Who is your favorite general ?

[AUSTERLITZ]

His tactics were impressive, his launching of troops from Japanese-conquered French Indochina accomplished what the British deemed impossible. 30,000 Japanese soldiers forced the surrender of 130.000 British, Indian soldiers. Then the same force he used to meet up with Homma Masaharu in the conquest of the Philippines.

He was brutal, effective.

A moderately useful documentary.

Suvorov, Zhukov and Hannibal.

Ah yes,i forgot suvorov.

 

[Hakan]

A moderately useful documentary.

Good terminology.

 

[Aepsilons]

A moderately useful documentary.



Ah yes,i forgot suvorov.

Your view on Michel Ney? and Emmanuel de Grouchy?

Good terminology.

@Kaan ,

OT: How is it like living in Zimbabwe?

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Your view on Michel Ney? and Emmanuel de Grouchy?

Ney...good commander in his heyday..but highly erratic.Incredibly brave and inspirational to his men.Prone to great blunders due to either impulsive action- examples jena 1806 and waterloo 1815 or overcautious sloth examples- eylau 1807,quatre bras 1815 and bautzen 1813.

Best rearguard commander in the grande armee.Saved the grande armee's remnant at berezina and also gave wellington a bloody nose in spain in rearguard actions too.

Best moments -berezina 1812,echlingen 1805 and friedland 1807.

Worst moments- Bautzen 1813,Quatre bras and waterloo 1815,jena 1806.
Bautzen cost napoleon his empire arguably...ney's failure to close the trap meant the allies were saved from a second austerlitz scenario , overcautiousness at quatre bras followed by rashness at waterloo in 1815 campaign also cost french heavily.

Overall ney seems to have been much more able at defense.


Grouchy ....very capable cavalry commander.Good organizer,capable of combined arms actions.Probably best defensive cavalry commander along with montbrun in the grande armee.Main problem overcautious and lack of initiative.

Greatest hour- Friedland.Held off far superior russian cavalry with a brilliant combined arms defense all day.Saved french left wing.

Worst hour- Friedland and waterloo.
Curiously after his superb performance all day long,once the russians began to rout..grouchy made no attempt to pursue even though such action would have led to complete annihilation of the remnants of the russian army.

Waterloo..ignored the unspoken rule of the day-'march to the sound of the guns' even though he could hear the guns firing from waterloo.But he is given overblame for this.His main mistake in this campaign was not that he didn't on his own initiative disregard his previous orders and join napoleon at waterloo..because it takes an exceptional officer to make such a decision..like desaix at marengo.His main failing was that he failed to effectively pursue blucher..blucher wasn't even supposed to be on waterloo..because grouchy was supposed to be tailing him.

Overall grouchy's career has been tainted too much.brecause of waterloo episode..he was among the top 10 french cavalry commanders of the era.

 

[Aepsilons]

Ney...good commander in his heyday..but highly erratic.Incredibly brave and inspirational to his men.Prone to great blunders due to either impulsive action- examples jena 1806 and waterloo 1815 or overcautious sloth examples- eylau 1807,quatre bras 1815 and bautzen 1813.

Best rearguard commander in the grande armee.Saved the grande armee's remnant at berezina and also gave wellington a bloody nose in spain in rearguard actions too.

Best moments -berezina 1812,echlingen 1805 and friedland 1807.

Worst moments- Bautzen 1813,Quatre bras and waterloo 1815,jena 1806.
Bautzen cost napoleon his empire arguably...ney's failure to close the trap meant the allies were saved from a second austerlitz scenario , overcautiousness at quatre bras followed by rashness at waterloo in 1815 campaign also cost french heavily.

Overall ney seems to have been much more able at defense.


Grouchy ....very capable cavalry commander.Good organizer,capable of combined arms actions.Probably best defensive cavalry commander along with montbrun in the grande armee.Main problem overcautious and lack of initiative.

Greatest hour- Friedland.Held off far superior russian cavalry with a brilliant combined arms defense all day.Saved french left wing.

Worst hour- Friedland and waterloo.
Curiously after his superb performance all day long,once the russians began to rout..grouchy made no attempt to pursue even though such action would have led to complete annihilation of the remnants of the russian army.

