Greatest Army Mastermind?

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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...

Digital Katana's

He wasn't a general but he was a wise military adviser. I pick the wise Sun Tzu.

Bulgarin

Heinz Gudarian... he overdid the British idea of tank spearheads... and made blitzkrieg a very effective tactic during the start of ww2

jason c

ROMEL BUT HITLER DIDNT KNOW HOW TO COMAND PERIOD. IF ROMEL WAS FREE TO DO WHAT HE WANTED NO TELLING IF GERMANY WOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER IN WW2

The Man In The Box

Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim...led the Finns in giving absolute hell to the Soviets in 1939-1940. If you've never read about the Winter War, check it out. Mannerheim did amazingly well considering his resources (or lack thereof), and the Finns were absolutely badass!

Digital Haruspex

Hannibal. The Battle an Cannae in 216 B.C. is still studied at Westpoint as well as other military schools. It's thought to be the earliest use of the pincer maneuver (Hannibal possibly conceived of it himself).

It's estimated that 60,000-80,000 Romans were captured or killed during that battle out of around 90,000 to begin with, including the Roman consul and eighty senators. Hannibal had only around 54,000 troops and lost 6,000 and had wounded of 10,000.

This was not the first time Hannibal had completely decimated a Roman army but it was his most complete win. In fact, this battle changed the way the Romans used their military because it was so devastating to them.

Hannibal also, of course, crossed the Alps--with elephants no less. A feat no one in the Roman world thought possible until Hannibal showed up, literally, on Rome's doorstep. Had he had more support from Carthage it's thought he would have been able to sack Rome and hold it indefinitely. At the time though he didn't have the support, though he could have sacked Rome he couldn't have held it. He resorted to pillaging the country side for a few years and being a general nuisence to the Romans.

Oxhead

Hannibal, with Alexander a close second.

Christian King of Spain

Gen Longstreet
Gen Stonewall Jackson
Off course Gen Robert E Lee
and i Believe Irwin Rommel may as well been one of the best aswell even though he was a Nazi general ive heard he did it for his country not because he believed that lunitic Hitler.

Alexanderthegreat

Alexander the Great!

Fab

1) Julius Caesar (Roman Empire) The inventor of army strategies.
2) Napoleon Bonaparte (France), and from whom we have adopted our military tactics. Great Warrior.

Vampire 13R

Grant or Sherman, While all of the West Point Gentalmen were fighting Napoleonic set peice battles, they knew that the South was doomed as long as they kept them fighting continuously. After Gettysburg all the Confederates did was die well.

Henry VIII

Alexander the Great would be a good candidate.

Bruta

how about little General Napoleon...

Sergeant Major

Agreed Sun Tzu, he wrote "The Art of War" which is still used in theory and practice today, not only in the military, but also within the business world.

Baby Raptor

Rommel if he had been given charge of Normandy sooner.... It would have been a different war altogether

ve_wolf

Gen. George S. Patton

We need more men like him nowadays in the military. Someone who is not afraid to say what they mean. He helped to form our military into what it is today. His tank tactics helped end the WWI Trench Warfar. In WWII his tanks were a lot weaker than the German's Panzers, but his tactics ended up giving the German's something they never expected. He wanted us to not ally with the Soviets, knowing they would be our next enemy.

Without a doubt he was the best of the best. But I do have to say without Ike (Gen. Einsenhower) Patton would have not been able to achieve his succeses in WWII

J. S.

Greetings, General. There is a whole cult around Robert E. Lee as being the "Greatest Army Mastermind" - a cult to which I do not belong. In my opinion, Don Carlos Buell was a fine General too. If you really need me to pronounce the "Greatest Army Mastermind" in the "utmost confidence" then I will do so - Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.

molly

Mustafa Ataturk he knew the sacrifice and futility of war and respected his enemies as he did his own men and then went on to build a modern Turkey.