Best German WWII General? Definitive Answer....

[Lucky13]

Might be three years old, still interesting though....


View: https://youtu.be/L6PtPEYOGJw?si=poj4QbdcEa7BuxxQ

 

[Lucky13]

View: https://youtu.be/oIkxPAC0o98?si=rICmoaC8ahaI7EQH

 

[manta22]

View: https://youtu.be/oIkxPAC0o98?si=rICmoaC8ahaI7EQH

I am always leery of "historians" with NO military experience who pontificate on subjects such as this.

 

[Snautzer01]

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??

 

[pbehn]

I am always leery of "historians" with NO military experience who pontificate on subjects such as this.

Plus, claiming to have a definitive answer to something that will only ever be an opinion.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I am always leery of "historians" with NO military experience who pontificate on subjects such as this.

Plus, claiming to have a definitive answer to something that will only ever be an opinion.

He doesn't name any general at all. He explains why such an opinion cannot really be offered intelligently.

 

[pbehn]

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]

Well he shouldnt put on such a daft click bait title then.

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]

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.

Somehow I got the impression that he was just a video game developer. Wrong?

 

[mjfur]

The Best...

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Somehow I got the impression that he was just a video game developer. Wrong?

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]

I think he mentioned he was in the Austrian army and is a military historian.

 

[WARSPITER]

He has several really informative videos on his channel.

 

[Barrett]

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.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

But what they nearly all have in common is
not the merest attempt to provide a set of criteria.

The video directly addresses this by pointing out that because there's no agreed criteria, rendering such discussions meaningless.

 

[manta22]

The video directly addresses this by pointing out that because there's no agreed criteria, rendering such discussions meaningless.

Then why watch the F..n video?

 

[SaparotRob]

He talks funny.

 

[WARSPITER]

Cool accent though.

 

[SaparotRob]

I think this is his comment on the pointlessness of these kind of vids (and still have a click bait title).

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Then why watch the F..n video?

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.