Best General of WW2?
In your opinion who was the best General of WW2.
In terms of accomplishments. Manstein has the most and biggest accomplishments.
1. Made plan for the invasion of France.
2. Led the 11th army to victory in Crimea, and was promoted to Field Marshall for it.
3. Stopped the Soviet Winter Offensive of 1943 dead in it's tracks by smashing the Popov group, destroying 50 enemy divisions.
4. Led his troops well at Kursk.
5. Continued to fight hard against the Russians in Ukraine, and would have held them off for much longer had it not been for Hitler's horrible strategic policy.
6. Contributed to the strategic and tactical planning of numerous other operations, big and small.
For these reasons I rank him #1.
Although Guderian cannot be overlooked, while his accomplishments on the battlefield weren't as grand as Manstein. He preformed very well in France and Russia where he led Panzers in the offensive. His greatest accomplishment was off the battlefield though, for he invented the concept of Modern Mobile Warfare.
And of course Rommel has a place in my heart, for no other general on earth could do so much with so few. An extra division and sufficient supplies would have taken him all the way to Iraq, Iran, and the Southern Caucuses.
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