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October 20th, 2002, 12:06 AM
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Who is your favorite commander of WWII? He doesn't have to be a General or anything, just your favorite soldier, seaman, or airman.
Perhaps we should break it down by country, or maybe I'll post a poll with some of the more famous ones? But for now, try and list some uncommon commanders that achieved greatness!
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Patton
Rommel
Gunter Viezenz-he was a Oberleutnant so he at least commanded a platoon!
Otto Kretschmer
Peter Erich Cremer
"Johnnie" Walker RN
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Patton
Rommel
Gunter Viezenz-he was a Oberleutnant so he at least commanded a platoon!
Otto Kretschmer
Peter Erich Cremer
"Johnnie" Walker RN
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"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett
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My favorite commander and the only general hero is Herr Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, murdered by Mr Hitler & co
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January 12th, 2003, 09:24 AM
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I second that Alejandro!!!!
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Rommel is/was the man.
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I've just read a really good essay on Brigadier Alexander Stanier in Sheffield's book "Leadership and Command - The Anglo-American Military Experience since 1861".
Stanier was a pretty average Brig who was tasked to command a Brigade on D-Day. He was quite surprised at this as he felt he was rather old and had not passed staff college. He was in fact given a highly educated Brigade Major so Stanier in effect left the BM at HQ and roved among his units to try and solve problems and offer advice - never staying too long or undermining the local commander's authority.
As a case study in effective leadership it is well worth reading. There are people like this far worthier of our admiration than the Rommels, Rundstedts, Pattons or Monty's. If only we knew more about them.
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Not surprising but--most Historians and most General Officers in ww2 feel that Erich von Manstein von Lewinsky was the best commander in ww2.
Hard for me to pick as I like Manstein and Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel both equally. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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My favorite commander is.....Kurt "panzermeyer" Meyer.
btw- I'll take Manstein or Zhukov over Rommel anyday.
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My list of favourite personalities...
Micheal Wittmann - My first WWII 'Hero'.
Lord Lovat - The finest commando leader.
Witzig - Fallschirmjager Leader.
Hans-Joachim Marseille - The greatest fighter pilot.
Jonny Frost - He typifies the Airborne spirit.
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Max Wunsche - The true epitome of the Nordic warrior, he has the best propaganda poses!!!
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Heinz Guderian
Otto Skorzeny
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Sepp Dietrich
Willi Bittrich
Panzer Meyer
Fritz Witt
Erwin Rommel
George Patton
Maxwell Taylor
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Matt Ridgeway
Admiral Nimitz (quiet and humble for all the power he held)
Admiral Ray Spruance
Erwin Rommel
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Montgomery (don't ask me why but he was so underated and did a lot for us Brits during ww2)
Erwin Rommel
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It is very good to have this thread alive again! [img]smile.gif[/img]
And all what I read is Erwin Rommel, Erwin Rommel, Erwin Rommel... I won't say a thing about the man because this thread is for your FAVOURITES commanders, not the best... Because if we were talking about the best, then Von Manstein surely beats everybody.
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Ah yes the old Rommel debate!
Well here are my favorites:
Guderian
Skorzeny
Patton
Zhukov
...and of course... Rommel [img]tongue.gif[/img] 
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OK, these are personal 'favourites' - faults and all :
Guy Gibson ( surprise ! [img]tongue.gif[/img] )
Johnny Frost ( Airborne )
Jim Gavin ( US Airborne )
Brian Horrocks ( Corps Commander )
Jochen Peiper in the Ardennes ( ruthless but fascinating )
'Sailor' Malan ( Battle of Britain )
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my personally favourite is someone who is never given the amount of credit he deserve, along with his army, and that is Lietenant General William 'Bill' Slim. This man was arguably britians greatest general of WW2.
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I have to admit that I know very little about Slim - I keep meaning to buy a copy of his book about the XIV Army.
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Yeah unfortuanatly this theatre of war recieves very little in the way of academic research, it is passed over for the much more 'glamorous' pacific. Slim and the 14th army is hopefully what i am going to write my university dissertation on, i just need to find the information  . |
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Quote:
Originally posted by dasreich:
Ah yes the old Rommel debate!
Well here are my favorites:
Guderian
Skorzeny
Patton
Zhukov
...and of course... Rommel [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Ha! I love when people face the truth and all they can do to deal with it is to make jokes about it! [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Rommel was a General with great tactical skills. Still my favorites are the 2 most influental strategists of WWII:
Zhukov & Manstein
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Rommel was a General with great tactical skills. Still my favorites are the 2 most influental strategists of WWII:
Zhukov & Manstein
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Of course you're right, Knight! Rommel was an awesome tactician, but your two favourites were complete strategists! By the way: welcome to the forums!!!
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