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kane RE:of course M.Kemal Atatürk 9/22/2005 10:40:25 AM

M.Kemal.i'm not saying this because i'm a turk but he is not from this world.he saved this contry fromengland,france,italy,greece,russia)in the same time.he had made great efforts in gallipoli(a famous event turkish soldier -RUUUN english soldiers are coming atatürk says: -you can not run away from enemy -but we are out of ammo -then use your bayonets.i dont order you to attack.i order you to die.while we are fighting new troops and commanders can replace us. (he is really brave and intelligent)

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Ehran RE:Great Military Strategists---Ambush 9/22/2005 12:11:59 PM

in the category of doing more with less you would be hard pressed to find a better man than general brock who led the british forces during the war of 1812. it should be counted as a great bit of good fortune for the americans he was killed in battle when he was.

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JIMF RE:Great Military Strategists---Ehran 9/22/2005 1:46:10 PM

How can Brock be rated as a great commander for besting untrained militia?

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Ehran RE:Great Military Strategists---Ehran 9/22/2005 5:26:40 PM

there were a fair number of regulars along with the militia. while the battles were small spuds compared what the other names managed they were crucial in saving Canada which makes them strategically important given how important canada was later on in the world wars. brock was in much the same sort of situation that slim was in. truly minimal british forces facing considerable odds much of the time at the end of a very long logistical string. most of brocks forces were also militia as well remember. think of it as an honourable mention rather than being put forth as a serious contender.

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GOP RE:Great Military Strategists--- 9/22/2005 10:46:24 PM

Nimitz and whoever else came up with the Island Hopping strategy in WWII

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bigfella RE:Great Military Strategists---Addendum 9/23/2005 12:30:29 AM

Oops, forgot a couple: Michael Collins: key figure in developing modern 'asymetrical' warfare. Successfully fought the British to a standstill in their own backyard with a force never more than a few thousand. Then on the winning side (if posthumously) of one of the stupidest civil wars in history, where he led regulars to defeat an insurgency. Mao Zedong: Studied Collins carefully & adapted it to a vastly larger scale. Able to convert from guerilla to conventional tactics when necessary. Created blueprint for virtually all communist insurgencies of the postwar era.

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AlbanyRifles RE:Great Military Strategists---GOP 9/23/2005 9:19:55 AM

The USMC in its doctrine and studies in the 1920s developed what became known as isalnd hooping. It was a natural extension of envelopment by maneuver which was as old as warfare...but became doable with teh advent of aircraft and the aircraft carrier.

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ambush RE:Great Military Strategists 9/23/2005 9:52:58 PM

General Winfield Scott served fromm the War of 1812 through the Civil War. He formulated the Anaconda plan for the defeat of the South. I think he ranks up there.

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