I recall that Eisenhower's meteoric rise owed in part to his role in the Louisiana maneouvers, in which he both succeded in defending against with a mechanized command and attacking with one. Of course, he was not the only commander to see his fortunes made in the mameouvers as George S. Patton also scored a brilliant win after he was assigned under Eisenhower to fight. That was his famous "cheating" of the wargame, by making a forced march with his armor arond and out of the designated excercise grounds. =)