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Post by Don Quixote de la Mancha on Feb 15, 2021 22:29:12 GMT
not brilliant but better than most. He was the main force for the French behind the Hundred days
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 16, 2021 0:53:20 GMT
not brilliant but better than most. He was the main force for the French behind the Hundred days Yes, but he (dare I say it) was sort of a Rundstedt of WW1, classical in technique, but successful. |
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Post by 6Johnny23 on Feb 16, 2021 18:24:15 GMT
Whoever said Hotzendorf was the best makes me feel like I have no friends in this world
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 16, 2021 18:57:42 GMT
Whoever said Hotzendorf was the best makes me feel like I have no friends in this world I was thinking of choosing him over Joffre, because if he had a better army, he would have been one of the best commanders of the war, but I decided not to, because a commander must understand the constraints of his army. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 2:09:40 GMT
For me, it was Aleksei Brusilov. After all, he was one of the only generals that helped Imperial Russia gain victories (though costly ones). Nikolai Ivanov was first one to lead Russian Armies and defeat Austro Hungarians in battle of Galicia and Battle of Carpathians |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2021 4:15:19 GMT
Though best one is missing, Douglas Haig.
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Post by STILETT0 on Apr 4, 2021 0:12:14 GMT
Who was the BEST general? I know they were hard to find those days, but still... What about Graf Von Spee and Admiral Cradock? You ignored the sea. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2021 3:27:10 GMT
Who was the BEST general? I know they were hard to find those days, but still... What about Graf Von Spee and Admiral Cradock? You ignored the sea. There were not much Naval battles. |
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Post by STILETT0 on Apr 5, 2021 13:16:53 GMT
What about Graf Von Spee and Admiral Cradock? You ignored the sea. There were not much Naval battles. he said best, not most important. Spee would be my pick |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2021 13:40:00 GMT
There were not much Naval battles. he said best, not most important. Spee would be my pick Ok |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Apr 12, 2021 13:14:47 GMT
There were not much Naval battles. he said best, not most important. Spee would be my pick He wasn't a general, he was an Admiral.  |
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Post by Port on Apr 12, 2021 14:19:33 GMT
Though best one is missing, Douglas Haig. But he was practically a war criminal. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Apr 12, 2021 14:21:36 GMT
Though best one is missing, Douglas Haig. But he was practically a war criminal. So was Guderian  That didn't make him incompetent. |
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Post by Port on Apr 12, 2021 14:25:30 GMT
But he was practically a war criminal. So was Guderian That didn't make him incompetent. No, I meant recklessly throwing his men at the enemy machine guns, as criminal. “To throw away men’s lives when there is no reasonable chance of advantage is criminal” B.H Liddell Hart, The Real War, 1914-1918
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Apr 12, 2021 14:29:36 GMT
So was Guderian That didn't make him incompetent. No, I meant recklessly throwing his men at the enemy machine guns, as criminal. “To throw away men’s lives when there is no reasonable chance of advantage is criminal” B.H Liddell Hart, The Real War, 1914-1918
There was a reasonable chance of advantage though. I see no difference between that tactic and literally every Soviet general and American Pacific General (outside Macarthur). |
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That didn't make him incompetent.
