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Bookmark or Share- Are women leaders more "humane"? | History ForumThe Greatest Generation had war up to their ears, and only wanted to be left alone to cultivate golf greens and buy Chromium monsters that gobbled ten miles to the gallon. Eisenhower was their guy. We were outraged that the Soviets weren't more forcibly opposed, that we weren't doing enough to stop the Communist advances.
- Saving Private Ryan: Insult about Caen and MontgomeryIts an American film for American audience, Hanks and Spielberg get intensely aggravated if you point out flaws in the movie since they consider it their tribute to American servicemen of the greatest generation etc but they are many.
- Conscription or Volunteer: which is better? - History ForumThe, "greatest generation" in America was made up of conscripts, and they were great because it was the brotherhood all of them carried during, and after the war. (Of course this somewhat goes against what I stated about with a 10 year period, but these people were fighting for something much greater than Vietnam and they knew it.
- Best generals of World War II - History ForumMontgomery was the greatest WWII-vintage master of the pitched battle and had one of the most consistent win rates of generals in the Anglo-American Armies. Slim had to face Anglophobic American and Chinese generals (who had good reasons to be phobic of British influence but it still handicapped the war) and managed to win in a theater that got ...
- Was Muhammad the greatest general ever? | History ForumThe written sources we have for Muhammad's life are late, oral traditions are usually very selective on what is passed down to the next generation. Then again it is also possible that the entire story of Muhammad is 99% accurate, and that he really was just one guy who did all the things that are reported in Muslim tradition.
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