Genghis Khan
Napoleon
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Who's the best war general?
0
History Discussion!
posted in
Off Topic
Comments:
Threaded
Linear
Napoleon was too greedy and lose his empire being still alive, probably bottom of the list.
He is a better minister of education than a general.
as a military commander, he's 1 of 1
all the other European great powers couldn't beat him before they adapted to his strategies
he changed the warfare meta
napoleon was ahead of the meta during the time, abusing artillery before it was even considered a win condition, like he was the first one who made good arty viable
Who's the best war general?
Wasn't talking if they lost everything afterwards, Napoleon could have easily defended France in 1814, if he had the equipment and manpower, and if his marshals didn't want him to abdicate
Additionally, Napoleon could have easily sued for peace before the Battle of Leipzig with the Frankfurt proposals and keep most of his land.
He was also extraordinarily good at finding talent and people fit to be his marshals, except for Grouchy and Marmont ofc.
As a history and geopolitical nerd.
Its kinda unfair to compare more modems generals to old generals, tatics and weapons envolve.
But, if you take a look at their times, it had to be beetwhen Genghis Khan or Alexander, their feats at their times was legendary.
i feel like alexander and genghis had a more macro advantage (take genghis for example, he didn't necessary have genius tactics going into war but the way he manages his armies and other things like efficient travel were the reason why the mongolians had such a massive empire)
on the other hand, napoleon going to war had the best micro out of the 4 here personally (taking valorant terms here lol), aka he had really good strategies and tactics
Why not Khalid ibn Al Waleed, the sword of Allah (SWT)
Btw mods, it's just his title, it's not religion
Idk much about his war tactics tbh, I should look into that aspect of him
its impossible to compare them since they lived in different times. Should rather ask "who is the best in ### era". With that said, purely out of entertainment, I'd go with Alexander. big brain dude and deffo one of the smartest war time general considering the era he was living.
He was a military genius, arguably saved Justinian's legacy while he was making stupid decisions as emperor
Unfortunate how he fell out of favour just because he continued the siege on Ravenna
right, i would be pissed if was in his position. pretty much did all that shit for nothing
I mean
Justinian greatly needed that army for the defense against the Persians
But tbf, Persians were a very big threat at the time, Justinian needed all of the troops he could get
I feel really bad for Belisarius, but his loyalty never wavered, even after that
id say genghis khan because he left a big ahh legacy and hes got so many descendants alive till this day, no motherland bias
Discord