• George Washington voted Britain's greatest enemy commander
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Rommel.
[QUOTE=zerglingv2;35590720]Washington has line infantry with muskets, Rommel had god damn tanks and airplanes. I don't see how you can compare the two.[/QUOTE] Yeah but so did we, and if you don't think you can compare the two then why bother designating a greatest general then if they are all from different time periods.
How about Aulus Plautius or William the Conqueror? They actually conquered Britain.
I think... We need to train Koreans to be generals. And give them starcraft themed layouts with which to fight our enemies. We would be fucking invincible.
I'm an American and I disagree with this.
[QUOTE=P1X3L N1NJA;35593425]What about Saladin?[/QUOTE] Him and Richie were both pretty good friends though.
[QUOTE=Clovernoodle;35589433]You know We may have split from you Brits But you ain't half bad, you know? Brotha to brotha, pimp to pimp, America's got yo back when you need us, yo.[/QUOTE] Well I say, thanks a lot old chap.
I prefer Napoleon. At his height, he has most of Europe under his banner. Something that Britain have been trying to prevent for centuries.
Europe must have been pretty short to fit under a banner at Napoleon's height.
John Paul Jones was pretty bad ass (not the drummer) [quote]John Paul Jones' raid of Whitehaven on April 23, 1778, was a feat just as crazy as it was crazy-awesome. To begin with, this was what John Paul Jones looked like. [img]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/9/3/35893.jpg?v=1[/img] The father of the U.S. Navy. Just to set the record straight, John Paul Jones was not a pirate. He simply came off as one because, you know, he tended to ride in captured vessels, sail with rugged crews and fly colors that no country on the planet could claim were theirs. [img]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/9/4/35894.jpg?v=1[/img] John Paul Jones' skull and crossbones. During the American Revolution, this pissed-off Scotsman put his lifelong hatred for King and Country to the single best use on the planet by joining the U.S. Navy long before it was popular. He was given a sweet new ship, the USS Ranger and a boatload of U.S. Marines which he used to successfully invade England in one of the most daring acts in U.S. history. [img]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/9/5/35895.jpg?v=1[/img] This man's balls had balls. [B]What ruined it:[/B] A pub. Despite boasting the single largest pair of cannonballs on either side of the Atlantic, Jones' midnight raid of Whitehaven nearly turned into a disaster for two reasons. The first was a traitor named David Freeman, who started the raid by going all Paul Revere through the city, warning everybody that "pirates" were there to burn it down. This half-truth can be forgiven, if only because Jones was not there to burn Whitehaven -- just the 200-plus ships in its port. [img]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/9/6/35896.jpg?v=1[/img] He sure wasn't there for the bangers and mash. The second screwup, however, involved a subordinate named Lt. Wallingford of the U.S. Marine Corps, whom Jones had tasked with burning the ships. The man had instead used his Marines to invade "the nearest pub," where they dutifully "made very free with the liquor, etc." In short, they invaded England just to get drunk. [img]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/9/7/35897.jpg?v=1[/img] "Come on, you apes -- do you want to be sober forever?" Out of the hundreds of boats Jones had hoped to sink that evening, his pirate/Marine raiding party managed to sink only one. Nevertheless, Jones later remarked, "what was done ... is sufficient to show that not all their boasted navy can protect their own coasts," we imagine while putting out a cigar on a stolen portrait of King George III. The raid successfully scared the fuck out of the entire British Empire, and Jones got to join the ranks of William the Conqueror and Julius Caesar as one of the few leaders in human history to successfully invade the British Isles. [img]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/9/8/35898.jpg?v=1[/img] Thus securing America's supply of Damp for decades to come. [B]Had things been different:[/B] Had Jones' U.S. Marines done their job instead of getting drunk with your great grandmother, it would have been an absolute nightmare for the British. Every single ship in Whitehaven may have been torched. The fire would have been seen from a horizon away, and it would have been impossible for the British to cover up the damage. The British were already worked into a frenzy over Jones. Multiply that by 200, and you might have an idea how the Royal Navy would have been forced to respond. [img]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/9/9/35899.jpg?v=1[/img] This is JPJ's coffin. We don't have the faintest fucking clue what's going on there, either. It is worth noting that this was just a dress rehearsal for Jones' bigger baby: the Armada of 1779. If Jones had had his way, a U.S./Spanish/French coalition would have ended the Revolution in 1779 by doing to the British Isles what he did to Whitehaven. He flat-out wanted to conquer England. [img]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/9/0/0/35900.jpg?v=1[/img] Which we are pretty sure is every single Scotsman's dream. Read more: 5 Minor Screw-ups That Created The Modern World | Cracked.com [url]http://www.cracked.com/article_18868_5-minor-screw-ups-that-created-modern-world_p2.html#ixzz1sGDv5x2i[/url][/quote]
He won because America.
