Who was the best commander in WWII?

[Lone Commissar]

Well, that's one opinion tanker but when you see how the Germans smashed the French which statistically was by far the better army you really do have to give them some credit. However, the Soviet commanders did do amazing things as well.

[palm]

"The Soviet commanders were best" (according to tanker and Babelfish) Have you heard about the Finninsh winter war maybe? The Russians won because of their numbers not their commanders.

[tanker]

I like Russian and would love to learn it but could you please keep to English on the main forum, thanks.

ok) sorry

If honestly, I consider that to argue about that who won in WWII, or whose commander was better it is a small talk. Who does have a right to judge commanders and put them marks.?

Please don't double post. - Dragon93

[palm]

That was what you did.

[tanker]

[Lone Commissar]

I think he's going to lose.

[JuL14n]

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Finland), he took Finland trought the war even if we didn't win it.
Mannerheim didn't cause any unnecessary casualties against the Russians.

Many said that 1 Finn could take down at least 4 Russians.

Winter War

The infantry ratio was 4 to 1 (400 Russians was 100 Finns)
The tank ratio was 200 to 1 (200 Russian tanks was 1 Finnish tank)
The aircraft ratio was 30 to 1 (30 Russian planes was 1 Finnish plane)

The Finns: 250 000 men, 30 tanks 130 aircraft Losses: 26 662 dead, 39 886 wounded, 1 000 captured
The Russians: 1,000,000 men, 6 541 tanks, 3 800 aircraft Losses: 126 875 dead, 264 908 wounded, 5 600 captured, 2 268+ tanks

 

Anyone who wan't to call the Russian commanders: Kliment Voroshilov, Kirill Meretskov,
Semyon Timoshenko, BEST!?!?

[tisse]

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim or Erich von Manstein cant decide wich one of them is the best!

[Stahlschmiedt]

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim or Erich von Manstein cant decide wich one of them is the best!

Agreed, they both kicked some serious ass.

[vengefulnoob]

Zhukov all the way!!!!

He may not have cared about his troops, but he almost singlehanded masterminded the german defeat outside Moscow, operation Uranus, the encirclement of Orel, the defence of Kursk, the advance through eastern europe and the attack on Berlin! Without him and other commanders who had the authority to argue with Stalin, russia would have fallen.

[TheAllMihtyOne]

how come Pavlol isnt here? he became a nitional heore in the soviet union after the seige at "pavlovs house"

[vengefulnoob]

well, pavlov was a soldier, not a commander: he was a hero in the USSR, but did not oversee command of an army or front.

[major_roadworks]

lol @ operation uranus, wat kind of person names a military operation that...

[vengefulnoob]

errr... Some stalin's boot licking commisar?

Besides, Uranus in Russian isnt gonna be the same...

"we're now comencing operation bomb the crap out of your house" soldier, Family Guy

[WelshManDan]

Rommel by far for me, in the desert there is nothing so you have to execute perfect tactics to stay alive, that man made a lot of so little and i have a lot of respect for him.

okay. yh the man was a fantastic general. the best german general. the man lost to bernard montgomery. so who is the better general. the man who fought in the open desert or the man who won in the open desert. rommel was an all round general though. hitler liked him. of course after rommel became a traitor and tried to make peace with the allied forces hitler had him burnt alive in hot oil or sometin. anyways. Montogomery alll the way. the brains behind Overlord. the overalll commander of the british forces. he was a field marshall. the highes rank of the highest. he was the supreme allied commander of WW2. thats why he is the gr8est