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Well this is a history topic mostly...I guess the question is obvious enough.
If you choosed other pls tell me who did you had in mind?
Also feel free to state why have you choosed the respective.

I went with Alexander the Great, although it was a tight run with Hannibal.. Why? Cause they rocked :)

Why? Cause they rocked

Intersting argument ... Well i voted for Napoleon(lets face it Alexanders army was far superior to those he fought-even though heavily outnumbered--Napoleon had to fight an enemy with an army as good as his and many times beign outnumbered).
Somebody voted for other, who might that be that i have forgotten???

I would go with General Callus Tacticus, but I guess fictional characters don't count

But I did not vote at all, cause I must say that i don't know much about generals/history...
Just remember that history is written by the winners, mostly

Yeah i've read Discworld too, it's quite funny though my disscusion is serious. Funny guy Tacticus, made me laugh .
silentguy, were you the guy that voted for other???

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silentguy wrote:But I did not vote at all,

I don't have much knowledge on generals, but if I had to vote, I'd choose Ceasar just 'cos the romans kicked ass.

I'd choose Ceasar just 'cos the romans kicked ass. Very Happy

How about you vote him is as good a reason as they rock

But I did not vote at all

Sorry didnt pay much attention i was at school, during break with debeax (he resides on this forum too) and i wasnt very atentif.

I went with Alexander the great for 2 reasons. one because i am into Greek mythology and somewhat history, and the other reason is General George S. Patton wasnt on the list...

General George S. Patton wasnt on the list...

Sorry about Patton i left him out, i considered Rommel the best general of world war 2 that's why i left him out...(also, Patton didn't impress me much).

Erwin Rommel, was one of the greatest generals ever. Despite some people still might think about all the germans during the ww2 were nazi...well that's just unfair. You can't just generalize, and judge people based in just what it appears to look like.

Rommel was a complete gentleman, a very tough man, a great husband and father, a man of morality,a man that wouldn't doubt to run into the most dangerous situation to save his men lives, his county, his family. And of course, never a nazi.

He, like most of the German population, saw in Hitler so many positive things...you would never imagine that, one of the most active persons in the nazism, was the main person into the plannings of taking off Hitler from the power. Rommel was ashamed of how the wermacht got stained with many evil acts... he just realized were happening, specially because he was out of Germany, in a so different war.

Rommel was a great person, an example of tenacity, morality, that we all are invited to follow.

Well said oscuro, the rommel-nazi evil german guy is mostly common in the USA and few really know of rommel's true persona.

Didnt Napolean lose every battle.

Lose every battle
What are they teaching you in schools these days? Napoleon waged 41 battles of which he won all of them exept one (waterloo).

Other. The Generals named are certainly great, but none of them could ever be the 'greatest' - Although.. hey, does Ulysses/Odysseus qualify?

Alexander, and some of Ghengis Khan's generals, were the best I would name off hand. The Romans' strength lay less in their generals ability to command, and more in the troop's great discipline and abilities - they could well say the Legions conquered the world at that time.

On Napoleon:
He lost several battles with the Russians as well, although finding their names is hard to do nowadays. History books concentrate so strongly upon the 'politic climate', and not of the actual details of a battle.
There were also many smaller skirmishes that he lost, but I can hardly remember the names of them even if I look.

Erwin Rommel, was one of the greatest generals ever. Despite some people still might think about all the germans during the ww2 were nazi...well that's just unfair. You can't just generalize, and judge people based in just what it appears to look like.

You, sir, deserve a cookie. Have you read his book? Quite the interesting piece of material.

I personally would go for Ho Chi Minh because he was one of the smartest and most skilled generals in history!

If you consider the rather low-level eqiupment the VC had to face it's enemies with , it stands clear that Ho Chi Minh has done an awesome job.
not to mention that he re-founded the guerilla strategy , I'd would heavily doubt that any other general who's mentioned on the vote list could have done what HO chi minh has done under the those circumstances

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