The Greatest American General of All Time?
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Grant
Well said. There’s no question that Ike was a master of @Logistics and management of the alliance. He didn’t fuck up D-Day which was Yuge. But still by the time Ike got us into France we had every advantage and @DerekJohnson had already consumed most of Germany’s manpower. Ike’s job was to not fuck up and he did it will.RaceBannon said:By WW2 the American military was like Secretariat, a tremendous machine. Generals were CEOs and @Logistics was on a global scale. There were thousands of staff doing the grunt work
Washington and Grant et al were more of a one man show
ATBSJBS, he’s got nothing on his resume like Grant at Vicksburg or Spruance at Midway.
I always come back to Grant because he did it ALL. Tactical brilliance plus overall strategic genius. -
Grant
He wins the award for greatest shit talking pre game speech of all time.Tequilla said:Patton was the definition of talking shit and his boys backing it up
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WorshingtonNot even fucking close. Not giving into temptation of power makes him a great man. He set a crazy precedent that other leaders after him had to follow.
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Grant
True but it's hard to say whether this fits under Washington the general of the Continental Army or Washington the politician and father of a nation. I rank Washington, Grant and Ike in this exercise based only on their wartime resume.FireCohen said:Not even fucking close. Not giving into temptation of power makes him a great man. He set a crazy precedent that other leaders after him had to follow.
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WorshingtonQuite honestly Mitch, I didn't think George Washington would ever lead in this poll, yet here he is. I just love him for when the corrupt guys in the Continental Congress wanted him to be king... Washington reportedly kneeled before them to hand over his sword and insisted that we be a republic and not a monarchy. Even if that story might be gussied up with some BS, I just love that humility. It's awesome.
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Sorry he owned slaves therefore that made him the worst General ever. Tear down his statues.DerekJohnson said:Quite honestly Mitch, I didn't think George Washington would ever lead in this poll, yet here he is. I just love him for when the corrupt guys in the Continental Congress wanted him to be king... Washington reportedly kneeled before them to hand over his sword and insisted that we be a republic and not a monarchy. Even if that story might be gussied up with some BS, I just love that humility. It's awesome.
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Grant
This isn’t the Tug.SFGbob said:
Sorry he owned slaves therefore that made him the worst General ever. Tear down his statues.DerekJohnson said:Quite honestly Mitch, I didn't think George Washington would ever lead in this poll, yet here he is. I just love him for when the corrupt guys in the Continental Congress wanted him to be king... Washington reportedly kneeled before them to hand over his sword and insisted that we be a republic and not a monarchy. Even if that story might be gussied up with some BS, I just love that humility. It's awesome.
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Grant
George III said that him resigning his post would make him the greatest man in the world.DerekJohnson said:Quite honestly Mitch, I didn't think George Washington would ever lead in this poll, yet here he is. I just love him for when the corrupt guys in the Continental Congress wanted him to be king... Washington reportedly kneeled before them to hand over his sword and insisted that we be a republic and not a monarchy. Even if that story might be gussied up with some BS, I just love that humility. It's awesome.
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Pattonwent with Patton cause he was just nuts, and the end of an era, not really a politician which I like.
Ike was the beginning of politically correct military administration.
Thought for sure @swaye was going to go with Custer...my Indian friends always do without having to have a poll. -
Grant
Custer was only a Lt. colonel when team @Swaye scalped his Pumpeii esque golden blonde locs.LebamDawg said:went with Patton cause he was just nuts, and the end of an era, not really a politician which I like.
Ike was the beginning of politically correct military administration.
Thought for sure @swaye was going to go with Custer...my Indian friends always do without having to have a poll.
