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Question: Who was the best military leader?
#1
Zhukov		  
#2
Alexander the Great		  
#3
Attila the Hun		  
#4
Napoleon Bonaparte		  
#5
Robert E. Lee		  
#6
Rommel		  
#7
Ghengis Khan		  
#8
Joan of Arc		  
#9
Saladin		  
#10
Hannibal		  
#11
Julius Caesar		  
#12
Other		  
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dead0man
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« on: March 25, 2012, 10:18:49 PM »
Ghengis gets my pick....though I probably like Hannibal the most.  One could also make good arguments for Alexander and Zhukov.  Joan and Saladin are way out of their league here.
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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2012, 11:33:46 AM »
Lee was good, maybe great (probably not).  He had the huge of advantage of having bad generals facing him.  Don't get me wrong, I like Lee, he was likely the best (overall) general in the US Civil War, but he gets a lot more praise than he deserves.

Some of the guys on this list were decent generals that history placed at the right time and place, and because they were not in over their head, managed to do what they were supposed to do.  Others went way above and beyond what history laid in their lap.  Genghis is one of those.
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dead0man
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2012, 11:50:46 AM »
Aye.  And I should be clear, McClellan wasn't a HORRIBLE general.  He was great at getting ready for battle.  It was when it came time to fight that he was a complete disaster.
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dead0man
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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2012, 11:50:48 PM »
....and greatly surpassed by Genghis.
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« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2012, 01:14:25 PM »
Being excellent at killing poor farmers doesn't make one a great military leader.
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