Greatest Military Leaders of all Time

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  1. TheKoreanPoet Well-Known Member

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    So you are from the Czech Republic I guess. You should put that in your description. So I want to ask you a question. What is your opinion on Slovakia? It's my family's ancestral home.
    TheKoreanPoet, Jan 4, 2012
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  2. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    I have updated my list on who I think are my top 5 commanders of all time.

    1.) Alexander The Great
    2.) Napoleon Bonaparte
    3.) Stilicho
    4.) Julius C aesar
    5.) Hannibal
    slydessertfox, Jan 5, 2012
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  3. J.F.K the communist Member

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    Its going to have to be ho chi min. he managed to stop the huge evil superpower that is America by fantastic thinking and a new sort of war. he never lived to see the end of the war but if he had never come to power the war would have been won by the U.S.

    HO HO HO CHI MAN
    J.F.K the communist, Jan 9, 2012
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  4. Bart (Moderator) NKVD Channel Maintainer

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    Guerrilla warfare wasn't new. It's been used since the beginning of warfare. Even the Romans had to suffer from it.
    Bart, Jan 9, 2012
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    No it was never used to that existent. the Taliban in Afghanistan read huge books on the Vietcong because it was a new kind of guerilla warfare.
    J.F.K the communist, Jan 9, 2012
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  6. Bart (Moderator) NKVD Channel Maintainer

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    According to our good friends, the Chinese general Sun Tzu was the one writing the book 'The Art of War', which first explained guerrilla warfare, which looks very much like today's guerrilla warfare.
    Bart, Jan 9, 2012
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  7. Achtung Kommunisten! Well-Known Member

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    Well, Ho Chi Minh did a decent job of it regardless, so there was probably some originality in there somewhere. Bit like how you could say the Taliban/Al-Qaeda are practicing the same old guerilla warfare; blending in with the populace, hit and run tactics, etc. But at the same time, they've done plenty of things that haven't been seen before, or at least they've developed other people's ideas (ie- IEDs, terrorist training camps, the internet, funding, etc)
    Achtung Kommunisten!, Jan 9, 2012
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  8. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Here we go again...
    slydessertfox, Jan 10, 2012
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  9. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    The greatest is Khaled ibn al-Waleed
    Viking Socrates, Jan 10, 2012
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    Warburg, Jan 11, 2012
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  11. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    ALL HAIL PLANKTON!

    slydessertfox, Jan 11, 2012
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  12. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    It was never a war between the US and Vietnam......Police Action. Guerrilla War has been around since well forever. Spain used it in the Peninsular Campaign. Actually Guerilla is a German word meaning "a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage". Spanish guerrilla, from diminutive of guerra war, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German werra strife — more at war

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guerrilla
    I always thought that guerrilla was a Spanish word.
    GeneralofCarthage, Jan 16, 2012
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  13. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Guerrilla is German......Mind fuckingblown.
    Viking Socrates, Jan 16, 2012
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  14. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    I always thought it was Spanish and was that sarcasm?
    GeneralofCarthage, Jan 16, 2012
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  15. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    No i thought it was like French or something.
    Viking Socrates, Jan 16, 2012
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  16. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    ok
    GeneralofCarthage, Jan 16, 2012
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  17. yuri2045 A Marines Biologist

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    You read that wrong, guerrilla is a spanish word, it has Germanic origins but the word itself is spanish.
    yuri2045, Jan 17, 2012
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  18. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    There is this guy from Czech region of Europe who was a skilled master at guerrilla warfare, however I can't find this guys name so if anyone you can help me it would be most appreciated.
    Viking Socrates, Jan 17, 2012
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  19. yuri2045 A Marines Biologist

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    Are you by any chance trying to bring some general from the Hussite wars?
    yuri2045, Jan 17, 2012
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  20. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Jan Zizka was his name.
    Viking Socrates, Jan 17, 2012
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