Genghis Khan or Napoleon or Alexander?

**White_eyes:D** · 06-15-2011, 23:08

Originally Posted by Centurion1

Napoleon pshaw napoleon invaded russia in the winter. Idiot.

Also Napoleon lost. Khan did not lose. And he died emperor of much of the known world.

+1 The saying "Never fight a land war in Russia" comes to mind, yet Genghis Khan defyed that.

**ArcturUs** · 06-16-2011, 17:53

Originally Posted by White_eyes:D

+1 The saying "Never fight a land war in Russia" comes to mind, yet Genghis Khan defyed that.

I think that saying was for the Western Europeans, as they were unable to bear the harsh weather of Russia. Hitler tried to prove Napoleon wrong by invading Russia, but then that became his worst strategic mistake ever.

As far as Genghis Khan is concerned, most of his success if not all were because of his faith in his Generals. And they rightly gave him the success he wanted. Take Subutai for example, he was the son of a blacksmith, yet he was made a general and given one of the highest positions in the Mongol Military. And he exactly delivered what was asked of him. He directed more than twenty campaigns in which he conquered thirty-two nations and won sixty-five pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history. He gained victory by means of imaginative and sophisticated strategies and routinely coordinated movements of armies that were hundreds of kilometers away from each other. He is also remembered for devising the campaign that destroyed the armies of Hungary and Poland within two days of each other, by forces over five hundred kilometers apart. (source: Wikipedia)

**White_eyes:D** · 06-16-2011, 23:52

Originally Posted by Ezilkannan

I think that saying was for the Western Europeans, as they were unable to bear the harsh weather of Russia. Hitler tried to prove Napoleon wrong by invading Russia, but then that became his worst strategic mistake ever.

True, but the Mongols were not exactly immune to the cold either.