Who is the greatest?

Eisenwurst · 04-09-19, 06:58 PM

Hannibal's near contemporaries reckoned he was the best. Hannibal himself said Pyrrhus of Epirus was the best ( buggerall historical data survives, and Hannibal would've known far more than we do today ).

Alexander was left a peerless army with superb generals by his late father, to write his place in history.

Gustav Adolphus, Charles XII, both dynamic charismatic leaders.

Closer to our times there's Napoleon - the stuff of legend.

In WW2 Von Manstein was good at stabilising catastrophes.......

Napoleon gets my vote, and he played a mean guitar ( true ).
Fantasy commander - Xena.

04-09-19, 06:58 PM	#6
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,750 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Hannibal's near contemporaries reckoned he was the best. Hannibal himself said Pyrrhus of Epirus was the best ( buggerall historical data survives, and Hannibal would've known far more than we do today ). Alexander was left a peerless army with superb generals by his late father, to write his place in history. Gustav Adolphus, Charles XII, both dynamic charismatic leaders. Closer to our times there's Napoleon - the stuff of legend. In WW2 Von Manstein was good at stabilising catastrophes....... Napoleon gets my vote, and he played a mean guitar ( true ). Fantasy commander - Xena. __________________