Maybe OT--Greatest Leader Ever

[Toast]

Military Leader?

Anceint Times: Alexander the Great, hands down.

Early Modern: Gustafus Adolphus

19th Century: Napoleon

Side-bar: American Civil War: tactical - Stonewall Jackson (so many to choose from really but he is my favorite)
strategic - Sherman

WWI: Hoffman

WWII: Eric von Manstein

[DuckofTindalos]

Well, if we HAVE to be serious: Charlemagne.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Big B

Hmm, ...yah, and was funny too. Almost the caliber of Col. Klink.

Actually, Klink was a lot funnier.

[Toast]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Well, if we HAVE to be serious: Charlemagne.

No, we don't have to be serious. You have forgotten the greatest leader of all time:

Kelly (a.k.a. Clint Eastwood) from Kelly's Heros. To talk one lone Sherman tank to take on three Tiger tanks and win! And get rich in the process. You can't top that!

[timtom]

My money on this guy...

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: Toast

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Well, if we HAVE to be serious: Charlemagne.

No, we don't have to be serious. You have forgotten the greatest leader of all time:

Kelly (a.k.a. Clint Eastwood) from Kelly's Heros. To talk one lone Sherman tank to take on three Tiger tanks and win! And get rich in the process. You can't top that!

Hmm, and he got away with it AND got rich....the only thing missing there was getting the girl (I'm sur that was no problem either)

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: timtom

My money on this guy...

How about Rufus T. Firefly (for those of you who can remember)

[DuckofTindalos]

Hail, Hail, Freedonia, Land of the Brave and Free!!![:D]

[doktorblood]

The best leader evar!

[Mike Scholl]

ORIGINAL: usersatch

Nothing to do at work, so...

Who is the greatest miltary leader of all time?

My vote goes to Ghengis Kahn. In terms of tactics, number of victories and land area conquered, treatment of non-combatants, and morale of his troops he was the best.

I have to vote with you on this one. Started with virtually nothing. First created a tribe..., then united a nation..., then conquered the largest single empire the world has ever seen. Alexander and Napoleon were impressive, but they started with major nations as power bases.

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Hail, Hail, Freedonia, Land of the Brave and Free!!![:D]

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
- Rufus T. Firefly

[Marc von Martial]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Of course, he couldn't have done it without his opposite German number, quite possible one of the worst military leaders ever:

My vote for the "best" [:D]

I type this while looking at the Hogans Heroes Action figures [;)]

[RBWhite]

Col. John "Hanabal" Smith

[jchastain]

Surely this board has not forgotten the leader we all worshipped in our youth... Col. Wilma Deering!

[DuckofTindalos]

HamanaHamanaHamanaHamanaHamanaHamana!!!

[RBWhite]

Well, I wasn't that young when Col. Deering was around.

I will say she is the finest looking Col. I've ever ran into

[DuckofTindalos]

And that uniform... Wasn't standard attire for a colonel in any military force I've ever heard of!

[rogueusmc]

You are forgetting that cute little skirt thingy she wore when they changed formats and started exploring space

[RBWhite]

I don't know about some of you guys having all these old television stars pictures at the ready seems a little odd

[Monter_Trismegistos]

Greatest leader?

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz - for slaughtering 3 times bigger Swedish army at Kircholm 1605.