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The Worst Decisions Ever Made By Ancient Generals
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (886+ words) WorldAtlas A single misjudgment on an ancient battlefield could undo decades of conquest and reshape the map of the known world. Command in the ancient world concentrated enormous power in one person, and that person's hesitation, arrogance, or misread of…...
nepolion was a great leader once he was with his army he had to
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (67+ words) nepolion said no that mountain is almost 10 times bigger than that they crossed that mountain and reached to there destination then they asked where is that mountain? they had to cross a mountain they reached to a mountain then they…...
Move Over, Patton: 276 Years Ago, Frederick the Great's Famous Line on Defense Is Still of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
16+ hour, 6+ min ago (412+ words) Concentration of force was the whole of Frederick's genius. The line is a warning against spreading an army thin enough to be strong nowhere, and it has outlived every war he fought....
81 Years Ago, US Army General George Patton's Line on 'Attack and Attack and Attack' Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (461+ words) The line has never been traced to a speech, a date, a location, or anything Patton wrote. The version that is well attested says almost the same thing. Patton lived for the attack....
Centuries Later, Alexander the Great's Best Line on 'Lions and Sheep' Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (296+ words) "I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." Alexander was regent at 16, king at 20, ruled from Greece to India by 30, and never lost a battle in his life....
81 Years Ago, US Army General George Patton's Advice on History Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (795+ words) Army quote of the day: “I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history”- General George S. Patton General George S. Patton is known as a figure of history. But he was also thinking a lot about…...
Centuries Later, Julius Caesar’s Best Line on Pain and Patience Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (649+ words) "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die than to find those willing to endure pain with patience." Caesar said it, and was stabbed 23 times on the Ides of March....
64 Years Ago, US Army General Douglas MacArthur's Line on Soldiers and Suffering Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (420+ words) "The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer." MacArthur said it at West Point on 12 May 1962, in the last speech of his life....
Decades Later, US Army General Dwight D Eisenhower's Line on Sergeants in the Army Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (855+ words) “The Sergeant is the Army.” This quote is often attributed to General/President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who believed that wise and strong leadership was the cornerstone of an effective army. Eisenhower’s path began at the US Military Academy at West…...
When Centurions Made a Graveyard of Pattons
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (671+ words) The main lesson of the Battle of Phillora during the 1965 India-Pakistan war, which remains relevant even in today’s age of precision weapons, drones and artificial intelligence, is that technology can provide an advantage, but it is human skill, leadership and…...