Alhocol Leading/Effecting Anything Ever ?

**Franconicus** · 03-14-2006, 13:30

General Grant! First one I thought of. Wasn't he blamed of being drunk all the time?

**matteus the inbred** · 03-14-2006, 13:37

General Grant! First one I thought of. Wasn't he blamed of being drunk all the time?

he was an alcoholic at one point in his life! not sure whether it ever affected his battlefield performance though, there's no evidence i can find that he was drunk at Shiloh, for example. i think he was more or less 'dry' by the time he came to command, and got round it by smoking cigars.

**Vladimir** · 03-14-2006, 14:37

My favorite drunken leader is Winston Churchill. Love that guy!

**matteus the inbred** · 03-14-2006, 15:02

Originally Posted by Vladimir

My favorite drunken leader is Winston Churchill. Love that guy!

although in fact he often watered his scotch...he had an incredible constitution, could drink, smoke and eat like no one else.

**Lord Winter** · 03-14-2006, 15:33

General Hooker in the US cival war

**Riedquat** · 03-14-2006, 15:56

Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri when declared war against UK in the Falkland conflict. What can be worse that follow a order of a drunk Dictato?r

**Craterus** · 03-14-2006, 18:02

Attila the Hun died of alcohol poisoning (or choked on his own vomit, which was down to alcohol).

**Divine Wind** · 03-24-2006, 01:55

Originally Posted by Vladimir

My favorite drunken leader is Winston Churchill. Love that guy!

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

**Vladimir** · 03-24-2006, 13:50

Originally Posted by Vladimir

My favorite drunken leader is Winston Churchill. Love that guy!

Originally Posted by Divine Wind

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

For that line and so many more.

**The_Mark** · 03-24-2006, 17:59

The Battle of Tornio in the Lapland war. A beachead was conducted by Finns in Tornio to surround German troops in the Kemi region. The beachhead was a success, but the retreating Germans left plenty of cognac intact in the city, thus disabling the Finnish troops for two days. Luckily, the troops recovered from their hangover in time to receive the German counterattack.