

Tran Hung Dao - twice defeated mongol invasions of Vietnam.

Sun Tzu - As a strategery goes "The Art of War" is still taught in military classes world wide.

Xerxes I of Persia - Conquered the Greeks and took over Athens

Genghis Khan - Under his rule the Mongol Empire ended up ruling, or at least briefly conquering, large parts of modern day China, Mongolia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Moldova, South Korea, North Korea, and Kuwait.

George Washington - Did a couple little battles with Britain, known as the American Revolution, to establish the United States of America!

Napoleon - Developed the divisional squares employed in Egypt and the placement of artillery into batteries, he used the best tactics from a variety of sources. His campaigns are studied at military academies all over the world and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest commanders ever to have lived.

VADM Horatio Nelson - British Admiral who led their Navy against the French. Most historians believe Nelson's ability to inspire officers of the highest and seamen of the lowest was central to his many victories. His unequalled ability to both strategically plan his campaigns and tactically shift his forces in the midst of battle.

And bunch of others from the more modern area.

Answer 6

Captain Moroni

He was an important Nephite military commander and patriot who lived during the 1st century BC. He is perhaps best known for raising the so called "title of liberty" as a call to arms for his people to defend their country, family and religion. He was "the chief captain over the Nephites."

Captain Moroni was a righteous and skilled military commander. Among his accomplishments were his extensive preparations for battle and his fierce defense of the right of the Nephites to govern themselves and worship as they saw fit.

Moroni was "only twenty and five years old when he was appointed chief captain" of the Nephites. The appointment came in response to a looming war with Lamanites and Zoramites, a force which was led by Zerahemnah and included many Nephite dissenters. The Lamanite army attacked the Nephites in the land of Jershon and the battle ended on the banks of the river Sidon. In this war, Moroni set to work readying the Nephite people with body armor for the first time. He sent spies to investigate the Lamanites' weaknesses, following which he led his troops with the plan to surround the those of the Lamanites. The entire time, his objective was to defend his people and their right to worship their God as they pleased. Ultimately, Moroni met this objective, which resulted in keeping many of the Lamanites from ever coming to combat against the Nephites again.

Answer 7

King Leonidas of Sparta. With 300 Spartan troops and 700 Thespian volunteers, he held off a force of 200,000 to 2,000,000 Persian troops (estimates vary) in order to cover the retreat of the Greek allied forces at Thermopylae. Although he and his entire complement was wiped out, it was only after the 1000 man army took the lives of some 80,000 Persian fighters and successfully allowed the Greeks to retreat and regroup with other Spartan forces, and thus win the Greco-Persian war. His undaunted ability to lead such a small force against impossible odds and hold the line to allow such a retreat shows military skill, courage and leadership unparallelled by any other leader in history.

Answer 8

Definitely, Alexander the Great was the best historical general.

Answer 9

That's a tough one. Alexander the Great, Robert E. Lee (even though the South lost), Ulysses S. Grant,all great ones.

Answer 10

I agree that Chesty Puller was great but his time in rank was so short it's hard to rank him. Now as a Colonel Chesty was damn sure the man! I would rank FADM Chester Nimitz pretty highly also. Higher than MacArthur by far. MacArthur was very much a politician in his day similar to Colin Powell IMO. Robert E Lee was outstanding as was Thomas Jackson. (Stonewall) I'd also put VADM Charles Lockwood forward as quite outstanding .