2007-10-26 19:13:06 · 9 answers · asked by Santini 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Scipio Africanus (defeated Islam before Islam)
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
Hannibal Barca
Flavius Belisarius
George Washington
Napoleon Bonaparte
Stonewall Jackson (Lee was an utter fool, to not listen to him)
Ulysses Grant
Douglas MacArthur
2007-10-26 20:17:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
George S. Patton. WW2 USA
Omar Bradley. WW2 USA
Gotthard Heinrici. WW2 Germany
Bernard Montgomery. WW2 Britain
Erwin Rommel. WW2 Germany
Lord Charles Cornwallis. American Revolution, British
Napoleon Bonaparte. Emperor. General. Statesman. France
Hernando Cortez. Conquered the Aztecs. Spanish.
Robert E. Lee. American War of Northern Aggression. Confederate.
Francisco Pizarro. Inca Conquest in Peru. Spanish.
Alexander the Great. (Technically, not a General, but still a military leader.) Conquered the entire known world. Macedonian Emperor
Gnaeus Julius Caesar. Conquered Britannia, became Roman Emperor. Rome
2007-10-27 02:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by John S 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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 if he was given tactical control of the Panzer reserve divisions in his defense of france and the conquest of france in 1940.
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.
Honorable mention:
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...
13)I have always thought Sertorius was the greatest Roman General but the one least interested in politics and therefore the one least mentioned in history. However, like Memnon vs Alexander, his contemporary's obviously repsected him enough to rarely have a bad word said against him, and it is not often that you have a man so unknown by the public who, and I'm going from memory here, plutarch felt could have, and should have, been the greatest Roman General of his time.....
2007-10-27 04:30:25 · answer #3 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Alexander the Great
Scipio Africanus
Duke of Wellington
Winfield Scott
George C. Marshall
Erich van Manstein
George Patton
William Tecumseh Sherman
Hiram Ulysses Grant (Yes, that is his real name)
Georgi Zhukov
2007-10-28 02:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by wichitaor1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington, Bradley, Patton, Eisenhower, Rommel, Robert E. Lee,
Wellington, Giap, MacArthur, Pershing.
No particular order.
2007-10-27 02:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by RUESTER 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In no particular order:
1. Washington
2. MacArthur
3. Grant
4. Patton
5. Lee
6. Pershing
7. Eisenhower
8. Stonewall Jackson
9. Sherman
10. Ramey
2007-10-27 02:29:38 · answer #6 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Living.
2007-10-27 02:18:11 · answer #7 · answered by stratoframe 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
PLEASE STOP with the reference to the "WAR of Northern Aggression"......The South was at fault and they had, with a very few exception (eg Longstreet Jackson Forrest), bad generals who fought like Napoleon...Just stop the undeserved homage....and yes Ive read the same books as you but I know which one are out of date please reference Freeman
PS the South LOST and Lost BADLY.....
2007-10-27 03:00:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
who cares? officers are fags.
2007-10-27 02:30:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