History Discussion!

Genghis Khan
Napoleon
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar

Who's the best war general?

FNS

Napoleon easily

foythvlr [#2]

FNS

Leading his star player s0m into retirement!

Nlhso [#4]

Leading his star player s0m into retirement!

watch the goat win again

ButterflyEffect23 [#3]

Napoleon easily

Yeah this is what I was thinking

The Khan

Napoleon was too greedy and lose his empire being still alive, probably bottom of the list.

He is a better minister of education than a general.

Anguibok [#8]

Napoleon was too greedy and lose his empire being still alive, probably bottom of the list.

He is a better minister of education than a general.

as a military commander, he's 1 of 1

all the other European great powers couldn't beat him before they adapted to his strategies

he changed the warfare meta

Napoleon prolly
I think he had the hardest battles

As a history and geopolitical nerd.
Its kinda unfair to compare more modems generals to old generals, tatics and weapons envolve.
But, if you take a look at their times, it had to be beetwhen Genghis Khan or Alexander, their feats at their times was legendary.

Alexander the Great without a doubt.

i feel like alexander and genghis had a more macro advantage (take genghis for example, he didn't necessary have genius tactics going into war but the way he manages his armies and other things like efficient travel were the reason why the mongolians had such a massive empire)
on the other hand, napoleon going to war had the best micro out of the 4 here personally (taking valorant terms here lol), aka he had really good strategies and tactics

ButterflyEffect23 [#9]

as a military commander, he's 1 of 1

all the other European great powers couldn't beat him before they adapted to his strategies

he changed the warfare meta

napoleon was ahead of the meta during the time, abusing artillery before it was even considered a win condition, like he was the first one who made good arty viable

Napoleon easily

Top 2 imo are Hannibal and Ali bin Abi Talib

Michael Collins

its impossible to compare them since they lived in different times. Should rather ask "who is the best in ### era". With that said, purely out of entertainment, I'd go with Alexander. big brain dude and deffo one of the smartest war time general considering the era he was living.