Lucky13
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Might be three years old, still interesting though....
View: https://youtu.be/L6PtPEYOGJw?si=poj4QbdcEa7BuxxQ
View: https://youtu.be/L6PtPEYOGJw?si=poj4QbdcEa7BuxxQ
Best German WWII General? Definitive Answer....
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Lucky13
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manta22
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I am always leery of "historians" with NO military experience who pontificate on subjects such as this.
Snautzer01
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Before going all misty eyed read Why American aces had lower scores than anybody else
Bribery off high echelon officers on a wide scale.
Is that an item in the vid??
Bribery off high echelon officers on a wide scale.
Is that an item in the vid??
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Plus, claiming to have a definitive answer to something that will only ever be an opinion.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
He doesn't name any general at all. He explains why such an opinion cannot really be offered intelligently.
Well he shouldnt put on such a daft click bait title then.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Right ... and he even addresses that. The definitive answer is that there's no way to make the judgement.
Watching the video first before critiquing it helps me out.
manta22
Banned
Somehow I got the impression that he was just a video game developer. Wrong?
Thumpalumpacus
Major
I dunno. I only wrote about what he actually said. I rather agree that saying this or that general was "best" (Allied, Axis, whatever) depends on circumstances.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I think he mentioned he was in the Austrian army and is a military historian.
Barrett
Senior Airman
There is no end of internet topics asking for The Best Whatever.
But what they nearly all have in common is
not the merest attempt to provide a set of criteria.
So
usually such surveys turn into partially-informed popularity contests.
Rendering the subject moot
or irrelevant
or something.
But what they nearly all have in common is
not the merest attempt to provide a set of criteria.
So
usually such surveys turn into partially-informed popularity contests.
Rendering the subject moot
or irrelevant
or something.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
The video directly addresses this by pointing out that because there's no agreed criteria, rendering such discussions meaningless.
manta22
Banned
Then why watch the F..n video?
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
He talks funny.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I think this is his comment on the pointlessness of these kind of vids (and still have a click bait title).
Thumpalumpacus
Major
I dunno, maybe it's aimed at people who think things like 'best German general" can be cut-and-dried fact?
I'm still busy wondering why folks are bent out of shape by a video they obviously haven't watched.
