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Who is the greatest military leader of all time?

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To celebrate the launch of Civilization V, all this month Military Times, the military history magazine, is running a debate about who is the greatest leader of all time?

By voting for your favourite leader of all time you stand to win a copy of Civilization 5 and a bundle of Intel technology.

Who do you think is the greatest? Vote here

http://www.military-times.co.uk/competi ... leader.htm
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I notice that they have Napoleons name on the list but not the man who defeated him at every turn, and one can't help wonder what happened to Marlborough who changed the face of Europe.
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The votes are all in, and the leader who was voted head and shoulders above all others in history was Alexander the Great.

The top five is:
1. Alexander the Great
2. Augustus Caesar
3. Napoleon Bonaparte
4. George Washington
5. Otto Von Bismark

You can read the full article over on Military Times: http://www.military-times.co.uk/carouse ... eaders.htm

What do you think - should Wellington and Genghis Khan been on the list?
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I thought that the Carthagian general Hanibal should be in the top 5 he defeated roman armies again and again, known to be the greatest army/empire of their time.

I do agree that Alexander the great is the best he made the largest empire under one man ever.


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Bismarck wasn't a military leader. Sure he was Prussian and spent his time in the Military, but his accomplishments definitely lie in the field of Politics, especially the Unification of the German Empire (1871) and the introduction of social security for employees and workers.
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