Waterloo..ignored the unspoken rule of the day-'march to the sound of the guns' even though he could hear the guns firing from waterloo.But he is given overblame for this.His main mistake in this campaign was not that he didn't on his own initiative disregard his previous orders and join napoleon at waterloo..because it takes an exceptional officer to make such a decision..like desaix at marengo.His main failing was that he failed to effectively pursue blucher..blucher wasn't even supposed to be on waterloo..because grouchy was supposed to be tailing him.

Overall grouchy's career has been tainted too much.brecause of waterloo episode..he was among the top 10 french cavalry commanders of the era.

Thank you Sir!!

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Thank you Sir!!

Welcome mate..and no sir ,lol.I'm 25.

 

[Aepsilons]

Welcome mate..and no sir ,lol.I'm 25.

Not only are you a solid historian, but humble, too.

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Not only are you a solid historian, but humble, too.

I'm being embarassed.

 

[Aepsilons]

Ney...good commander in his heyday..but highly erratic.Incredibly brave and inspirational to his men.Prone to great blunders due to either impulsive action- examples jena 1806 and waterloo 1815 or overcautious sloth examples- eylau 1807,quatre bras 1815 and bautzen 1813.

Best rearguard commander in the grande armee.Saved the grande armee's remnant at berezina and also gave wellington a bloody nose in spain in rearguard actions too.

Best moments -berezina 1812,echlingen 1805 and friedland 1807.

Worst moments- Bautzen 1813,Quatre bras and waterloo 1815,jena 1806.
Bautzen cost napoleon his empire arguably...ney's failure to close the trap meant the allies were saved from a second austerlitz scenario , overcautiousness at quatre bras followed by rashness at waterloo in 1815 campaign also cost french heavily.

Overall ney seems to have been much more able at defense.


Grouchy ....very capable cavalry commander.Good organizer,capable of combined arms actions.Probably best defensive cavalry commander along with montbrun in the grande armee.Main problem overcautious and lack of initiative.

Greatest hour- Friedland.Held off far superior russian cavalry with a brilliant combined arms defense all day.Saved french left wing.

Worst hour- Friedland and waterloo.
Curiously after his superb performance all day long,once the russians began to rout..grouchy made no attempt to pursue even though such action would have led to complete annihilation of the remnants of the russian army.

Waterloo..ignored the unspoken rule of the day-'march to the sound of the guns' even though he could hear the guns firing from waterloo.But he is given overblame for this.His main mistake in this campaign was not that he didn't on his own initiative disregard his previous orders and join napoleon at waterloo..because it takes an exceptional officer to make such a decision..like desaix at marengo.His main failing was that he failed to effectively pursue blucher..blucher wasn't even supposed to be on waterloo..because grouchy was supposed to be tailing him.

Overall grouchy's career has been tainted too much.brecause of waterloo episode..he was among the top 10 french cavalry commanders of the era.

I am fond of Ney, and you're right about his abilities as a Rear Guard throughout the reign of Napoleon. His initial meeting for Napoleon during the 100 days is also iconic. He ordered the troops to fire, yet they did not. What I get from Ney is that he was a man of opportunity.

Sad that he was executed at the end of the war tho. They should have kept him alive...

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

I am fond of Ney, and you're right about his abilities as a Rear Guard throughout the reign of Napoleon. His initial meeting for Napoleon during the 100 days is also iconic. He ordered the troops to fire, yet they did not. What I get from Ney is that he was a man of opportunity.

Sad that he was executed at the end of the war tho. They should have kept him alive...

He wasn't a man of oppurtunity..he was straightforward actually..but the horrors of the russian campaign had a profound impact on his psyche.Anyway he wasn't napoleon's best marshal by far.That would be massena or davout.Followed by soult,lannes and suchet.

He faced the firing squad shouting vive l france.

 

[Declein]

Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca - Cannae was a masterpiece, imho the best field general in history

 

[Irfan Baloch]

General Hafiz Saeed,

his tactical maneuvering always have amplified impact in India and they go buzzark over his tactics

 

[Oldman1]

George Washington. Father of our country. Willing to give up power and disband his army and go home in peace.
Defeated the British army.

 

[Ra'ad]

Mine is: Ō Ki (jap.), Wang Yi (chin.)
Featured in the manga/anime series: Kingdom.

 

[HeinzG]

Rajendra Chola:
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Vijayabahu I of Polonnaruwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Beat the hell out of Cholas.......