Hitler was not the greatest military genius ever, am I right?

Actually, a lot of the reason that the Germans lost WWII is because Hitler was a terrible tactician that let pride and ego usurp wisdom and tactics, and refused to listen to his Generals on many occasions.

Of the ones you listed, I'd probably pick Sun Tzu. He literally wrote the book on the Art of War.

Hitler was without a doubt the worst military strategist in the history of military strategists. He was a lunatic. After 1943 the British stopped trying to assasinate him because they realised he would do more damage to Germany alive than if he was dead!

However Chuchill was not much better. The disasters of Gallipoli in WW1 and Greece and Norway in WW2 were his faults. He constantly sacked his generals and kept moving about troops.

George Washington also wasn't much of a strategist. He only survived the revolution because his army retreated faster than the British could advance. It took half of Europe joining in on his side before he could win any meaningful battles.

I don't know much about the rest so I will not comment on them.

She's right about Communism but DEAD WRONG about Hitler. He was an evil insane **** who's risky gambles (invading Russia, killing Jews instead of directing the men and resources against the Allies) cost Germany the war.

The military that won World War 2 was the Red Army with competent generals like Zhukov and a great leader: Stalin. They broke the back of the Nazi war machine and liberated Eastern Europe from fascism.

The strength of the German Army and the reason for their early successes was the flexibility allowed to German commanders. At a both stategic and tatical level the commanders were allowed to choose how they would achieve their objectives.

Only when Hitler continually took control of all decision making processes until there were no longer any checks and balances did everything start comming apart.

His decision making process was self destructive and Germany destructed with him.

Hitler was a private in ww1. he had smart generals and disciplined soldiers along with an industrialized nation and quality equipment.

napoleon studied 3 military geniuses and combined the learning to use for his tactics. churchill was a politician, nothing military bout him.

on your list, most were better than hitler, but some of them were not that great anyway.

You need to add Erwin Rommel to that list. He was a General for the Germans in WW2 and was one of the most intelligent military leaders of the modern era.

However, Hitler was NO military genius.

Practically all mainstream military historians consider without question that Genghis Khan, Hannibal of Carthage, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar of Rome are the most preeminent military geniuses of recorded Human history.

http://www.militarygenius.com/geniuses_masters_of_...

well it is clear that your friend is a moron. not because he thinks Hitler was a good strategist, he was. he invented a brand new type of warfare. but he did let his success cloud his judgment and eventually was fighting on too many fronts. but communism sucks ***.

Zachary Taylor is better than Hitler though. to go along with what you asked for.

how can the greatest military genius of all time lose? so he was great just not great enough? that reasoning makes no sense

so you can count out Napoleon, Hitler, and Lee

the rest is just based on opinion

*i see some redneck doesent like the fact lee was on the losing end lol

He was no genius, he tried to invade Russia during winter. Anyone on that list was probably a better strategist.