Who is the most overrated general ever?

[Ibrahim]

Perhaps also Frederic the Great is a possible candidate. A very good general indeed but not nearly the military half-god many people see in him. You should read what his brother Henric, a very able general himself, who won the last deciding battles of the Seven Years War, thought about Frederic, it's not so nice.

BTW if I have to name a military leader (wether good or not) who overrated himself the most I would clearly say Hitler is the best candidate.

I can agree on the first part myself, having read his campaign history. he tended to push for too much too quick IMHO-I guess this was because of the aggressive nature of the prussian army, and their arrogant belief in their superiority, Fredrich included (yes, it really did border on arrogance).

and I though it was prince Heinrich..I'm confused now

speaking of which, the latter (Heirich) was awesome. his victory at Freiberg saved prussia, and he never lost a battle. perhaps he is the most underrated general?

the second part: did you even have to mention him? we all know Hitler sucked more than a black hole, even though he did occasionally have a good idea (read occasionally..really rare..rarer than a green moon). the one example was Eban emal (I misspelled it I know)-the glider landing was his idea actually: he saw the fort and said: "hey it looks like a flat meadow-we could land planes on it".

but as I said, it was his one good idea.