Shaka Zulu
no doubt about it
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Alexander would whup Shaka Zulu’s ass…
Totally true, Alexander would take apart Zulu any day of the week…with Alexander’s army. You can’t say greatest general of all timee, it’s not a fair observation, because different time periods and locations all change how good a general can be.
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How about Sun Tzu?
He wrote the book…
Hannibal.
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HA! General Mills could kick his butt so far up between his shoulders he could see both Sundays!
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…all pretty great.
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Like Argeable said. Being a general is like being in business; you can’t compare greatness unless you say what type of greatness you’re talking about.
Isn’t a great debate supposed to consist of more than just tossing names out? If you really think Shaka Zulu was the greatest general of all time, you need to provide some sort of reason. Then someone else can provide a reason that someone else was a better general, because that’s the purpose of a debate.
Perhaps we should try to put together a list of the top 10 greatest generals of all time.
Many military historians would put Alexander on top. Other shoo-ins include Julius Ceaser, Napoleon, and Hannibal. Robert E. Lee might make the cut, but I’m not sure any U.S. WWII generals qualify. Zhukov of Russia and Giap of Vietnam are up there (I hate to nominate commies, but they achieved spectacular success against very powerful foes). Rommel, maybe. Shaka Zulu. Any others?
Uhhh…Shaka’s men had spears and shields. Alexanders men had long spears and shields…seems like and even match up to me. Ok, so he also had cavalry and a few archers…Shaka’s men could RUN all day and still fight…they also kicked the shit out of a few British units. Still have to go a visionary like Alex. Shaka was just protecting his home turf, Alex had to cross continents to find someone worth destroying, which he never found.
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