Who Do You Think Is the Greatest Military Mind of All Time?

[Demonatrix]

They also raped and murdered their Helots at whim, used them as serfs to grow their grain, and in general treated them so badly that a sustained Helot revolt could last generations.

Yeah, well, a sexually segregated warrior society, that keeps slaves in terrible conditions, and then routinely arms them for use as light troops, when the warrior society itself had no light troops...

Nobody ever accused the Spartans of being highly intellectual... Just good at fighting...

[Datura Grove]

Tomás de Torquemada

[The Fifth Dominion]

Napoleon Bonaparte. Best general ever.

[Caninope]

Complacent? No. They quickly lost their grip on things. They were too small and overextended themselves. Then the Battle of Leuctra really hurt them.

They dominated the Peloponnesus, which was the heartland of Greece. They didn't adapt to new tactics and their men obviously weren't disciplined enough to achieve victory at Leuctra.

Their superiority over Greece lasted only a few years. I don't think either of us are arguing against that. So yeah.

[The new Vichy France]

I think Erwin Rommel is the greatest of all time because all of his tactics are still used by the USA abram crews. Also if Hitler's generals would've been more trust worthy Hitler wouldn't of made the mistakes he did. The Nazi's could've won the war.

[Inky Noodles]

sun tzu

[Isolated China]

William the Great. He was the last to conquer Great Britain.

[New England and The Maritimes]

William the Great. He was the last to conquer Great Britain.

No.

[Lost Earth]

That is quite the, well, broad question to say the least. I think the question can at least be narrowed down to these two catagories. The greatest military tactician and the greatest military strategist.

On the tactical level, I can see no better commander in history than the famed Field Marshal Erwin Rommell. His command of armored units in North Africa was incredible. He had great initiative, ingenuity, and tactical skills. He well understood his men, equipment, and combat situation. He spent a huge amount of time on the front line despite his very high rank, and using this, he was able to have excellant battle fiedl awareness and fight out some of the most incredible armored tactics in history.

Now, as many know, Rommell never really shone strategically, his side losing the war and he being sadly forced to committ suicide because of the evil politics of his nation. My choice for the best stratagist of all time is . . . Gaius Julius Caeser. He was a masterful stratagist in his military capmaigns, commanding an incredibly efficient and capable force very effectively. He had drive and determination in his campaigns and was an amazing leader. Not only that, but his capabilities led hime to huge political success, allowing him to become the first emperor of Rome.

[Nicholas von Sinterklaas]

That depends...

Different minds have different skills and different abilities - no general is perfect.

[Isolated China]

William the Great. He was the last to conquer Great Britain.

No.

He more won support than fought against people though. William the Great fully conquered England, without support from anyone else.

[The Fifth Dominion]

NAPOLEON, i say!

He fought six different coalitions of mostly the same countries, outnumbered, with no friends, but still won.... mostly. His loss at Waterloo was due to rain, which clogged up the wheels of his cannons, which were his trump card throughout his career, and also due to the Prussians who arrived at the end of the battle BEHIND him, making him sandwiched between fresh Prussian troops, and firmly entrenched British forces.

A genius on both tactical and strategic levels.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Genghis Khan.

[HomeLand Safety]

That is quite the, well, broad question to say the least. I think the question can at least be narrowed down to these two catagories. The greatest military tactician and the greatest military strategist.

On the tactical level, I can see no better commander in history than the famed Field Marshal Erwin Rommell. His command of armored units in North Africa was incredible. He had great initiative, ingenuity, and tactical skills. He well understood his men, equipment, and combat situation. He spent a huge amount of time on the front line despite his very high rank, and using this, he was able to have excellant battle fiedl awareness and fight out some of the most incredible armored tactics in history.

Now, as many know, Rommell never really shone strategically, his side losing the war and he being sadly forced to committ suicide because of the evil politics of his nation. My choice for the best stratagist of all time is . . . Gaius Julius Caeser. He was a masterful stratagist in his military capmaigns, commanding an incredibly efficient and capable force very effectively. He had drive and determination in his campaigns and was an amazing leader. Not only that, but his capabilities led hime to huge political success, allowing him to become the first emperor of Rome.

Rommell killed himself? I though he died due to an infection because during a battle a fighter plane strafed his command vehicle, and he took shrapnel damage to his leg and the doctors didnt clean out the infection well enough.

[The Fifth Dominion]

Yes, rommel killed himself, on the orders of the fuhrer. But i think his family was allowed to live? not sure.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Yes, rommel killed himself, on the orders of the fuhrer. But i think his family was allowed to live? not sure.

Da. His son is still alive, and is a politician in Germany.

[HomeLand Safety]

Yes, rommel killed himself, on the orders of the fuhrer. But i think his family was allowed to live? not sure.

Well I learned something new but I agree with Rommel as the greatest military commander of all time, had the fuhrer let him carry out his plan for countering the allied invasion of Normandy, the world would be a much different place.

[Tlaceceyaya]

Sun Tzu, Genghis Khan or Attila the Hun.

[The UK in Exile]

nope, killed himself. possibly the version you got was the nazi party line, since they weren't going to say they forced him to kill himself by threatening his family.

[Raw Nation]

Jean-Luc Picard.

NUFF SAID

He's more of a diplomat then a fighter. Now Kirk, Kirk was a good military commander.

tell that to Benjamin Sisko!

(and ask him how his wife's doing)

[Idealismania]

Genghis Kahn, Alexander the Great, or Rommel.

[Jinos]

Julius Ceasar.

The man builds a wall around a city, and then builds another wall around THAT wall to defend his siege wall when an army outnumbering him 4 to 1 shows up.

[Conserative Morality]

Julius Ceasar.

The man builds a wall around a city, and then builds another wall around THAT wall to defend his siege wall when an army outnumbering him 4 to 1 shows up.

"Alright sir, what do you think? We've surrounded the whole city now."

"Hmm. I think we need another wall."

"...

Sir?"

"Yes! We can siege them while they siege us!"

[Augustus Este]

Admiral Ackbar.

[Greater Evil Imperial Japanese Dystopia]

Reign (length of conquest),
Kublai Khan
Alexander the Great.

Intelligence (tactical ability),
Erwin Rommel
Sun Tzu
Georgy Zhukov
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Ho Chi Minh
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Yamamoto Isoroku

Notoriety (how much he was feared/respected).
Genghis Khan
Uesugi Kenshin
Oda Nobunaga
Mao Zedong
Iosif Stalin
Julius Ceasar (I came, I saw, I CONQUERED)