Posted on Jan 23, 2020
Who Are The Most Important Military Leaders in World History and Why?
1.74K
16
11
3
3
0
Posted in these groups: 
World History
Senior Leaders
World History Senior Leaders
Edited 5 y ago
Posted 5 y ago
Responses: 8
2
2
0
This is a big topic, but I will take a stab at it.
Sun Tzu - a man whose treatise "Art of War" is still studied 2000 years later.
Alexander of Macedon - whose use of position and personal courage and audacity allowed him to conquer some of the greatest powers in the world
Hannibal Barca - whose Canae tactic of positional withdrawal in order to produce envelopment was done and redone many times through history.
Temujin (Ghenghis Khan) - whose use of horse born archers harassed and overwhelmed infantry armies throughout Asia
Lord Horatio Nelson - Who patented "crossing the T" in Naval warfare and earned a smashing victory over a superior force.
Carl Von Clausewitz - whose wheel plan to invade France was used not once, but twice and whose ideas of mobility and firepower were highly influential on both the German and American Armies.
Karl Doenitz - whose wolfpack submarine tactics very nearly forced Britain to surrender in WWII
Sun Tzu - a man whose treatise "Art of War" is still studied 2000 years later.
Alexander of Macedon - whose use of position and personal courage and audacity allowed him to conquer some of the greatest powers in the world
Hannibal Barca - whose Canae tactic of positional withdrawal in order to produce envelopment was done and redone many times through history.
Temujin (Ghenghis Khan) - whose use of horse born archers harassed and overwhelmed infantry armies throughout Asia
Lord Horatio Nelson - Who patented "crossing the T" in Naval warfare and earned a smashing victory over a superior force.
Carl Von Clausewitz - whose wheel plan to invade France was used not once, but twice and whose ideas of mobility and firepower were highly influential on both the German and American Armies.
Karl Doenitz - whose wolfpack submarine tactics very nearly forced Britain to surrender in WWII
(2)
(0)
1SG (Join to see)
SPC Stewart Smith - That would be Alexander of Macedon.
As for Ceasar, one could consider him and be correct, but he did not have the lasting influence that the others I mentioned did. His tour de force was the battle of Alesia, where he fought a siege and against a relief force simultaneously by constructing a donut of concentric defenses in only a few days. Cool, but limited in influence.
I am sure I omitted some others that smart people will come up with.
As for Ceasar, one could consider him and be correct, but he did not have the lasting influence that the others I mentioned did. His tour de force was the battle of Alesia, where he fought a siege and against a relief force simultaneously by constructing a donut of concentric defenses in only a few days. Cool, but limited in influence.
I am sure I omitted some others that smart people will come up with.
(2)
(0)
2
2
0
King Hezekiah, commander of Jerusalem during the siege of 701 BC. Had Jerusalem fell, Judah and Benjamin would have followed the Ten Lost Tribes into Assyrian exile and, like them, never be heard of again. No "Children of Abraham," which include Jews, Christians, and Muslims. No Judaeo-Christian heritage. Many things would have been different down to Emperor Constantine in the early 4th Century, everything in Europe and the Middle East would have been different after. The importance of Hezekiah is paramount in Western history, had he lost Jerusalem our present world would be vastly different in ways we cannot even begin to imagine or predict.
(2)
(0)
1
1
0
Ooo...tough one.
I'll try and break it down by three categories: Strategy, Leadership Style, and overall Success.
Strategy: King David, Julius Caesar, Hannibal, William the Conqueror, Edward II, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Lord Cornwallis, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lord Nelson, Duke of Wellington, Thomas Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Chester Nimitz.
Leadership Style: Alexander the Great, Marcus Aurelius, William Marshall, Robert the Bruce, Henry V, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Lord Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert E. Lee, Jack Pershing, George Patton, Colin Powell.
Overall Success: Julius Caesar, William the Conqueror, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Wellington, Grant, Eisenhower.
I'll try and break it down by three categories: Strategy, Leadership Style, and overall Success.
Strategy: King David, Julius Caesar, Hannibal, William the Conqueror, Edward II, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Lord Cornwallis, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lord Nelson, Duke of Wellington, Thomas Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Chester Nimitz.
Leadership Style: Alexander the Great, Marcus Aurelius, William Marshall, Robert the Bruce, Henry V, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Lord Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert E. Lee, Jack Pershing, George Patton, Colin Powell.
Overall Success: Julius Caesar, William the Conqueror, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Wellington, Grant, Eisenhower.
(1)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google