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Which Historical Military Leader Are You Most Like?

Discussion in 'Military History' started by JCFalkenbergIII, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Well, keep in mind his accent will not be what you heard when you watched the Dukes of Hazzard. He was a blue-blood from Virginia and the Duke boys were from the hill country of Kentucky. Would be like me using a Scottish burr in the place of an Irish brogue or a Yorkie in the place of a Cockney.

    He was a humble, diginified man, full of honor and expected it out of his subordinates.
     
  2. Skipper

    Skipper Kommodore

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    My choice too. Good or bad? He was good at being bad and was therefore a great warrior. We're not voting for saints or are we? :)
     
  3. Butts

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    Napolean Bonaparte....dam was hoping for Duke of Wellington hahah
     
  4. Stefan

    Stefan Cavalry Rupert

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    So you are saying I should stick with my accent then ;) Sounds like a hell of a character anyhow, as you say a man of dignity and honour.

    The Yorkshiremen would hate being called a Yorkie btw, that's a chocholate bar over here.
     
  5. bigfun

    bigfun Ace

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    I'm pretty psyched, I got Stonewall Jackson!!
     
  6. srg rock

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    I would say myself as rommel the fox or goring I have his bad temper
     
  7. JCFalkenbergIII

    JCFalkenbergIII Expert

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    Since neither are on the test who did you score with?
     
  8. Patton

    Patton Member

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    I got Grant, hoping for Patton
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  9. GI_Squirrel

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    I got Patton. SWEEEEEET.

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  10. solarfox

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    I got William T. Sherman. YEAH TOTAL WAR!!!

    Biography:

    William Tecumseh Sherman was one of the most controversial and successful Union generals during the Civil War. He performed well at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and the siege of Chattanooga. He captured Atlanta in one of the Civil War's most decisive campaigns. He advocated the concept of "total war" — waging war not just on the enemy's forces but on the enemy's support network. In this, he was the first modern general. He demonstrated this in his famous "March to the Sea," where his troops cut a swath of destruction through Georgia.
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    Sherman was tenacious in battle, and served with Ulysses S Grant in his campaigns — including the siege of Vicksburg, where his tenacity payed off. Sherman led by initiative as much as by planning. During his "March to the Sea," he was cut off from supply lines and his troops lived off the land. Sherman was a soldier, not a diplomat. In fact, after the war, when his name was bandied about for a nomination, he said, "If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
     
  11. clems

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    Grant was a good general. He wasn't also talented than Lee but was very strong and daring and he would never have surrendered.
     
  12. JCFalkenbergIII

    JCFalkenbergIII Expert

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    Bump for the Newbies :).
     
  13. dgmitchell

    dgmitchell Ace

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    I got Robert E. Lee, y'all.
     
  14. 4th wilts

    4th wilts Member

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    i am like A.V.M.Harry Broadhurst.no bellyaching and very quiet.great airman too.cheers.:)
     
  15. Kruska

    Kruska Member

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    Well, it's George Washington for me and I am most willing to accept.

    Regards
    Kruska
     
  16. J.A. Costigan

    J.A. Costigan Member

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    I got Robert E. Lee
     
  17. Phantom of the Ruhr

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    Arthur Wellesly, Duke of Wellington.
     
  18. Totenkopf

    Totenkopf אוּרִיאֵל

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    William C. Westmoreland!

    Never heard of him before LOL
     
  19. SaltedWounds

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    I got Napoleon! The short guy! Apparently he was really into tactics. I looked up all the possible results. How do they make the quizzes? So many results for four questions!
     
  20. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    lol?
     

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