Thrawn's Revenge
Off Topic => The Lounge => Topic started by: Meyer on October 14, 2007, 01:29:42 PM
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Vote please.
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I only recognise about half of the names :-\
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not enough british and american commanders? well statistically they were not so good as those on the list? but give a few and I see if I should add them.
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Its not that, its that i only have some general knowledge of WWII, which doesnt include much about specific commanders :P
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Add Douglas MacArthur please and thank you
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Macrthut! Well if you want him although I don't think he did anything special.
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i only heard of 2 of them and only know something about eisenhower
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who are those 2 you have heard off?
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Where is Patton?
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who are those 2 you have heard off?
eisenhower and montgomery i voted eisenhower because of operation market garden
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I'v only heard of Rommel XD, in the entire list thats the one i can remember.:P
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Ahh, i recognise more than that: Rommel, D
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eisenhower and montgomery i voted eisenhower because of operation market garden
Market Garden isn't a very good example, that was largely a failure
Although Eisenhower is probably best known for his planning of D-Day, which I'm sure no one is going to argue was a failure
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were the hell is patton (http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r222/Ukeboi88/Elrond.jpg)
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he didn't do anything special. everyone else on that list did. and Market Garden was Montys plan, not Eisenhowers. but if you want Patton I put him in. And if you don't know many of those your history knowledge is quite weak.
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1) That depends on your definition of "modern".
2) I doubt all the "best" leaders were in the military.
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1) modern=1900-present
2) by leaders I ment military commanders but leaders is shorter.
and as with Raptor these are my options where to choose. list contains: 1 finn 4 germans 1 british 2 american 1 japanese and 2 russians
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So all the best military commanders of the last 100 years were in WWII?
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well that's the topic. Military commander in WWII. I know I forgot the s but if that's the topic you think I give options like Saladin or Caesar?
Heil Hitler, Muil Mussolini, Meil Kosola!
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I know what the topic is, im just arguing with you saying that those few up there ^ are the best of the past 100 years :P
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and where did I make that claim? If I did I have to withdraw it. But they are among the best in my opinion. Who is the best in your mind?
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Heh, i see you found and withdrew the claim, so fair enough.
I dont really know, each having faced different circumstances, its hard to evaluate.. But in the end i voted for D
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well he nearly defeated Royal Navy.
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Meh, his submarine force was primarily aimed at the Merchant Navy rather than the Royal Navy.. Although i do admit that he came close to closing the supply lanes. I was under the impression, however, that his surface fleet was far less successful..
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he didn't command the surface fleet, Raeder did. 1943 Hitler fired Raeder and nominated D
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i say patton do to his work in africa and operation husky
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He did do good work in the Husky operation
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You, of all people M-t-I. I guess you finally decided to take your medication.
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Mannerheim stopped the red invasion.
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Not many people besides Finns would know about him i doubt
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that's something I have always wondered. everyone knows german, russian and allied commanders but none knows the leader of finnish armed forces that stopped the red bear invasion. and he was our president even. and voted to be the greatest finn of all time.
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Yeah but, no offense, who really cares much about Finland history?
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propably nobody except few historians. but studying history of a country helps you to understand it better in my mind. And I personally love history of all kind, especially WWII and ancient Rome. but back to topic before vadereclipse comes and says that all I do is spam.
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ill lay off you
i post too much on eeaw
i am studying the soviet union 1918-1953 now
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from revolution to the death of Stalin?
my mistake ment civil war.
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exactly
except technically revolution was october 1917