Judson Kilpatrick - 2
Zinovy Rozhestvensky - 2
Braxton Bragg - 1
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick - 2. Not an admirable commander, but not the worst.
Herman Goering - 2. Human pustule of limited competence, but more an administrator.
George B. McClellan - 1. Knew his logistics and could at least build an army.
Oh great thread! Can I join?
If so…
Hermann Goering 1
George B. McClellan 2
Heinrich Himmler 2
Sorry, Tamerlane and BlinkingDuck - too late. Please vote in the next round (and Himmler’s already gone, BTW).
The results of our 19th round of voting:
Hermann Goering - 6
Zinovy Rozhestvensky - 5
Judson Kilpatrick - 4
William Hull, George B. McClellan - 3
Duke of Buckingham - 2
Braxton Bragg - 1
The boldfaced leader(s) above are eliminated. That leaves:
Abdel Hakim Amer: Panicked, lost Sinai in 1967
Braxton Bragg: Bungling, irritating Confederate general
Duke of Buckingham: Useless sycophant, incompetent military leader
Ambrose E. Burnside: Defeat from jaws of victory
Luigi Cadorna: Lost twelve consecutively; hated, cruel
Charles Alexander of Lorraine: Sustained career of incompetence
Charles le Temeraire: Rash rather than “Bold”
William George Keith Elphinstone: Lost an army in Afghanistan
Maurice Gamelin: Relied on the Maginot Line
Horatio Gates: Fled headlong from Camden, S.C.
Gaius Claudius Glaber: Why fortify against slaves?
Douglas Haig: Incompetent British WWI general
John Bell Hood: Recklessly stupid, lost Atlanta, West
William Hull: Surrendered peacefully to inferior forces
Thom Karremans: Toasted Mladić, allowed Srebenica massacre
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick: Nicknamed “Kill Cavalry” for reason
James Ledlie: Drunk during Battle of Crater
Tiberius Sempronius Longus: Lost to Carthage at Trebia
Francisco Solano López: Almost unmade Paraguay
George B. McClellan: Timid, bungling, arrogant Union commander
Napoleon III: Clobbered, captured at Sedan
Nicias: Commanded ill-fated Syracuse expedition
Arthur Percival: Surrendered Singapore to Japan
Philip VI of France: Crushed own army at Crécy
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna: “Napoleon of the West”? Ha!
Manuel Fernandez Silvestre: Lost badly in Spanish Morocco
Frederick William Stopford: Blunderer at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli
Zhao Kuo: Became idiom for “bad general”
Eliminated:
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Benedict Arnold
James II of England
Earl of Cardigan
Cloudesley Shovell
Douglas MacArthur
William Halsey
George A. Custer
Curtis LeMay
Lord Chelmsford
George Tryon
Geoffrey Spicer-Simson
Benjamin F. Butler
Xerxes I of Persia
Ernest J. King
Gaius Terentius Varro
John A. McClernand
Daniel Sickles
Christian de Castries
Maximilian von Prittwitz
Rodolfo Graziani
William Westmoreland
Crassus
William Calley
Carlo di Persano
Heinrich Himmler
William H. Winder
Ratko Mladić
Paul D. Harkins
Oreste Baratieri
Romanus IV of Byzantium
Varus
Hermann Goering
Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Same rules for the next round, which will end at noon EST on Mon. Jan. 10.
Well heck 
Since George B. McClellan is still there he gets 2. He wasn’t THAT bad.
I want to go with Santa Anna…but, my god, he had a long career of loserdom…so I think he needs to stay for now.
So…
Douglas Haig - didn’t he actually learn from his stupidity and somewhat redeem himself in 1918? If I’m not mistaken and this is the guy…then I don’t think he should be on the list: 2
Thom Karremans: 1. Terrible but not in same league as others on list.
Two minutes? I question the accuracy of that time stamp - I want to appeal to a higher court! Where’s Earendur of Andunie :p?!
Sticking with:
George B. McClellan – 2
Adding:
William Hull – 2
Ambrose E. Burnside – 1
Overruled. You’re stuck with me, buddy. Now quit your griping and vote again.