[QUOTE=magicman1234;35590025]He also defeated a bengal tiger during a hurricane. [IMG]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/069/1/c/Washington_Vs__Tiger_by_SharpWriter.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] with a sore tooth no less
[video=youtube;PTcVNuNX8yY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTcVNuNX8yY[/video]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8umXTRkPcxQ[/media]
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;35601959]Europe must have been pretty short to fit under a banner at Napoleon's height.[/QUOTE] Napoleon was actually 5'7", the average at the time was 5'6".
[QUOTE]George Washington voted Britain's greatest enemy commander[/QUOTE] But what about this guy? [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4rGj7wxs1yI/TMOnu1jixII/AAAAAAAAAXY/c6LYLhFv-YE/s1600/code_geass_21.jpg[/IMG]
Not a commander, but you guys need to read about this badass: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill[/url] He stormed the Germans in France armed with a fucking longsword and a longbow. (And he actually got atleast one guy, possibly more)
[QUOTE]None of the five is particularly pleasant ideologically," Hughes added, saying that even Washington was a slave owner whose newly forged country then went on to try to destroy its native population.[/QUOTE] Huh, Collins is viewed as a hero in Ireland.
[QUOTE=Secrios;35610184]But what about this guy? [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4rGj7wxs1yI/TMOnu1jixII/AAAAAAAAAXY/c6LYLhFv-YE/s1600/code_geass_21.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] That is [b]fiction[/b]. are you five?
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;35611163]Huh, Collins is viewed as a hero in Ireland.[/QUOTE] In Ireland.
Did they happen to mention that: A. A lot of Washington's discontent with Britain stemmed from the fact that they refused to promote him within the British ranks, writing him off as a stupid American. and B: During the prior war in Canadian territories, in which Colonial forces helped Britain immensely, Washington attempted to explain the concept of guerrilla warfare to his British commander, who promptly had none of it and refused to acknowledge the tactical legitimacy of surprise attacks, ambushes and subterfuge? Seriously. Before the Revolutionary War, George Motherfucking Washington attempted to teach the British forces about the very tactics that would later send their asses packing back across the pond, and [I]they didn't listen.[/I] It's not that Washington was a great commander, its that the British army was fucking incompetent. As much as I love me some Americana, Washington was not a tactical genius. He was just the [I]only fucking person[/I] who was actually using tactics. Calling him the greatest enemy commander is like saying the kid who whooped your ass on "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" is your all-time nemesis.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;35589800]Didn't Washington lose 6 out of 9 battles? Seriously, why is Napoleon not number 1. This is idiotic.[/QUOTE] The North Vietnamese didn't win a single battle during the Vietnam War. But who won? It's not always about the battles, especially in a rebellion or guerrilla war. It's about the ability to outlast the enemy. Washington was able to avoid capture, strike at opportune moments in order to gain an advantage, and give the nation a leader to look up to. Even if he was a shit commander (you cannot compare Washington's command ability to that of the British generals he faced because all battles were fought between the highly trained and professional armies of Britain against the shit American armies. Once France entered the war and sent tons of supplies to the U.S., things changed a lot.) he was able to win the war by completing the more important objective.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;35589481]What he lacked in military tactics he made up for in charisma and attitude. Honestly I probably would have voted Rommel. He caused hell for the British in Africa.[/QUOTE] This could sound fucked up but Rommel is one of my heroes.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;35616171]This could sound fucked up but Rommel is one of my heroes.[/QUOTE] Why would that sound fucked up? He was anti-nazi and one of the best generals of his time.
Yeah but a lot of uneducated people immediately go "WOW YOU LIKE NAZIS, etc, etc."
except rommel wasn't a nazi and tried to kill hitler. [editline]18th April 2012[/editline] if people say you're a nazi for that then just remind them he helped in trying to kill hitler.
I thought it would have been Montgomery :v:
George Washington was a part of the Assassin's guild and he was trying to prevent the British Templars from finding the staff and the apple of Eden. That's why the British hates him. he was an assassin
Shouldn't either Napoleon or Rommel kinda be ahead of him by far?
[QUOTE=lavacano;35615898]That is [b]fiction[/b]. are you five?[/QUOTE] It was meant to be a joke.
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