2007-10-12 19:38:53 · 20 answers · asked by Anarchy 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
He had 1/100th the resources of the Allied Generals. And yet still managed to dominate the North African theater of War for two years, that's tactical genius at work.
Not to mention it was His tactical work and His Division (The 7th Panzer) which spearheaded the lightning blitzkrieg conquest of France in 1940. He was vastly outnumbered there as well.
It was easy for People like Eisenhower to win when they had overwhelming numerical and material superiority.
What Rommel accomplished was all due to His sheer genius.
2007-10-13 06:34:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no simple answer as there were different men for different campaigns.
I will give the examples of Rommel in the African Desert
and Zuchov for the Russian Campaign against Germany.
As for the comments about Hitler what crap, he ignored the basic concept of wagering war, do not fight on two fronts at the same time and do not over extend your supply lines, if he had any brains he would have learned from Napoleon Bonaparte's Campaign to Russia in the 1800s, but what else could you expect from a life-long failure to do anything right.
2007-10-12 22:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by conranger1 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Erwin Rommel by a long way, not only was this man respected by his own troops and Hitler for his ability but also that of his enemy's he won alot of battles when he was greatly out numbered he was a brilliant tactician/strategist and had he had the support from Hitler in terms of supplies/logistics he could of achieved so much more the guy is a legend
2007-10-13 04:30:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
My pic: Paul Hausser, especially as commander of the II SS Panzer Corp at the 3rd Battle of Kharkov where he beat a Red Army 7 times his size, thus stabilizing a sagging front after the debacle at Stalingrad...
Rommel, Kurt "Panzer" Meyer, Manstein, Guderian, Yamamoto, Eisenhower, Zhukov are all honorable mentions. Against superior air power and overwhelming forces, even great tacticians will succumb. It doesn't take a good tactician to beat someone with sledgehammer tactics backed by overwhelming resources.
2007-10-12 19:41:33 · answer #4 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
the super Russian commander, "ordinary wintry climate." heavily. The Russian wintry climate climate did greater to defeat the Germans than something or anybody else. Sorry, ordinary Patton followers, even though it extremely is authentic. the 2d best suited replaced into the yank commander ordinary automobiles. heavily. It replaced into our skill to mass-produce conflict equipment which helped us to be triumphant.
2016-11-08 04:12:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
FADM Chester Nimitz gets my vote. GA Macarthur got all the press but Chet Nimitz was the man leading the fight in the pacific.
2007-10-12 19:45:25 · answer #6 · answered by Chuck J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hitler.
You try to convince one man to go to war and die for his country and see how hard it is. Hitler convinced the whole nation about it. Even Bush can't convince his own nation about iraq war.
Hitler is only man know in history to have created a world event that world will never forget. Most other global events either are nature-made or by series of events but not by one man.
2007-10-12 23:01:35 · answer #7 · answered by Mōlě 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Zukov for the Russians.
Rommel for the Germans.
Patton for the USA
Yamamto for the Japense.
All of these Generals had a incredable sense of Tactics.
2007-10-12 22:59:28 · answer #8 · answered by Wolf of the Black Moon 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
General Omar Bradley or Erwin Romel its a toss up.
2007-10-12 23:18:05 · answer #9 · answered by firetdriver_99 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alenby, he had to keep Rommel back with no arms and no men. The yank mentioned above had more resources than he could need and the advise of experienced British Generals.
2007-10-12 19:43:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