who was the greates military general to present?

Question

if they are not well known include some details

if u thinkin the same as me uget 10 points! if you change my mind you get 10 points!

Answer 1

Hannibal, who led the Carthaginians against the Romans. He came up with a plan to cross the Alps on elephants to attack Rome. He lost and was killed, but he was able to start a revolt of other Italian tribes against Roman rule.

Answer 2

1) Patton how far could he have gone given a free hand in france during 1944?

2) Rommel what could he have done had he more than 25% of the force required to win in africa plus his defense of france and the conquest of france.

3) zhukov the defender of russia and did well in the east prior to facing the germans

4) Paul Hausser for his tactical leadership of the II SS Panzer Corps, he restored the sagging front after Stalingrad and Kursk, beating Soviet Armies 7 times his size.

5) napolean master of land and sea warfare egypt and russian were his for a while. He was left chomping on the bit along the English Coast the same as Hitler tho.

6) thomas jackson, for his tactical victories in the Shenandoah Valley and Chancellorsville. He made bobby lee look good and if he was alive, could've won at Gettysburg too.

7) macarthur same as napolean but not the size of scale of conquest. A free hand could've won the Korean Conflict, either that or a direct confrontation with China...who knows?

8)Moltke first used the practice of mobility with railroads and the use of commanders to figure out the best way to take an objective

9)Sherman author the first demonstation of total warfare with march through the south to atlanta

10)genghis khan able to go from mongolia to europe a large undertaking considering his time. His empire was larger than Hitlers, Alexanders, and the Roman Empire combined.

11) charlemagne last big empire of europe until napolean. Without him, Europe would've been overrun by the Moors/Saracens (You'd be praying to Mecca each day).

12)Gauis Julius Caesar, especially for his exploits in Gaul and Britainnia...

Answer 3

Alexander the Great was certainly one of the greatest. He conquered so many lands at such an early age!
Julius Caesar was not bad either.
In modern times Patton pretty good, although he was crazy.
If anybody said Napoleon, I would get upset. He conquered the Serenissima Republic of Venice, simply because he had convinced the Venitians that he would bring democracy and freedom, then he made a separate peace with Austria and gave them Venice as a peace token.

Answer 4

The greatest military general was Hannibal. The only general to cross the Alps with an army. He held the entire Roman nation at bay and never lost a battle in Italy for 17 years and he was always out-numbered. His tactics and strategy are still taught in military schools today.
He lost his last battle (Zama) to Scipio Africanus, because the Numidians ( his ally and main cavalry) betrayed him, switched sides and went over to the Romans.
His victories at Lake Trasimene and Cannae are to this day
considered two of the greatest military achievements ever.
See sources.

Answer 5

Flavius Belisarius- Byzantine General under Justinian I. Defeated the Persians, Conquered North Africa from the Vandals, Conquered Italy from the Ostrogoths, sent back east to defend Syria from the Persians again, sent back to Italy to fight the Gothic army again, and was pulled out of retirement to defeat an army of Slavs and Bulgars. All of this he did with few supplies and troops and nearly no reinforcements because Justinian was worried he would try and take the throne.

Answer 6

Alexander the Great - by FAR. His victory at the Battle of Granicus, in which he crossed the Granicus with his entire outnumbered calvary to defeat the Persians, i still considered by many historians to be the most strategic and decisive battle ever fought. Although it took him until the Battle of Issus to capture Darius, king of Persia, Alexander's victory and Granicus opened up the entirety of Asia. He controlled the largest empire EVER CONSTRUCTED and his military strategies involving a small right wing calvary making an attack from behind enemy lines has never been successfully duplicated by any other military commander.

Answer 7

Leonidas I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I

Answer 8

Stonewall Jackson Robert E Lee Patton

Answer 9

Gaius Julius Caesar

Answer 10

greatest military general to me was Alexander the Great of Macedonia

Present...history hasnt told us who are the recently great generals

WW2 era Ike Eisenhower and Gen Arthur Macrathur were the great generals.