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Post by fb on Mar 16, 2024 14:56:18 GMT
Rate the greatest ten military commanders/generals in history, in your estimation. For me. 1) The Duke of Wellington 2) Napoleon 3) Georgi Zhukov 4) The Duke of Marlborough 5) Alexander of Macedon 6) Genghis Khan 7) Bill Slim 8) Hannibal 9) Geronimo 10) Caesar What do you reckon. C'mon County.
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Post by desmond on Mar 16, 2024 18:36:06 GMT
Rate the greatest ten military commanders/generals in history, in your estimation. For me. 1) The Duke of Wellington 2) Napoleon 3) Georgi Zhukov 4) The Duke of Marlborough 5) Alexander of Macedon 6) Genghis Khan 7) Bill Slim 8) Hannibal 9) Geronimo 10) Caesar What do you reckon. C'mon County. Me when I play Risk.
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Post by hedleyverity on Mar 16, 2024 18:46:39 GMT
Sgt Odball
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Post by Count de Stockport on Mar 16, 2024 19:06:53 GMT
Frederick II of Prussia
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Post by nelly on Mar 16, 2024 19:09:12 GMT
Rate the greatest ten military commanders/generals in history, in your estimation. For me. 1) The Duke of Wellington 2) Napoleon 3) Georgi Zhukov 4) The Duke of Marlborough 5) Alexander of Macedon 6) Genghis Khan 7) Bill Slim 8) Hannibal 9) Geronimo 10) Caesar What do you reckon. C'mon County. Me when I play Risk. Erwin Rommel ?
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Post by Count de Stockport on Mar 16, 2024 19:10:40 GMT
I think Ho Chi Minh and Le Duan could be considered too, having so comprehensively defeated a world superpower
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Post by nelly on Mar 16, 2024 19:11:30 GMT
William the Conquerer, Bernard Montgomery etc.
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Post by Count de Stockport on Mar 16, 2024 19:11:41 GMT
Also not sure how Napoleon outranks Alexander, who never lost a single battle
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Post by nelly on Mar 16, 2024 19:13:47 GMT
I think Ho Chi Minh and Le Duan could be considered too, having so comprehensively defeated a world superpower Che Guevara.
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Post by Count de Stockport on Mar 16, 2024 19:14:32 GMT
Themistocles
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Post by Count de Stockport on Mar 16, 2024 19:16:57 GMT
Rate the greatest ten military commanders/generals in history, in your estimation. For me. 1) The Duke of Wellington 2) Napoleon 3) Georgi Zhukov 4) The Duke of Marlborough 5) Alexander of Macedon 6) Genghis Khan 7) Bill Slim 8) Hannibal 9) Geronimo 10) Caesar What do you reckon. C'mon County. Me when I play Risk. Me when I play Medieval 2: Total War. On easy mode.
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Post by Count de Stockport on Mar 16, 2024 19:18:20 GMT
Toussaint Louverture
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Post by hedleyverity on Mar 16, 2024 19:20:44 GMT
A Nazi with good pr and not a lot to back it up
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Post by nelly on Mar 16, 2024 19:29:03 GMT
A Nazi with good pr and not a lot to back it up He was just a soldier and was forced to commit suicide, to save his family.
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Post by hedleyverity on Mar 16, 2024 19:38:55 GMT
A Nazi with good pr and not a lot to back it up He was just a soldier and was forced to commit suicide, to save his family. That doesn’t qualify him as an all time great
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