Who were the greatest military leaders?

[Strykerguy56]

MG Joshua Chamberlain. WIAx6, MOH Recipient. Most famous for his command of the 20th Maine and the bayonet charge down Little Round Top on Day 2 of the Battle of Gettysburg.

[DrD]

Thank you for the new additions! :D

Shana

[Jenny Lynn]

OK I'll ask I've been trying to figure it out... but who is Joshua;

I feel like I should know the answer but I'll be honest I don't and I'm sure I'm going to pay for admitting this.

No worries already headed on my way to the kitchen to make you all samiches*


* = I used the handy, dandy search button so I didn't spell it sammishes like I always like to do

[DrD]

Ah, Jenny... you asked me this on pm a bit ago. :D

Shana

[Jenny Lynn]

Ah, Jenny... you asked me this on pm a bit ago. :D

Shana

Yes you did but I still am not making any connection, :? ah maybe I'm not suppose to... if that is secret squirrel stuff that you can tell me but then you'll have to kill me kinda of stuff I understand totally just give me warning so I can go wreck havoc the last days of my life and fulfill my dream of being taking away in the back of a patrol car

[Rock Island Ranger]

Ah, Jenny... you asked me this on pm a bit ago. :D

Shana

Yes you did but I still am not making any connection, :? ah maybe I'm not suppose to... if that is secret squirrel stuff that you can tell me but then you'll have to kill me kinda of stuff I understand totally just give me warning so I can go wreck havoc the last days of my life and fulfill my dream of being taking away in the back of a patrol car

Jenny......hon......stick to the medicine.

[Jenny Lynn]

Ah, Jenny... you asked me this on pm a bit ago. :D

Shana

Yes you did but I still am not making any connection, :? ah maybe I'm not suppose to... if that is secret squirrel stuff that you can tell me but then you'll have to kill me kinda of stuff I understand totally just give me warning so I can go wreck havoc the last days of my life and fulfill my dream of being taking away in the back of a patrol car

Jenny......hon......stick to the medicine.

Ranger Rock Island, yes I have put blinker on and I am entering back into my respective lane on my way back to the kitchen. Thank you for your guidance sir.

[DrD]

Jenny... you are too funny!!

Rodents, midget porn... Where shall we go next??

Shana

[Ranger Bill]

Vlad Tepes - mid 1400s. First European to employ gunpowder as a formidable weapon and the night cavalry attack.

[Jim]

Vlad Tepes - mid 1400s. First European to employ gunpowder as a formidable weapon and the night cavalry attack.

You mean Dracula?

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[DrD]

Vlad Tepes - mid 1400s. First European to employ gunpowder as a formidable weapon and the night cavalry attack.

This guy will be a little tough to study... but I see why you are adding him...

Shana

[Jenny Lynn]

Jenny... you are too funny!!

Rodents, midget porn... Where shall we go next??

Shana

Well hopefully not in the kitchen to make samiches, been there done that

[Invictus]

Rangers;

Thank you all for the names!

I've read a few "what if" books on other courses of action, and would really like to have seen what might have come from him withdrawing that 1st day rather than really getting into it with Buford, and picking better ground.

Hhhmmm... Ranger Invictus... "what if" books? You got my attention with that. Are these listed on the military books thread that is going?

Best;
Shana

It's not listed in that thread, just a book I picked up at B&N many moons ago.
It's a very interesting book that looks at a number of different scenario's and talks about how easily the outcome could have been different.

The book is called...err...WHAT IF

There's also a sequel called "WHAT IF 2".

Another really interesting book (to me at least) is a historical fiction on Gettysburg. This is the 3 part series co-authored by Gingrich. While fictitious, it's still pretty amazing to me what might have been had Lee fallen back that first day, and found much more defensible ground not far away (the availability and proximity of such ground is covered in detail in the book) and set himself up in a Marye's Heights typed defensive position.

[Rock Island Ranger]

"What if" is the standby study statement of great military events. Saw a paper on "What if's" for Nazi Germany. Really eye opening. What if Hitler had waited 3 years to begin his attempt to to take over the world?
Its great theory, study, and in my mind confirms some things biblically. GRITS didnt want Germany to be in charge. There was a paper on Korea as well. What if the US had maintained a state of readiness after WWII? Would we now occupy China?