Best General of WW2?

[FM_Von_Manstein]

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.

[KnightFandragon]

50 Divisions, dang...thats alot of stuff and men..ouch

[Korsakov829]

I say thank god for Hitler. War was inevitable, and I'm glad a fool like him lost the war for Germany, came close though. I agree, Manstein is a machine. He just wasn't used properly.

I wonder what the Soviets did to him after his capture in Stalingrad.

[KnightFandragon]

My guess is line him up w/ a few hundered other German troops and got out the ol' DP w/ a squad of PPSH's and cut loose.....

[Korsakov829]

Yeah. Maybe he met with Stalin before that. He may have been put into a Gulag, but thats only a possibility. I never really looked it up.

[Korsakov829]

Just looked it up. It turns out he lived until 1973, death by natural causes. If I was not busy at that date I would have looked him up.

[FM_Von_Manstein]

Originally Posted by Korsakov829

I say thank god for Hitler. War was inevitable, and I'm glad a fool like him lost the war for Germany, came close though. I agree, Manstein is a machine. He just wasn't used properly.

I wonder what the Soviets did to him after his capture in Stalingrad.

Are you retarded? That was Paulus, not Manstein. Paulus was the worst German Field Marshall that ever lived, a disgrace.

[Nikitns]

Originally Posted by FM_Von_Manstein

3. Stopped the Soviet Winter Offensive of 1943 dead in it's tracks by smashing the Popov group, destroying 50 enemy divisions.

Which means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING because each Soviet division was understrength in the extreme during that time. 1000-2000 men per division.

Also destroying =! killing/capturing all soldiers in that division.

[Nikitns]

Originally Posted by KnightFandragon

50 Divisions, dang...thats alot of stuff and men..ouch

Look at the post above

Originally Posted by Korsakov829

I say thank god for Hitler. War was inevitable, and I'm glad a fool like him lost the war for Germany, came close though. I agree, Manstein is a machine. He just wasn't used properly.

I wonder what the Soviets did to him after his capture in Stalingrad.

Uhh, are you retarded? Hitler was the greatest monster in the XX century. In just 4 years he was directly responsible for the death of ~23 million people (most of them Soviets), and many, many more indirect deaths.

[FM_Von_Manstein]

Originally Posted by Nikitns

Which means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING because each Soviet division was understrength in the extreme during that time. 1000-2000 men per division.

Also destroying =! killing/capturing all soldiers in that division.

Well if it hadn't been stopped Germany would have lost much much sooner. It means something kid.

In just 4 years he was directly responsible for the death of ~23 million people (most of them Soviets), and many, many more indirect deaths.

The deaths of soviets sounds pretty good to me. I'm pretty sure the tens millions of people that suffered under Soviet occupation and communist rule would agree with that statement.