Who do you consider was the finest army ever. now or in history.?

Question

I think Caesar Roman army, followed by Alexandra the great army, and surprising to all, The 2 world war German army, it took on to many, What do you think?

Yes I agree that the old British army was great, but not the first, Regarding the American army, you are a world power, but' not in the proven way like the Greeks or Romans

Answer 1

OMG why does nobody remeber Hannibal(son of hamilcar) in my opinion he was easily the greatest general in history!Why? ok first lemme explain what was going on Rome and Carthage the 2 powers of the western meditraninan are squaring of for the second time in history in what is known as the Second Punic War. Ok Rome is currently easily the champ when it comes warfare handsdown the design of the legions and and skill and agressiveness(roman comanders were agressive because the would only serve for one year at a time and no consecutive years so they were eager to gain military glory quickly) of the roman comanders was amazing.
War has been declared and Hannibal is heading from spain(no he was not a spaniard Carthage was located in Nothern africa and was of phoncian descent) towards the Alps He crosses the Alps on foot with his army a difficult procedure even today with technologies on foot let alone back then. He manages to do all this with War elephants in tow! do i hear genious yet? no? keep reading! The romans amazed at the daring climb attempt battle with Hannibal the square of on the battle field 50,000 Carthagians and 100,000 Romans take a guess who do you think won?


HANNIBAL yes he beat the all time supreme of ancient armies with a major disadvantage and guess what else? that Roman army was anilahted were as Hannibal took very few cassualties! how u scream?? in ancient warfare it was which line could bend the other into breaking forcing the opponent to retreat soooooo Hannibal put merceneries and other weak soldiers in the center of the line were the most pressure would be to break.. STUPID U CRY!? whats more he put all his strong men and cavalry on the wings.... so as the romans sensing the weakness in the center charged in....the Carthagain line slowly bent till it became a semi-circle then as
Hannibal had ordered the wings moved in behind the romans pushing them in successfully forming a complete circle around the entire roman army then the tightened the circle were the roman men could barely draw their swords without hitting their comrade next to them... and then simply they were
destroyed...military genius using the enemies advantage of number against them! He moved on into the roman peninsula holding therefor years destroying every army sent against him but unable to take rome due to the lack of men.... lol he did much much more but that is one of my favorite battles...now take this in account he destroyed much larger armies and one might notice that most of his men were not Carthaginians yet he still held their loyalty and respect...again genious....He took on and defeated the most disciplined army in the world, the romans, and with a numerical disadvantage... Now you may say Alexzander did the same but the forces he opposed were
sizably large such as the persians but were not skilled fighters
and as for Julias Ceaser you obviously do not read history..he did very little soldiery mainly in Gaul and that was for military glory one of his many little steps to become emperor he was not a brilliant general he was a brilliant politician..

Answer 2

The British army under Cromwell was the best army the UK ever had. World wide army's would be in the order of history
Gideons army
the Romans,
the Icini
the Vikings
the Carthaginians,
the Barbarias under Gengis Karn
the British and the German
now the SAS

Answer 3

Alexander, the Great (336-323 b.c.e)He was most likely the greatest conqueror of the ancient world. He had the largest kingdom in the ancient world ever recorded. His armies lost very few men in spite of being consistently outnumbered in almost every battle. He never lost a battle. He succeeded his father Phillip II. He spreaded the Hellenic ways which would influence much of the known world. Even today, what he did can be felt.

Answer 4

I totally agree with you but I'd put the army of Alexander the Great and that of the Caesar Roman army both at the first place because the people who command and composed those armies were really genius. At the third place I'd put the German army too.

Answer 5

Its an interesting question but not clearly defined. You name both individual armies (i.e. Alexander's army) and nations ( all the Germans armies in World War II) in your details. These are quite diffferent things as the former has much to do with who the individual leader is.

Alexander and Julius Caesar were clearly two of the "Great Captains" of history. Napoleon belongs on that list too.

I would add another name which you are probably unfamilar with, Charles XII of Sweden. He lead the army of Sweden to victory after victory against his neighbors, always at the head of his troops and usually vastly outnumbered. He defeated the Russians under Peter the Great on numerous occassions and lost (at the battle of Poltava) only when he was shot and so severely wounded that he was in a coma.

Forced to flee after the battle he took refuge in the Ottoman Empire which initially welcomed him. When he wore out his welcome they sent the elite Janissaries to evict him. He and a few dozen retainers at first refused to budge and held out for a few days against tens of thousands of Turks.

Escaping he fled across Europe to once again lead his little army against the combined forces of Russia, and just about every other country in northern Europe. He might well have won the war had he not been shot dead, again at the head of his troops on December 11, 1718.

Answer 6

Hannibal of Carthage (247 -182 BC)

His tactics for defeating the Romans were still being used in the first gulf war ( by the American army) to great success! then leading his army across the alps to invade Rome, (elephants and all) was some feat.

Answer 7

Robert E Lee's Army of Va
with Stonewall Jackson.
Jeb Stewart

Answer 8

Genghis Khan, the Mongol Army. Sebudei Khan, the Golden Horde

I'd like to change my answer to, a German Panzer Army.
The only reason a German Panzer Army lost is because of the mistakes made by Hitler and his cronies.

Answer 9

Good question.
For Iron Discipline, The Spartans, the Japanese

For innovation, The Roman Army (invented the engineer corps, combat medics, etc)

Ferocity, The Celts, The Mongols, The Zulus (bad luck at Rourkes drift- and that was the second string army), the Japanese.

Most consistent performer, British army

Answer 10

Russian Red Army
Persian army under Xerses
Not sure when- but old time Scottish military way back when
Roman army of course under Caesar
Napolean's army