Judson Kilpatrick - 2
William Hull - 2
Maurice Gamelin - 1
Duke of Buckingham -2 Votes
William Hull - 2 votes
New target:
George B. McClellan - 1 vote. A really poor commander but built a decent army. He didn’t fail on all levels.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick - 2.
Gaius Claudius Glaber - 2.
George B. McClellan - 1.
The results of our 20th round of voting:
William Hull - 6
George B. McClellan - 6
Judson Kilpatrick - 4
Duke of Buckingham, Gaius Claudius Glaber, Douglas Haig - 2 each
Ambrose Burnside, Maurice Gamelin, Thom Karremans - 1 each
The boldfaced leader(s) above are eliminated. That leaves:
Abdel Hakim Amer: Panicked, lost Sinai in 1967
Braxton Bragg: Bungling, irritating Confederate general
Duke of Buckingham: Useless sycophant, incompetent military leader
Ambrose E. Burnside: Defeat from jaws of victory
Luigi Cadorna: Lost twelve consecutively; hated, cruel
Charles Alexander of Lorraine: Sustained career of incompetence
Charles le Temeraire: Rash rather than “Bold”
William George Keith Elphinstone: Lost an army in Afghanistan
Maurice Gamelin: Relied on the Maginot Line
Horatio Gates: Fled headlong from Camden, S.C.
Gaius Claudius Glaber: Why fortify against slaves?
Douglas Haig: Incompetent British WWI general
John Bell Hood: Recklessly stupid, lost Atlanta, West
Thom Karremans: Toasted Mladić, allowed Srebenica massacre
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick: Nicknamed “Kill Cavalry” for reason
James Ledlie: Drunk during Battle of Crater
Tiberius Sempronius Longus: Lost to Carthage at Trebia
Francisco Solano López: Almost unmade Paraguay
Napoleon III: Clobbered, captured at Sedan
Nicias: Commanded ill-fated Syracuse expedition
Arthur Percival: Surrendered Singapore to Japan
Philip VI of France: Crushed own army at Crécy
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna: “Napoleon of the West”? Ha!
Manuel Fernandez Silvestre: Lost badly in Spanish Morocco
Frederick William Stopford: Blunderer at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli
Zhao Kuo: Became idiom for “bad general”
Eliminated:
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Benedict Arnold
James II of England
Earl of Cardigan
Cloudesley Shovell
Douglas MacArthur
William Halsey
George A. Custer
Curtis LeMay
Lord Chelmsford
George Tryon
Geoffrey Spicer-Simson
Benjamin F. Butler
Xerxes I of Persia
Ernest J. King
Gaius Terentius Varro
John A. McClernand
Daniel Sickles
Christian de Castries
Maximilian von Prittwitz
Rodolfo Graziani
William Westmoreland
Crassus
William Calley
Carlo di Persano
Heinrich Himmler
William H. Winder
Ratko Mladić
Paul D. Harkins
Oreste Baratieri
Romanus IV of Byzantium
Varus
Hermann Goering
Zinovy Rozhestvensky
William Hull
George B. McClellan
Same rules for the next round, which will end at noon EST on Weds. Jan. 12.
Damn, meant to put in a vote here.
Oh well, starting the next round:
Horatio Gates 2
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick 2
Braxton Bragg 1
Judson Kilpatrick, brash, scummy to subordinates but not totally disastrous - 2
Maurice Gamelin, just not up to the top spot in the French WW2 military - 2
Thom Karremans, appallingly limp in the face of ethnic cleansing but not in the same league as those who remain - 1
Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense under LBJ. Possibly not a military leader, but he didn’t know that. His fear of telling LBJ the truth about what was happening in Vietnam led to many poor decisions. Not to mention his belief in the domino theory as a reason to be in VN, and of course, McNamara’s 100,000.
I respectfully nominate McNamara for a position on this list.
Douglas Haig - 2 He did try/did redeem himself in 1918. I think that makes him ok for removal of all time bad.
