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re: I asked Grok to rank the Top 10 greatest U.S. Generals in our 250 years of history...
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:23 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:23 pm to RollTide1987
No Andrew Jackson?!
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Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:23 pm to RollTide1987
He doesnt get any credit because the whole operation went so well that it seemed easy.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:25 pm to RollTide1987
that list is generic spew
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:25 pm to RollTide1987
Can't argue much with that list, but I think Stormin' Norman belongs in there somewhere.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:26 pm to RollTide1987
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6. William T. Sherman
Sherman's "March to the Sea" exemplified total war strategy in the Civil War, crippling Confederate infrastructure and morale without major battles. Strategically, he captured Atlanta, boosting Northern support for Lincoln's reelection. Tactically, his maneuvers in the Atlanta Campaign outflanked and wore down opponents, showcasing innovative logistics and psychological warfare.
Kennesaw Mountain was a pretty big and bloody battle (that he lost). That's when he started burning shite.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:26 pm to Raleigh Tiger
No General Honore? After he won the battle of Katrina?
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:28 pm to udtiger
I recently watched General Schwarzkopf's press conference during the Iraq war and it was amazing
This post was edited on 1/30/26 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 1/30/26 at 3:00 pm to udtiger
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Schwartzkof warrants some consideration
Honestly I think any general here would have literally had the same result. Irag's defenses were a joke by the time we invaded. We'd already completely destroyed their communications, command structure, etc after 5 straight weeks of bombing. Plus Iran had already warred with them for the past 8 years, putting them in a pretty poor spot.
'Stormin' Norman' commanded the most technologically advanced, best-supplied, and most coalition-supported force on Earth, with complete air supremacy and an objective—eject Iraq from Kuwait—that was strategically narrow, politically constrained, and militarily straightforward. Plus every general on that top 10 list faced a peer adversary. What did Iraq have? A goat farmer drawing war plans in the sand?
He was a good general and had a solid career but probably not even in the top 30.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 3:28 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Its just these Ai models aren't trained to talk about the great things peactime leadership does.
I mean...who is? It's far easier to judge how commanding generals behave during wartime than during peacetime.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 3:35 pm to RollTide1987
George C. Marshal should be number 2 without him we lose WW2
Posted on 1/30/26 at 3:42 pm to tigerinexile
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George C. Marshal should be number 2 without him we lose WW2
You speak truth to power.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 3:46 pm to RollTide1987
Three Rebels are probably too many in the top 10, but a solid list nonetheless.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:01 pm to RollTide1987
4/10 were on the losing side of the civil war?
10/10 were army generals
All represented just three American conflicts.
I respect Grok’s conviction.
10/10 were army generals
All represented just three American conflicts.
I respect Grok’s conviction.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:04 pm to RollTide1987
No, Andrew Jackson?
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:06 pm to lsuconnman
Every on of the were Generals in the United States Army.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:08 pm to RollTide1987
Lee above Stonewall Jackson and Forrest not in the top ten?
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:19 pm to RollTide1987
1. Nathan Bedford Forrest and it is not even close.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:30 pm to Missouri Waltz
Scott and Lee’s work in the Mexican American War is really underrated.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:37 pm to BioBobcat
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Scott and Lee’s work in the Mexican American War is really underrated.
No joke. On paper Mexico had a huge advantage, at least in army size and having home field advantage.
We land on the beach. Give them an option to surrender. They say no. We outsmart them and move our little army inland.
Outsmart them in another battle, give them an option to surrender. They don’t, we move further in.
Rinse and repeat until we take Mexico City.
Brute force had very little to do with it. Scott, our mostly unproven army, and young future civil war generals were just better at “war” than Mexico.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:42 pm to RollTide1987
list is shite witout Schwartzkof
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