Greatest Military Strategist?

[STDiva]

Pick one!! And none of this different era gobbledegook.

Also, has strategy and tactics been overcome by superior technology?

Discuss.

 

[Vanilla Bear]

Der Wüstenfuchs, Erwin Rommel :bowdown:

 

[alexpnz]

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[gunslingingbird]

Attila the Hun is nowhere on your list.

 

[STDiva]

Attila the Hun is nowhere on your list.

Other. I picked randomly off the top of my head. The poll options don't allow 25 options. Talk to your boss.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Robert E. Lee, with out a doubt.

 

[STDiva]

Robert E. Lee, with out a doubt.

How did I know you'd pick him?

 

[BigSwede]

Gustav II Adolf.

 

[Neutron66]

Hannibal did not lose a single battle in a nearly 15 year campaign in Italy. All those other guys were in action for what? A couple years?

Hannibal by a million miles.

 

[Ike Stain]

I recognize the limitations of only having ten choices for such a poll. I choose Caesar for sentimental reasons (though Hannibal was certainly a much greater badass.) Good poll though. Like to see one with Mithridates, Tamerlane and Ghengis Khan.

 

[Ike Stain]

Hannibal did not lose a single battle in a nearly 15 year campaign in Italy. All those other guys were in action for what? A couple years?

Hannibal by a million miles.

He was a fuckin' badass!

 

[Neutron66]

Actually, now that I think of it...Hannibal himself said Alexander was the greatest general of all time so maybe props go to Alexander.

 

[maildude]

Shaka Zulu

 

[Ike Stain]

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[Rane1071]

I would have to say, Sun Tzu for strategy.

As to tactics and strategy on the modern battlefield, I think they're still relevant today as they were in earlier history. They just adapt to fit and use the technology of the time I think.

 

[georges]

Chester W Nimitz Vice Admiral of the Navy during WWII
General Dwight D Eisenhower
Marshal Joukov the one who defeated the German Waffen SS and Wehrmacht during the battle of Koursk
Air Chief Marchal Sir Hugh Dowding the one who has beaten the Luftwaffe during the battle of England
Marshal Montgomery of Alamein
Gross Admiral Karl Dönitz
Panzer general Hein Guaderian
Unterstürmführer Michael Wittmann
Oberleutnant Otto Carius

 

[Kingfisher]

While not Caesar per say, but the foundation of Roman field strategy was instrumental in countless campaigns, and carried forth through history up until the Civil War.
Of course, the Mongolians hit and run tactics were also fundamental.

 

[bahodeme]

Sun Tzu. He is taught in U.S. military academies (R.E.L and Patton) as well as the savvy enlisted man . I would also mention Genghis Khan.
As far as your question Also, has strategy and tactics been overcome by superior technology? The Vietnam War (Political-protests at home, etc), Gettyburg (primarily due to location, The Union had the high ground).

 

[Sam Fisher]

General George Armstrong Custer!

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[knowone]

Robert E. Lee, with out a doubt.

He does not even deserve a spot on the poll. He may not have started Gettysburg, but when he got there, choose to continue a battle against a superior force who held the high ground, and did so with little intelligence on enemy troops. If he had been up against a great Union General (instead of an average one) the war would have ended there.