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Question: Who is your favorite general /military leader in world history and why?

Patton, Alexander the Great, Julius Ceasar, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Oda Nobunaga, Napoleon...Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Nelson, King Leonidas, Hannibal, or anybody else on your mind?
Fslcaptain: It would help if you said what in the biography of Alexander that you read, give you that impression. I certainly think he was great too.

Also, in Hannibal's case, I think it was the politicians of Carthage who didn't know what to do with Hannibal's victories.

Answer: 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 his defense of france and the conquest of france.
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.
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...

Sir John Parker: 'A man you want on your side, and not one to cross'

Sir John Parker is Britain's very own Clark Kent. Most days he's the mild-mannered chairman who runs some of our most important strategic corporations. But whenever a really big crisis hits, he steps out of the phone booth and swings into action, his cape swirling around him.

Authors@Google: John Man