Well, he didn't like cowards and very little was known about PTSD back then.
The past is a foreign country.
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purplepizza117 wrote:
What?Qassim Abdullah wrote:
Has been named Saladin?
_Pontus_ wrote:
Yes, Saladin was definitely a great commander and person too. Especially taking into account the time he lived in, he was way ahead of anyone in his thinking and doing.
_Pontus_ wrote:
I am so incredibly disappointed that none of you has yet mentioned the incredible WW1 genius, who, with a few officers, soldiers and added naval personnel, combined with local troops, but at no time with more than a couple 1.000 men, managed to tie up several 100.000 enemy forces...
General and later Fieldmarshall:
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck
The genius of the German East African campaign in WW1
The only one of the German commanders to have a Victory Parade in Berlin after WW1 and a stark opponent of the Nazies:
">Picture with "Go **** Yourself" in reply to being asked to be a German ambassador by Hitler removed.
[Concerning the edit: uhm, yes, that 4-letter word can be imagined; besides, he said it in German of course, but that is also 4 letters and also starts with an 'F']
He was the only German commander to defeat the British on their own soil (in East Africa, but still) during WW1. Decades later (in 1967!!! He never gave up the fight for the right of his men!), the surviving African troops that were under his command, finally received the pension they were due, identifying themselves by remembering the drills in German that they learned.
"Chesty" Puller.Maximilien wrote:
Your favourite military commander? @Quasi-duck
Quasi-duck wrote:
"Chesty" Puller.
And? I didn't know you were a racist, MaxiMaximilien wrote:
But he is from United States!Quasi-duck wrote:
"Chesty" Puller.
Quasi-duck wrote:
And? I didn't know you were a racist, MaxiMaximilien wrote:
But he is from United States!Quasi-duck wrote:
"Chesty" Puller.
Americans have great leadership. Just because I am a Communist doesn't mean I can shove the truth in the corner.Maximilien wrote:
It is rare, due to the fact that you are a Communist.
Quasi-duck wrote:
Americans have great leadership.
No one and everyone lost. Do you know what crap America and Americans, as well as other nations, had to go through because of that ideology war? Just look at Vietnam.Maximilien wrote:
For this reason won the cold war.