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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 11, 2021 19:32:47 GMT
Seriously? Quora? I have at-the-time manuscripts about the gens and have read each of their works, as well as studying in-depth. My mind is made up. Rommel for tactics, Manstein for strategy and Logistics, Guderian for, idunno, inventing doctrines? Also, the entire basis of this thread is flawed. There are so many gens that one could not possibly find the best one. What if the best one was an extremely obscure one? Of the ones I know, it is Kuribayashi, Rommel, or Heinrici. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 19:41:34 GMT
Seriously? Quora? I have at-the-time manuscripts about the gens and have read each of their works, as well as studying in-depth. My mind is made up. Rommel for tactics, Manstein for strategy and Logistics, Guderian for, idunno, inventing doctrines? Also, the entire basis of this thread is flawed. There are so many gens that one could not possibly find the best one. What if the best one was an extremely obscure one? Of the ones I know, it is Kuribayashi, Rommel, or Heinrici. I see that you are quite the expert! And your right, the basis is flawed. So allow me to reiterate. I am not looking for the best general in terms of performance, because that would be Zhukov hands down. I am looking for the general that possessed the greatest intelligent in strategy and tactics, which is why I think Manstein |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 12, 2021 1:10:35 GMT
The best pencil-pushers were Paulus and Keitel.
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Post by John Marston on Feb 12, 2021 10:31:29 GMT
1. Rommel was brilliant, but inexperienced, and had "logistical issues." - Because of Hitler! Don't forget that. |
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Post by John Marston on Feb 12, 2021 10:32:16 GMT
My fellow Quora user  |
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Post by John Marston on Feb 12, 2021 10:37:25 GMT
The best pencil-pushers were Paulus and Keitel. Then @vonmanstein77, you must have been clear! Tactics and intelligence wise, I think Goering. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2021 17:41:01 GMT
Vote for who you think was the greatest general of WWII. Think not just in terms of battles won but overall strategic prowess and intelligence. You , without any doubt |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2021 17:50:35 GMT
Most underrated general imo , Karl Mannerheim
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 15, 2021 19:27:40 GMT
Most underrated general imo , Karl Mannerheim Ah, he was very capable, but his success lay more in the ability of his troops than his tactics. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 15, 2021 19:27:58 GMT
Most underrated general imo , Karl Mannerheim Ah, he was very capable, but his success lay more in the ability of his troops than his tactics. Inferior to Kuribayashi. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 20:43:24 GMT
Vote for who you think was the greatest general of WWII. Think not just in terms of battles won but overall strategic prowess and intelligence. You , without any doubt Why thank you, good sir! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2021 11:24:48 GMT
You , without any doubt Why thank you, good sir! Manstein was best general in ww2 |
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Post by Don Quixote de la Mancha on Feb 18, 2021 12:03:54 GMT
I would say in terms of strategy and intelligence it would be none other than Giovanni Messe. He took the disorganized, chaotic italian army and made it into a efficient force and was not a fascist but a royalist so that nice.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2021 12:48:05 GMT
I would say in terms of strategy and intelligence it would be none other than Giovanni Messe. He took the disorganized, chaotic italian army and made it into a efficient force and was not a fascist but a royalist so that nice. Isn't Zhukov same sort of? |
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Post by Don Quixote de la Mancha on Feb 18, 2021 12:52:02 GMT
Yes but the Soviets had many things the Italians did not, virtually endless amounts of men, dogs with land mines ect. The Italians had a weak industrial base, small amounts of soldiers and basically the worst tanks in the war.
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