Has been named Saladin?
13 Dec 2015, 20:47
Your Favourite Military Commander
Copying Butter Ball Bill's idea of the prettiest plane of all times, I bring up the topic of your favourite military commander. No time limits. Only requirement is that he/she actually existes/exists.
Having said all of that, I would go for Patton.
The past is a foreign country.
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13 Dec 2015, 20:50
What?Qassim Abdullah wrote:
Has been named Saladin?
13 Dec 2015, 20:52
You know, the Arab conquer:purplepizza117 wrote:
What?Qassim Abdullah wrote:
Has been named Saladin?
13 Dec 2015, 20:54
Oh, he means if Saladin has been mentioned.
The past is a foreign country.
13 Dec 2015, 20:57
Exactly. 
13 Dec 2015, 20:58
Oh. No he hasn't... he was a good leader and a good person.
13 Dec 2015, 21:05
Yes, Saladin was definitely a great commander and person too. Especially taking into account the time he lived in, he was way ahead of anyone in his thinking and doing.
13 Dec 2015, 21:46
He and Richard the Lionhearted were the men of their day- and on opposite sides!_Pontus_ wrote:
Yes, Saladin was definitely a great commander and person too. Especially taking into account the time he lived in, he was way ahead of anyone in his thinking and doing.
16 Apr 2016, 10:36
Good post! @Pablo22510
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
16 Apr 2016, 10:38
The History is full of major military commanders. @Pablo22510
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
16 Apr 2016, 10:38
Your favourite military commander? @Quasi-duck
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
16 Apr 2016, 10:39
Interesting._Pontus_ wrote:
I am so incredibly disappointed that none of you has yet mentioned the incredible WW1 genius, who, with a few officers, soldiers and added naval personnel, combined with local troops, but at no time with more than a couple 1.000 men, managed to tie up several 100.000 enemy forces...General and later Fieldmarshall:
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck
The genius of the German East African campaign in WW1
The only one of the German commanders to have a Victory Parade in Berlin after WW1 and a stark opponent of the Nazies:
">Picture with "Go **** Yourself" in reply to being asked to be a German ambassador by Hitler removed.
[Concerning the edit: uhm, yes, that 4-letter word can be imagined; besides, he said it in German of course, but that is also 4 letters and also starts with an 'F']
He was the only German commander to defeat the British on their own soil (in East Africa, but still) during WW1. Decades later (in 1967!!! He never gave up the fight for the right of his men!), the surviving African troops that were under his command, finally received the pension they were due, identifying themselves by remembering the drills in German that they learned.
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
16 Apr 2016, 18:19
"Chesty" Puller.Maximilien wrote:
Your favourite military commander? @Quasi-duck
16 Apr 2016, 18:29
But he is from United States!Quasi-duck wrote:
"Chesty" Puller.
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
16 Apr 2016, 18:38
And? I didn't know you were a racist, MaxiMaximilien wrote:
But he is from United States!Quasi-duck wrote:
"Chesty" Puller.
16 Apr 2016, 18:43
Quasi-duck wrote:
And? I didn't know you were a racist, MaxiMaximilien wrote:
But he is from United States!Quasi-duck wrote:
"Chesty" Puller.
It is rare, due to the fact that you are a Communist.
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
16 Apr 2016, 18:47
Americans have great leadership. Just because I am a Communist doesn't mean I can shove the truth in the corner.Maximilien wrote:
It is rare, due to the fact that you are a Communist.
16 Apr 2016, 18:49
Correct. For this reason won the cold war.Quasi-duck wrote:
Americans have great leadership.
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
16 Apr 2016, 18:56
No one and everyone lost. Do you know what crap America and Americans, as well as other nations, had to go through because of that ideology war? Just look at Vietnam.Maximilien wrote:
For this reason won the cold war.
16 Apr 2016, 19:00
Quasi-duck wrote:
No one and everyone lost. Do you know what crap America and Americans, as well as other nations, had to go through because of that ideology war? Just look at Vietnam.
The United States of America got its goal in Vietnam: stop the Communist advance in Asia. The big bombardment of Viet Nam devastated the infrastructure of Viet Nam,
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
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