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re: Best generals by centuries

Posted on 2/16/19 at 12:30 pm to
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 12:30 pm to
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1800’s is General Andrew Jackson


If the thread was "Biggest POS by centuries" then that would be a good answer
Posted by Gr8t8s
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 12:44 pm to
1700s - Washington
1800s - Napoleon. And it’s not close. Total body of work. All the Civil War generals studied him and used his tactics in battle. Runner up status could go to Forest, Stonewall, or Sherman. Grant is in the mix.
1900s - Rommel
2000s - Don’t care.
Posted by OleWar
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 12:58 pm to
1700s - Frederick the Great
1800s - Napoleon
1900s - Tomoyuki Yamashita (Tiger of Malaya, and holds on to positions in Luzon well after the surrender)
2000s -Devi Chankotadze (Probably responsible for most Russian casualties during the Georgian War.)
Posted by 225bred
COYS
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 2:24 pm to
Wrong. He’s an American hero
Posted by SM6
Georgia
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 2:29 pm to
Napoleon for the 1800s but I'd put Wellington damn close.
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 2/16/19 at 2:31 pm to
He was a genocidal tyrant. The American version of Hitler.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 2:57 pm to
And there’s the inevitable Hitler comparison
Posted by TxTiger82
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 2:57 pm to
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1700s- George Washington
1800s- Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson


There was this guy named Napoleon who was supposedly pretty decent ...
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 2:58 pm to
Yeah the guy who beat Napoleon was probably decent
Posted by TxTiger82
Member since Sep 2004
34329 posts
Posted on 2/16/19 at 3:00 pm to
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1700s - Washington
1800s - Napoleon.


Napoleon's career spanned both the 1700s and the 1800s, making him the best general in both centuries by a wide margin.
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 2/16/19 at 3:03 pm to
I mean, Hitler is sort of the historical go-to comparison for leaders who commit or attempt genocide
Posted by TxTiger82
Member since Sep 2004
34329 posts
Posted on 2/16/19 at 3:04 pm to
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Yeah the guy who beat Napoleon was probably decent



Had a big assist from Prussia.
Posted by Richard Flagget
Member since Mar 2018
394 posts
Posted on 2/16/19 at 3:04 pm to


General Frank Hummel
Posted by 225bred
COYS
Member since Jun 2011
21085 posts
Posted on 2/16/19 at 3:12 pm to
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He was a genocidal tyrant. The American version of Hitler.

Posted by OleWar
Troy H. Middleton Library
Member since Mar 2008
5828 posts
Posted on 2/16/19 at 3:40 pm to
So much stupidity if you think the Holocaust is the same as the Indian Removal Act.
Posted by Strannix
C.S.A.
Member since Dec 2012
54203 posts
Posted on 2/16/19 at 3:43 pm to
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1900s was Erwin Rommel


Von Manstein by a lot
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