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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 1/31/26 at 9:08 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 1/31/26 at 9:08 am to RollTide1987
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His list
It. It’s list.
Stop anthropomorphizing software. This is how we get taken over by robots
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Posted on 1/31/26 at 9:13 am to RollTide1987
Terrible Terry Allen - moved faster than Patton wanted
He also more or less invented large scale night fighting.
I happened to see a YouTube about him. He was a badass. Patton fired him but Marshall gave him a brand-new division and he resumed killing Germans.
He also more or less invented large scale night fighting.
I happened to see a YouTube about him. He was a badass. Patton fired him but Marshall gave him a brand-new division and he resumed killing Germans.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 9:31 am to RohanGonzales
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Patton fired him
Bradley fired him. And Patton may have gone along with it at Eisenhower's urging so that Allen would be available for the planned Normandy invasion. If there is one general who is constantly overrated by historians and laymen alike, it's Omar Bradley.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 10:55 am to tigerinexile
From a logistic, organizational and administrative perspective....without a doubt.
He was smart enough to put Eisenhower in charge of Europe and N.Africa because Ike had the right temperament to deal with headaches like, Patton, Montgomery and DeGaulle.
He was smart enough to put Eisenhower in charge of Europe and N.Africa because Ike had the right temperament to deal with headaches like, Patton, Montgomery and DeGaulle.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 10:59 am to RollTide1987
Not as well known, but one to consider is John S. Wood, the CG of 4th Armored during the drive across France. Wrongly sacked by Patton to make one of Bradley’s cronies happy.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 11:47 am to Lonnie Utah
Is Ridgeway the fella that lead the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter?
Posted on 1/31/26 at 2:24 pm to RollTide1987
terrible list. I have no great love for the confederacy but Stonewall Jackson is easily the greatest general this country ever had.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 3:59 pm to RollTide1987
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His operational plan for Desert Storm was genius, and its execution was immaculate.
I liked the guy, and he was probably a very good general, but Operation Desert Storm was basically against air.
Anyway, General Hooker should be at least second having been immortalized as the name for prostitutes.
This post was edited on 1/31/26 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 1/31/26 at 4:12 pm to faraway
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Stonewall Jackson is easily the greatest general this country ever had.
Based on what?
Posted on 1/31/26 at 4:40 pm to RollTide1987
Good list. I’d swap Eisenhower and Lee though.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 5:56 pm to TuckyTiger
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Lee was generally fighting a numerically superior force= more shots fired at him.
Lee also fought many different commanders throughout the course of the war and the number of battles every general fought is not equal. Just googling Lee, it says he was in 26 major battles. Not sure about Grant.
Lee doesn't seem to have a Wiki page for battles commanded. Grant's list 28.
Magildachunks isn't claiming Lee isn't worthy of some praise. He's rebutting the claim that Grant shouldn't be on a list cause he simply had more men and could mow them down to win a battle.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 7:11 pm to Tree_Fall
Interesting bit of history. NBF had no military training, but he wasn't the only general in his family...
Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest III was the first American general to be killed in action in the European theater during World War II.
Service & Career: He graduated from West Point in 1928 and was initially commissioned into the cavalry. In 1929, he transferred to the Air Corps and rose rapidly through the ranks.
Death in Action: On June 13, 1943, he was reported missing while leading a bombing raid on German submarine yards at Kiel. His B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Witnesses reported that he stayed at the controls to allow his crew to bail out; the plane exploded before he could exit.
Honors: He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism. His remains were found on the German coast in September 1943, and he was eventually reburied in Arlington National Cemetery in 1949.
Not all Confederate NBF's descendants carry the Forrest surname, but I've been told that they have always been welcome at West Point.
Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest III was the first American general to be killed in action in the European theater during World War II.
Service & Career: He graduated from West Point in 1928 and was initially commissioned into the cavalry. In 1929, he transferred to the Air Corps and rose rapidly through the ranks.
Death in Action: On June 13, 1943, he was reported missing while leading a bombing raid on German submarine yards at Kiel. His B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Witnesses reported that he stayed at the controls to allow his crew to bail out; the plane exploded before he could exit.
Honors: He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism. His remains were found on the German coast in September 1943, and he was eventually reburied in Arlington National Cemetery in 1949.
Not all Confederate NBF's descendants carry the Forrest surname, but I've been told that they have always been welcome at West Point.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 1:42 am to Tree_Fall
LSU’s own General Sherman at no. 6, and LSU can’t even name a dorm or street for him. Sad.
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