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Suvorov will make an argument soon.
1. Did you know that Suvorov defeated Ali Pasha (not a bad general), while Suvorov had 20.000 men and Pasha had 100.000 men?
2. Did you know that when Suvorov took command in 1787 in the Second Turkish War, several dazzling victories followed, one of the most famous being the storming of the Izmail fortress on the Danube River in December 1790? Izmail was reputed to be unconquerable and its seizure by the Russian forces was seen as Suvorov’s military masterpiece and the key to Russia’s triumph in the war, propelling him to glory.
3. Did you know that Suvorov was adored by his men?
4. Did you know that Suvorov wrote a standard work about war, called "The science of victory"?
5. Did you know that Suvorov instituted a whole new way of war based on speed and mobility, accuracy of fire and the bayonet, as well as detailed planning and careful strategy? Abandoning drills, he instead communicated his ideas to the troops in a clear and understandable way. Suvorov also took great care of his army’s supply lines and living conditions, drastically cutting instances of illness among his soldiers. His soldiers loved him for this. Lot of food=adoration of your soldiers.
6. Sent to drive Napoleon’s forces out of Italy in 1799, the Field Marshal took command of Austro-Russian army.
After a triumphant Italian campaign, he planned to march on Paris, but instead was ordered to oust the French from Switzerland, joining the Russian forces already there. However, the army he was meant to unite with was defeated before Suvorov could reach it. Blocked by the French, he withdrew his troops. His marvel of a strategic retreat through the Alps while fighting off the French cost him one third of his army, but gained him Europe’s admiration and the top rank of Generalissimo. He became the fourth and last holder of the title in pre-revolutionary Russia, until Josef Stalin was proclaimed Generalissimo of the Soviet Union.
7. His love of a frugal lifestyle was often seen as odd: he shunned all comfort, preferring to lead a camp-like life even away from battlefields, sleeping on hay and refusing to wrap up warm in the chilliest weather. The story goes that he was once offered a fur coat by Catherine who ordered him to wear it. Unable to disobey the Empress yet unwilling to break his habits, he worked his way out of the problem by carrying the coat with him without putting it on.
8. Suvorov left Russia with expanded borders, renewed military prestige and a legacy of theories on the waging of war. One of the most educated people of his time, he was described by some of his contemporaries as one of the most extraordinary men of the century.
“Train hard, fight easy” – a saying he coined – became a Russian proverb. Almost 150 years after Suvorov’s death, Josef Stalin revived the memory of the legendary hero by creating the Order of Suvorov in a bid to restore Russian morale after the German invasion of World War II. Now, the Suvorov Military Schools across Russia provide initial military training and education to young men seeking a military career.
1.Did you know that William T. Sherman secured Lincolns victory with his campaign through Georgia? If not for his march to the sea, it could've been possible that Lincoln would have lost to George B. McLellan, who would make peace with the confederates.
2.Did you know that Sherman gave acres of land to liberated slaves in Georgia as he was commencing the campaign? I don't care how great Suvorov was in battle, did he ever free the serfs in Russia?
3.Did you know that Sherman taught in a Southern military academy prior to the war, and later absolutely dominated his students in battle in 1864?
4.Did you know that Sherman virtually created the concept of Total War in Modern military strategy? He went through Georgia burning barracks, destroying railroad junctions, ruining crops, and destroying the morale of the Confederates.
5.Did you know that he let all of the civilians in Georgia know that he was going to march through their state and that they should get out of harms way? Sherman was not just a military genius, he was also a compassionate man who didn't want to needlessly slaughter civilians.
6.Sherman was one of the only competent Union generals in the war. Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, and David Farragut were really the only good Union generals of the war. Which just shows how badass Sherman is when he can destroy the South with ease.
7.His taking of Atlanta and destruction of Georgia meant the doom of the confederacy and meant that the Union would definitely win as Georgia was a key area of the South. Just shows that when you need to get the job done, you need to call in a badass Northern General like Sherman.
