Who was the greatest general in history?

Who was the greatest general in history?

Spartacus

Got his shit wrecked by Crassus, who was a mediocre general.

Hannibal Barca, history's greatest BLACK general :^)

buddha

heh..

Got shrecked at Zama

Bai Qi. General for 30 years, captured over 70 cities. No recorded defeats.

It would easier to account for greatness with who died on the fields like a noob or who died comfortably in their kingdom, a winner.

Subutai.

He directed more than twenty campaigns in which he conquered thirty-two nations and won sixty-five pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history.

Can you seriously say anyone but Alexander?
>Never lost a battle
>conquered most of the known world
How can other generals even compete?
t. Someone named after him

Though he was a brilliant general with a win/loss ratio approaching 9 to 1 and by the end no one dared challenge him on the battlefield directly, he did not die comfortably or a winner, but as a sad and broken man who failed to achieve his dream, having been defeated by geography.

in terms of tactical genius and leadership, stonewall jackson

too bad he was stuck in an unwinnable spot

That and his own soldiers were idiots who shot him.

Why do normies usually put Julius Caesar on their top generals list?

Who was the greatest general who died to dumb luck/hubris?

because he was fighting the same quality of men as as his

So did many other Roman generals

Almost certainly Subutai.

A case can be made for Zhukov just because the shear number of men under his command and the difficulty of logistics and maneuvers.

and they are losing

Agrippa isn't on some greatest generals list, and yet he defeated many legions.

Why Subutai?

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>literally built a fort around a fort
>was besieged while besieging
>outnumbered 3:5
>attacked from both sides
>won

His eyes were pointed at a wider angle than most men, allowing him to see a greater portion of the battlefield. This is what made him such a good general. I learned that from History Channel.

Because Subutai was a tactical and strategic genius.

Care to expand on that? What did he do that makes him better than Alexander?

Belisarius

Because of the Battle of Alesia. And he cucked Cathrage

ez

I learned that the Ancient Egyptians might have been aliens who used the Pyramids as space ships from History Channel.

>never lost a battle
>led his armies until his death at the age of 69
>Crossed the Alps at the age of 68
>Beat the Turks many times and the destroyed the French in Italy

half luck, half strategy, pure charisma