Some possibilities are in Chronological order, Lugalzagezi of Sumeria,Sargon of Akkad, Hammurabi of Babylon,Ramses 2 of Egypt Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal of Assyria, Alexander The Great, Hannibal, Julius Ceasar or Trajan of Rome, Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan,Suleyman the Magnificent, Napoleon, Duke of Wellington, Rommell, Montgomery, Moshe Dayan etc etc etc
2007-08-27 01:23:06 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Dwight D.Eisenhower , you listed great military commanders but Eisenhower was the best military leader.
2007-08-27 03:31:40 · answer #1 · answered by Louie O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The greatest military leader in history has got to be Field Marshall Erin Rommel, nicknamed the "Desert Fox" by the British in Africa, during World War II !
And a close second, would be Lawrence of Arabia! (during World War I)
2007-08-27 02:11:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would say Hannibal was the best, my opinion, i mean he nearly defeated The Roman Empire. There are lots of people saying Alexander the great, and i admit that he is great but over time he got cocky and thus was not a great military leader, he pushed his troops too far and wished to do the impossible (conquer the known world)
2007-08-27 01:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
George Washington. Because after winning the revolution, he didn't do what others had done (become a dictator), he retired to civillian life until the People choose him to be President. He then refuse to run for a third term.
Funny you have no Americans on the list such as Washington, Eisenhower, Patton, etc.
2007-08-27 12:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by joseph b 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Considering what he did with such a meager force against the Romans on their home turf - has to be Hannibal Barca. Except for some internal politics in Carthage the world may have been a very different place.
2007-08-27 01:43:01 · answer #5 · answered by keith d 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alexander The Great
2007-08-27 01:30:10 · answer #6 · answered by applebeer 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Admiral Togo, HMIJN for fighting and winning the most one sided naval victory in modern history in the Tsushima Strait during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5.
2007-08-27 03:26:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
General of the Armies George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
He oversaw the American military during the Second World War and is the person most reponsible for the Allied victory.
2007-08-27 05:33:42 · answer #8 · answered by wichitaor1 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Duke of Wellington.
2007-08-27 04:28:21 · answer #9 · answered by COB RULE 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alexander
2007-08-27 01:28:34 · answer #10 · answered by ElephantHop 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