There are perhaps only three that could inspire to men to this level of exaltation ... Julius Caesar, Napoleon and Robert E. Lee.
enjoy...
LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE!!
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Of the great Captains of history...
There are perhaps only three that could inspire to men to this level of exaltation ... Julius Caesar, Napoleon and Robert E. Lee.
enjoy...
LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE!!
"My God, I wish we had the 9th Australian Division with us this morning."
- - Major-General Francis de Guingaund, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-Forces Headquarters Europe, D-Day, 1944
"Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army."
— Field Marshal Sir William Slim.
Saviors of the Japanese
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How about Alex? Petraeus (who can apparently has healing powers)?
“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
—Sir William Francis Butler
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Well, the only way Lee could get his men excited was through his charisma, since there was little to show for great military prowess.
Also, lol @ this thread.
Saviors of the Japanese
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Actually he had great military acumen.Originally Posted by Stavroforos
OG: It is Custer who was that, not Alexander:
“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
—Sir William Francis Butler
Campidoctor
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You know, hearing that from a Command Sergeant Major who fought in all 4 airborne drops in WW2, that is high praise indeed.
"My God, I wish we had the 9th Australian Division with us this morning."
- - Major-General Francis de Guingaund, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-Forces Headquarters Europe, D-Day, 1944
"Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army."
— Field Marshal Sir William Slim.
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Meh,I wish I knew enoughdon't know much about Civil War military history to believe you or back up my point, but alas...I don't. Just throwingout there for the lulz.
εις οιωνος αριστος...
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There was little shortage of men who were willing to sign up to fight against Julius Caesar. I'll buy Napoleon and Lee, and I'll throw in a Rommel to boot--he wasn't just beloved by his troops, he also was universally respected by his foes, as well.
Artifex
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Lee was one of the few Generals in history who could repeatedly divide his forces in the face of a superior force and gain victory. He was able to make the right decisions and judge his adversary well, but granted he did have better officers in the form of Longstreet and Jackson as opposed to those leading the union army.
Under the Patronage of Lord Condormanius
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Fazt Heinz would wipe the floor with every single one of those mentioned in this thread - a true military genius in every sense of the word.
falnk with cavlary. stay a way from muder hoels.
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Dupe.
Last edited by OG Grenadier; May 08, 2009 at 07:41 PM. Reason: Duplicate
"My God, I wish we had the 9th Australian Division with us this morning."
- - Major-General Francis de Guingaund, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-Forces Headquarters Europe, D-Day, 1944
"Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army."
— Field Marshal Sir William Slim.
Saviors of the Japanese
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No he only jumped in 3 of the Airborne drops in WWII, all the ones of the 82nd Airborne. It would be impossible to jump all of the jumps in WWII as that would require him to constantly travel to and from the Pacific Theater a few times.
He got his fourth jump in Korea.
“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
—Sir William Francis Butler
Primicerius
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Hannibal Barca pwns all.
Campidoctor
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Damn I knew I was stretching it.
"My God, I wish we had the 9th Australian Division with us this morning."
- - Major-General Francis de Guingaund, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-Forces Headquarters Europe, D-Day, 1944
"Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army."
— Field Marshal Sir William Slim.
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