Lee vs Alexander?

[bamaman]

Pick your favorite Civil War general or any CW general and compare them to any general in any war world wide prior to 1865. How were they better,? Leadership Tactics. Inspirationa? Bravery? Your personal opinion. Have fun with this.

 

[JerryD]

Fabius v. Joe Johnston. No actual battle would be fought...

 

[Doc_Ralph]

Here is the cunning mind General Jackson would face:

Hannibal used a double envelopment tactic to defeat the Romans at the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C. .

This tactic involved attacking both flanks of the enemy army to encircle it.

Hannibal's forces trapped the Romans by sweeping around their flanks and enveloping them.
The Romans were then slaughtered.


Hannibal's strategy involved:


Positioning his weakest troops, the Gallic Celts and Spaniards, at the center of his line.

• Placing his more elite, battle-hardened Libyan infantry slightly to the rear on both flanks.
• Positioning the cavalry on the far left and right wings.
• Disguised his intentions by placing his light infantry of Gauls at the front to mask his heavier infantry.
• Drawing back the endangered center of his line to form a pocket.
• Allowing the Romans to advance quickly against his first lines of infantry, who slowly retreated.
• The light infantry fell back to form two wings of reserves.
• The Carthaginian Cavalry emerged from one side, and approached the Roman army from behind, surrounding them.

Hannibal's strategy reduced the combat area substantially and the Romans were pretty-much facing each other rather than the enemy. The Romans were trapped and annihilated.
Hannibal's double envelopment tactic became a textbook military maneuver emulated by modern commanders.

 

[Doc_Ralph]

Patton v. Jackson. Just sayin'

Jackson gets RPGs?

 

[JerryD]

Jackson gets RPGs?

That's just the thing with all these scenarios. In what time frame. To be fair, it probably needs to be a time when neither general fought. Lets' go mediaeval on them!

 

[Doc_Ralph]

Can Hannibal use his elephants?

Of course … perfect for Thornton gap crossing the Blue Ridge

 

[Library Lady]

Patton v. Jackson. Just sayin'

I could endorse this. But given his ancestry, would Patton be interested? Did his folks have an issue with Jackson? Just sayin'.

 

[Library Lady]

Of course … perfect for Thornton gap crossing the Blue Ridge

Hmmm . . . Maybe President Lincoln should rethink his polite refusal of war elephants offered by the King of Siam? Is a puzzlement!

 

[Doc_Ralph]

That's just the thing with all these scenarios. In what time frame. To be fair, it probably needs to be a time when neither general fought. Lets' go mediaeval on them!

Scenarios are great in that you have time to thing things over. I created one for my grad school class last year. "The Battle of Massaponax Creek" is an example of what a strategy and tactics scenario could look like.
You would play a close relative of General Lee and what could have happened after Spotsy CH. We all know what happened with the Overland Campaign… on to North Anna and Petersburg etc. I add a wrinkle in what direction will Grant go is uncertain.

OTC
Spotsy

 

[Library Lady]

That's just the thing with all these scenarios. In what time frame. To be fair, it probably needs to be a time when neither general fought. Lets' go mediaeval on them!

I could endorse this, too! I've always liked the scene in the movie Patton where Patton wants to go out tank jousting with Rommel and the winner takes all.

 

[bamaman]

That's just the thing with all these scenarios. In what time frame. To be fair, it probably needs to be a time when neither general fought. Lets' go mediaeval on them!

Alexander would beat anyone if he could consult with the Oracle of Delfie first

 

[Library Lady]

Alexander would beat anyone if he could consult with the Oracle of Delfie first

Oh, that Alexander. I thought we were talking General Harold Alexander, the first Earl Alexander of Tunis. Have I ever mentioned that the only Dewey number I knew before I went to work as a library shelver was 940.54 (World War II)?

 

[Pat Answer]

Hehehe. When I was a kid, I knew three numbers: one was my home phone; the other two were 973.3 and 973.7.

 

[121st PA Vols]

Fabius v. Joe Johnston. No actual battle would be fought...

Ok JerryD, you know your stuff. I like whatever I've read on Epaminondas, that is if I have to go against Hannibal and his brothers.
I'd put either up against anyone., especially our Civil War commanders.

 

[Elliot Crumblemuffin]

Everyone take their toys and go home. Thread over