oh yeah, that's a good one! i've also heard one version where he got so drunk he didn't notice he had a nosebleed and drowned in his own blood...Originally Posted by Craterus
oh yeah, that's a good one! i've also heard one version where he got so drunk he didn't notice he had a nosebleed and drowned in his own blood...Originally Posted by Craterus
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From the top of my head.
The death of Johan Banér was caused by shrunken liver (called that?) due to excessive drinking.
And for you who doesn't know who he was, he was the main commander over the Swedish forces in the 30-years war from 1636-1641.
Replaced with Lennart Torstensson, both great commanders but in different ways and had they been in the wrong order things could have gone quite different.
The imperial commander Mathias Gallas was also a drunkard, but in his case was his army probably better off when he was drunk.
I don't think any of these 2 commanders drinking habits had any direct effect on their commanding abillities though.
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Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon died an exhausted alcoholic...![]()
I believe you're right, my friend.Originally Posted by matteus the inbred
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Oh um George W Bush
When a fox kills your chickens, do you kill the pigs for seeing what happened? No you go out and hunt the fox.
Cry havoc and let slip the HOGS of war
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The Polish field-hetman Mikolaj Potocki (the elder) made a fatal decision while under the (very) heavy influence of alcohol during the Cossack Rebellion of 1648, leading an entire army to its destruction.
Apparantly, the idea of leaving favourable ground (the camp was entrenched and fortified) and retreating in the middle of the night into a swamp was appealing to him![]()
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