Thom Karremans - 2 there are much worse on the list.
Horatio Gates - 1
Thanks, but this game is about battlefield leaders only, and nominations closed Nov. 15. See here: Worst Military Leader elimination game (setup thread) - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board
OK, next round:
Duke of Buckingham - 2 Votes
I have t pick at least 2 new ones this round. Hmmm.
Thom Karremans - 2 Votes. Another case of 'total, utter evil scumbag but not a witless military commander.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick 1 Vote. Again, another case of not a complete disaster.
Whoops! Barely getting in under the wire this time.
Sticking with:
Ambrose Burnside – 2
Adding:
Gaius Claudius Glaber – 2
Braxton Bragg – 1
The results of our 21st round of voting:
Judson Kilpatrick - 5
Thom Karremans - 5
Horatio Gates - 3
Braxton Bragg, Duke of Buckingham, Ambrose Burnside, Maurice Gamelin, Gaius Claudius Glaber, Douglas Haig - 2 each
Two “Ks” fall by the wayside, and the boldfaced leader(s) above are eliminated. That leaves:
Abdel Hakim Amer: Panicked, lost Sinai in 1967
Braxton Bragg: Bungling, irritating Confederate general
Duke of Buckingham: Useless sycophant, incompetent military leader
Ambrose E. Burnside: Defeat from jaws of victory
Luigi Cadorna: Lost twelve consecutively; hated, cruel
Charles Alexander of Lorraine: Sustained career of incompetence
Charles le Temeraire: Rash rather than “Bold”
William George Keith Elphinstone: Lost an army in Afghanistan
Maurice Gamelin: Relied on the Maginot Line
Horatio Gates: Fled headlong from Camden, S.C.
Gaius Claudius Glaber: Why fortify against slaves?
Douglas Haig: Incompetent British WWI general
John Bell Hood: Recklessly stupid, lost Atlanta, West
James Ledlie: Drunk during Battle of Crater
Tiberius Sempronius Longus: Lost to Carthage at Trebia
Francisco Solano López: Almost unmade Paraguay
Napoleon III: Clobbered, captured at Sedan
Nicias: Commanded ill-fated Syracuse expedition
Arthur Percival: Surrendered Singapore to Japan
Philip VI of France: Crushed own army at Crécy
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna: “Napoleon of the West”? Ha!
Manuel Fernandez Silvestre: Lost badly in Spanish Morocco
Frederick William Stopford: Blunderer at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli
Zhao Kuo: Became idiom for “bad general”
Eliminated:
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Benedict Arnold
James II of England
Earl of Cardigan
Cloudesley Shovell
Douglas MacArthur
William Halsey
George A. Custer
Curtis LeMay
Lord Chelmsford
George Tryon
Geoffrey Spicer-Simson
Benjamin F. Butler
Xerxes I of Persia
Ernest J. King
Gaius Terentius Varro
John A. McClernand
Daniel Sickles
Christian de Castries
Maximilian von Prittwitz
Rodolfo Graziani
William Westmoreland
Crassus
William Calley
Carlo di Persano
Heinrich Himmler
William H. Winder
Ratko Mladić
Paul D. Harkins
Oreste Baratieri
Romanus IV of Byzantium
Varus
Hermann Goering
Zinovy Rozhestvensky
William Hull
George B. McClellan
Judson Kilpatrick
Thom Karremans
Same rules for the next round, which will end at noon EST on Fri. Jan. 14.
New round, jiggity jig
Duke of Buckingham - 2 Votes
Again two new ones:
James Ledlie - 2 Votes Disastrous on his day, but only had a chance to screw up one battle. Anyone got any idea if the crater fight would have worked with proper leadership? Seems unlikely that it would have broken the siege wide open.
and
Nicias - 1 vote From what I can gather it seems he made some mistakes, but was hampered by some betrayal, multi-leadership, and finally his troops failing in the face of Spartans. It also seems he really didn’t want to be on this expedition. Can anyone clear this one up more and tell us why he deserves to be on the list this late?