greatest war leaders of all time

While Hitler can be admired for many of his abilities, such as public speaking and swaying the masses...as well as for many "good" things that he did for the people of Germany....he was no great military commander. That was one of the reasons things started to go so badly for the Nazis during the second world war. They began to loose so much ground so quickly because he refused to listen to his more experienced generals. So, yes...he was very successful early on, but too pig headed to listen to reality when his plans started to fail. He simply wouldn't listen to those people who knew what they were talking about.

Thutmoses IV -Very great Egyptian pharaoh. Expanded the borders of Egypt into a huge empire. (I would say Ramses the Great as well, but he was better at propaganda than actual...warrioring -if that can be used as a term)

Caesar -duh

Alexander the Great -Obvious

Napoleon -again, obvious

Washington -Along with LaFayette, he turned a band of poorly trained rebels into a successful fighting force. I mean, when you get right down to it, he was the one behind the idea of actually getting out of the way of a bullet when it was coming at you, rather than marching in formation onto the end of a bayonette. He changed the rules of warfare for so much of the western world.

FDR and his generals -He actually listened to his people. This was one of the reasons why the allies began to win.

Duke of Wellington(1769-1852). One of the great commanders of history, Wellington led the victory over Napoleon at Waterloo (1815)
i say this simply cos he stopped napolean..and that probably took some doing
and boudicca for fighting the romans hard

i'm not saying Ceasar didn't do *anything*, i'm just wondering if he actually led them into battle.

and i agree with capt. fantastic. Hitler got overconfident and tried to take on too many enemies at once.

they generally stand on a hill and give orders which get over to the battlefield by courier or instruments

he coudnt even conquer britain...at two attempts.....the big headed romen git

then again, who wants it

the question is who dares to try and get it
and who would take your country whereeva u r from

khan

Originally posted by dean7879
the question is who dares to try and get it
and who would take your country whereeva u r from

w

Two more entries into this -

SALADIN- muslim leader known for generosity who recaptured Jerusalem from the Franks, and pretty much decimated the whole Christian army at the Battle of Hattin, which was the main cause of the Third Crusade led by...

RICHARD III the Lionheart - Led the combined English, French, Italian and German crusaders into the Middle East to try and recapture Jerusalem. Divisions in the Western army caused him to fall short of that goal, however he was able to recapture most of the land lost to Saladin several years before, plus was able to barter with Saladin for Christians to revisit Jerusalem safely.

Had they not met on the battlefield, they surely would've achieved more than they did.

Originally posted by yerssot
I dare, then again, ... nothing to get there 😂

cos there is nothin for you to get there...i think u would respond better to anythin from a toy shop.......britain is more succseful than your country..admit it 😎

no one mentioned:
Perykles (ancient greek, persian wars)
Leonidas (also persian wars)

and imo there is too much of american generals there.

Originally posted by Clovie
no one mentioned:
Perykles (ancient greek, persian wars)
Leonidas (also persian wars)

and imo there is too much of american generals there.

They were mentioning Civil War ones 😛

Xerexs of Persia and Hannibal of Carthage to 😛

i totally forgot about Saladin... 😮 😄