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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.

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16 Apr 2016, 19:02

Maximilien wrote:

The United States of America got its goal in Vietnam: stop the Communist advance in Asia
It lost, the NVA conquered South Vietnam.

Maximilien wrote:

The big bombardment of Viet Nam devastated the infrastructure of Viet Nam,
Which was stupid, as they imported their arms. It achieved nothing.
16 Apr 2016, 19:03

Quasi-duck wrote:

It lost, the NVA conquered South Vietnam.
Correct, but Viet Nam is now a trading partner of the United States.

"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, 19:11

Maximilien wrote:

Correct, but Viet Nam is now a trading partner of the United States.
And? As far as I know the USSR and US traded and the US trades with Russia.
16 Apr 2016, 19:15

Quasi-duck wrote:

Maximilien wrote:

Correct, but Viet Nam is now a trading partner of the United States.
And? As far as I know the USSR and US traded and the US trades with Russia.
North Vietnam intended to create a State Marxist. At present, Vietnam is a nation with a capitalist doctrine.

"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, 19:18

Maximilien wrote:

North Vietnam intended to create a State Marxist. At present, Vietnam is a nation with a capitalist doctrine.
And? The US lost to Vietnam, then after a while, as per usual, the public changed ideologies and not because of a US invasion.
16 Apr 2016, 19:20

Quasi-duck wrote:

And? The US lost to Vietnam, then after a while, as per usual, the public changed ideologies and not because of a US invasion.
United States lost the war in Viet Nam, but it stopped the Communist advances in Asia.

"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, 19:26

Maximilien wrote:

but it stopped the Communist advances in Asia.
Do you actually have proof that if 'Nam became Communist, others would have followed? Also, not US studies, you should know why. Asian studies.
16 Apr 2016, 19:28

Quasi-duck wrote:

Maximilien wrote:

but it stopped the Communist advances in Asia.
Do you actually have proof that if 'Nam became Communist, others would have followed? Also, not US studies, you should know why. Asian studies.
After the Vietnam war, States Communists in Asia had confrontations between them.

"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, 19:33

Maximilien wrote:

States Communists in Asia had confrontations between them.
What do you mean?
16 Apr 2016, 19:38

Quasi-duck wrote:

Maximilien wrote:

States Communists in Asia had confrontations between them.
What do you mean?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Vietnamese_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War

The communist nations faced each other.


"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.
27 Apr 2016, 06:10

I had found this quite good general, he is called Orde Wingate, here's a pic.Forum attachment

"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't"
-George S. Patton
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination"
- Albert Einstein
27 Apr 2016, 14:01

I'm going to go with Hannibal. Sure, his country may have been destroyed, but if he was there to defend it i'm sure it would have survived.

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you are a balls
27 Apr 2016, 14:03

Actually, did anyone say Jan Zizka?

27 Apr 2016, 14:06

Alexander the Great.

Carl Wilson
“Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?”
― Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995: An Exhibition Catalogue
"Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'… Rule 2 is: 'Do not go fighting with your land armies in China."
Bernard Law Montgomery, British general
2 May 2016, 13:10

FilipALFA wrote:

I had found this quite good general, he is called Orde Wingate, here's a pic.Forum attachment
Good general.

"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.
2 May 2016, 13:11

Other good general:

Robert E. Lee


"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.
2 May 2016, 15:03

Maximilien wrote:

Other good general:

Robert E. Lee

I heard his name somewhere.
"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't"
-George S. Patton
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination"
- Albert Einstein
2 May 2016, 15:14

FilipALFA wrote:

I heard his name somewhere.
He was the leading General of the army Confederate.

"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.
2 May 2016, 19:16

FilipALFA wrote:

I heard his name somewhere.
Probably M3 Lee tank.
The past is a foreign country.

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