Greatest Military Commander of All Time

Pretty sure Douglas MacArthur should be on there, he's my favorite.

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Originally Posted by Adine

thats a hard one I went with alexander the great though .
I honestly have no clue why forest,rommel,patton or nelson are even up there. Sure they were good but certianly not deserving of greatest.Sun Tzu would be a much better choice than any of them

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Tzu was a philosopher who happened to write a treatise about war, much like von Clausewitz. He never commanded any armies. Anyways, Forrest was the first to use a blitzkrieg-like strategy, getting his soldiers there faster than anyone thought possible, following his policy of "getting there first with the most men". Rommel was arguably the greatest tank commander ever, defeating much larger British and American forces even while having consistently low supplies and little air support. Patton was basically his American opposite, a master at using armor and infantry to clear massive swathes of territory quickly. As for Nelson, well, he won the battle that prevented Napoleon from attacking England, suffering a fatal wound in the process, and still commanding his fleet after being hit. I think that makes him eligible.

If Rommel had been at the D-Day beaches, there would have been no success for the Allies. The Desert Fox would have wiped them off. Luckily it was his wife's B-day.

You forget the art of war is required reading in the military and Sun Tzu very much did comand an army i forget under who though

I'd go for Nelson, he bashed them Frenchies.

so did Ceasar .

Who had more troops?

I voted for Erwin Rommel. As far as I am concerned if it wasn't for German High Command holding him back he could have conquered the world.

To quote one of my favorite games "However, High Command had lost its way, and Germany was soon to follow".