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lone wolf RE:Greatest Military Leader Of All Time--worcester 9/26/2004 11:24:40 PM

Surlly GENGHIS KHAN (Conquest of northan China, Persia, Iraq, Turkey, and russia in the winter) or Kublai Khan (All of china) are the greateat military leaders of all time. These people created an army the likes of which where not seen again untill the 18 century and they created the largest empire in history. Alexander looks like a hot headed piker next to these men.

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Shinzon RE:Greatest Military Leader Of All Time--worcester 9/27/2004 7:37:04 PM

How can there be any question here? The entire known world was conquered in short order by Alexander the Great of Macedon by the time he was 25. No one before or since has come even remotely close to this level of military brilliance.

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evlstu RE:Greatest Military Leader Of All Time--worcester 9/28/2004 3:43:10 AM

Oh really, what about Genghis Khan? At least his empire survived his death.

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BigR RE:GREATEST MILITARY LEADER Elite_heroes 9/28/2004 5:06:50 PM

Administration: Alexander the Great's troops mutinied after India, his defeat came from within his own army

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Shinzon RE:Greatest Military Leader Of All Time--worcester 9/28/2004 6:25:13 PM

More proof. Genghis's empire didn't need him to survive. He wasn't essential to its continuation. Without Alexander everything came apart.

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Gothic Irishmen Alexander the great 11/11/2004 1:43:37 AM

let me remind everyone here the point is the greatest military leader not the greatest empire it doesnt matter if alexanders empire didnt last long but that he conqured themighty persian empire and went to the banks of the indian empire and alexander had a perfect record defeating armies being overwhelmingly out numbered every single time and it doesnt count that his army mutinied because his army just ended going back to babylon and he wasnt defeated by his own army... still the best alexander the great 3000 years later ( even though he was gay )

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sorkoi2003 RE: What makes a military genius? 1/3/2005 4:52:50 PM

What criteria do use to measure military greatness. There is book _ I can't remember the author'name of 100 greatest military leaders- he places Washington on top the list- since argues that his victories had the greatest consequence for world history... Is military skill a definable quality like great atheletes e.g Muhammad Ali, Babe Ruth, Maradona, Bradman... just to suggest a few...

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Thomas RE: What makes a military genius? 1/4/2005 8:35:04 AM

Geniality is one of the most difficult commodities to handle. First of all, we recognise it faily easily, when we se it. Niels Bohrs original paper from 1913 waas written - say - within a week, any highschool student can read it and the among the persons he exposes as being of little minds were 23 later Nobel laurates. Secondly, the trait isn't repeatable, one stroke of genius does not either predict nor preclude other occurences in the same person - and yet hereditary to some extend. Ohm and Dobler made one one discovery each, whereas Mozart sprayed the world. Thirdly. It is characterised by simplicity and elegance. Fourthly. The consequences of a stroke of genius has nothing to do with the size of the genius. There are some mathematical proofs that are rather irrelevant; but shows great genius.

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sorkoi2003 RE: What makes a military genius? 1/4/2005 2:01:24 PM

I agree with most of your points. The difficulty is that once you away from 'natural' or mathematical sciences- it becomes even more difficult to work out- without considerations of social impact.

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kiankok Without a doubt Erwin Rommel!!! He is my idol 1/28/2005 11:32:21 AM

Erwin Rommel is a war hero in both World Wars... His bravery and courage and leadership and decisiveness and moral are very much shown in the wars... If only i can fight for him...

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Agammenon Horatio Nelson. 2/19/2005 9:33:36 PM

Anybody chosen Nelson? Samuel Colridge said of him:"Lord nelson was an admiral every inch of him.He looked at everything,not merlely in its possible relations to the naval service in general,but its immediate bearings on his own sqaudron;to his officers,his men,to the particular ships themselves,his affections were as strong and ardent as those of a lover.Hence,though his temper was constitutionally irritable and uneven(he was constantly in pain),yet never was a commander so enthusiastically loved by men of all ranks,from the captain of the fleet to the youngest ship-boy.Hence too the unexampled harmony which reigned in his fleet,year after year,under circumstances that mightwell have undermined the patience of the best-balanced dispositions." His 2nd in command at Trafalgar,Lord Collingwood,said after his death:"His loss was the greatest grief to me.There is nothing like him left for gallantry and conduct in battle.It was not foolish passion for fighting for he was the most gentle of all human creatures and often lamented the cruel necessity of it,but it was a principle of duty which all men owed their country in defence of her laws and liberty.He valued life only as it enabled him to do good,and would not preserve it by any act he thought unworthy...he is gone,and I shall lament him as long as I remain." Has any other Admiral won so many great victories?Blake,Tromp,De Ruyter all suffered defeat.Hawke,had only one great victory,as did Rodney.No other Admiral comes close. Cool website about Nelson. link

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Ozamist General Douglas MacArthur the only 4 star gen? 3/16/2005 11:31:10 PM

Mac was among the best of leaders of the modern age desert fox hirohito they were nothing but mere chess peices to be destroyed truman was afraid of him knowing that usa could and can rule the world so when he asked truman to use over 50 to 100 nukes on nkorea and china he was fired and now look what happend ther is a line betweed korea thousands of us troops died usa could of saved tons and $$ by using the nukes just like in japan like he said (in evrey gook ther is a american waiting to come out) im sure his racist remarks were odd mabe ignorant but thats his only defeat was his ignorance once you dominate a country and Pwn them you kinda get big headed besides him i forgot the name of the genreal who defeated germanys army and pushed them back from moscow and back into the rotten scum of germany the russian genreal mabe it starts with a s dammit i forgot ok tear this reply to threads 1 2 3 go

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Braddock Alexander 3/17/2005 6:44:51 PM

I have a more personal favorite, but that Alexander is hard to top.

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F22 RE:General Douglas MacArthur the only 4 star gen? 3/17/2005 7:15:47 PM

i forgot the name of the genreal who defeated germanys army and pushed them back from moscow and back into the rotten scum of germany the russian genreal mabe it starts with a s dammit You're probably thinking of Zhukhov, who was credited with saving Moscow, but he alone didn't defeat the Germany Army. He had a lot of help from Konev, Rokossovsky, and others. He did lead the main attack on Berlin, along with Konev, so maybe that's what you meant.

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Commander Erwin Rommel 3/25/2005 7:22:27 PM

This guy is unpredictable, unmovable and a genius. He led ths smallest German Army in the Second World War and defeated the British. He drove them as far as Egypt. The only reason he lost is that Hitler refused to give him supplies and he was never given freedom of movement.

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