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Offline Mr. Vega

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Reply #20 on: April 21, 2004, 08:06:21 pm
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Belisarius - The reason why the Byzantine Empire was so damn feared in his time. The emperor was constantly "demoting" him and giving him the title of general. Suffered a tragic fate in the end.

From these 3, only Belisarius might have lost a battle, as I don't know the totality of his campaigns.


Yeah, Justinian didn't trust him, and he became suspicious when he returned in triumph (after taking Rome) escorted by German guards. Justinian eventually forced him into retirement.

And he did lose a couple battles in Italy, when Justinian starved him of supplies. If he had been less paranoid Italy would have been conquered a lot sooner.
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Reply #21 on: April 21, 2004, 08:13:05 pm
Fine, General Veers.


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Reply #22 on: April 22, 2004, 02:44:45 am
Hannibal and Sun Tzu. His stuff is still studied today, and while it might seem obvious now, it wasn't then.
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Reply #23 on: April 22, 2004, 03:11:35 am
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Reply #24 on: April 22, 2004, 03:13:35 am
Robert E. Lee

How could you forget him?   with only 1\3 of the men the north had, he split his forces and defeated the enemy in short times.
Heck, any battle of his is amazing.
 

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Reply #25 on: April 22, 2004, 04:56:14 am
Alexander the Great wins it for me. I really do wonder what would have happened had he not died so early.

I'm surprised Attilla the Hun got a mention and yet Gengis Khan didn't. He was far more successful than Attilla.
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Reply #26 on: April 22, 2004, 07:17:16 am
Genghis Khan didn't actually led his armies after he conquered China from what I know, but he built the largest empire ever by one ruler alone.
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Reply #27 on: April 22, 2004, 07:25:03 am
Bah. Guderian. He changed the modern warfare.
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Reply #28 on: April 22, 2004, 04:18:19 pm
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Reply #29 on: April 22, 2004, 05:41:59 pm
General Specific ;7
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Reply #30 on: April 22, 2004, 06:31:10 pm
Frederick the Great
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Reply #31 on: April 22, 2004, 06:37:15 pm
General Motors - from Asterix the Gaul

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And seriously, probably either Alexander the Great or Ghengiz Khan :)
 

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Reply #32 on: April 22, 2004, 07:48:41 pm
Nahh.... General Electric. :p
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Reply #33 on: April 22, 2004, 10:51:01 pm
Asterix Meets the Goths, IIRC?

Anyway, I'd say Montgomery, Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Rommel were all impressive during WW2. Don't know much about the Eastern Front, though, quite possibly some great Soviet generals on that front.
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Reply #34 on: April 23, 2004, 04:05:02 am
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Reply #35 on: April 23, 2004, 12:19:40 pm
General Freespace! Best Forum....Evar! ;)

Asterix meets the Goths? Sounds like a comic filled with people in Black eyeliner staring meaningfully at each other ;)
 

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Reply #36 on: April 23, 2004, 12:52:33 pm
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Nahh.... General Electric. :p
Bah!

NORWEB could kick General Electric's ass.
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Reply #37 on: April 23, 2004, 01:55:52 pm
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NORWEB could kick General Electric's ass.


Especially if they use their two super-light fighters :)
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Reply #38 on: April 23, 2004, 02:09:44 pm
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General Freespace! Best Forum....Evar! ;)

Asterix meets the Goths? Sounds like a comic filled with people in Black eyeliner staring meaningfully at each other ;)
Asterix is a classic French comic. Go read it.
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Reply #39 on: April 23, 2004, 02:19:46 pm
LOL Yes, I know, I mentioned Asterix earlier, along with General Motors ;) I used to love that comic as a kid, but I'd never heard of one called Asterix meets the Goths, it just made me laugh at the visions it bought forth ;)
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