Who would you march with?

**AntiochusIII** · 11-28-2006, 06:47

Martin Luther King.

March to Washington, baby!

**LeftEyeNine** · 11-28-2006, 07:25

" I am not commanding you to assault. I am ordering you to die ! During the time we get killed, other forces and commanders may substitute us ! "

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 25 April 1915, Conkbayırı, Çanakkale Defense

It would be pleasure to go for martyrdom under his commandment. That was one of the cornerstones of land battles of Çanakkale Defense in WWI. A band of soldiers retreating from a heavier number of enemy were stopped and positioned where they came across with Atatürk. After their stationing at where they were by the command of Atatürk, enemy was baffled so that they had stopped progressing, hence gaining the time needed for the arrival of 57th Pioneer Regiment there.

No need to look elsewhere for me. My history is full of ones who you'd be happy to die along with.

**Incongruous** · 11-28-2006, 07:39

Malborough, Harrold Godwinson, Henry V, Edward III, Aethelstan, Heraclius, Richard the Lion Heart, Napoleon, Crommwell, El Cid, Alexander the Great, Charlamagne.

**Franconicus** · 11-28-2006, 08:14

Mahatma Gandi, Martin Luther King

**matteus the inbred** · 11-28-2006, 11:18

Any general who'd give me a motorbike.

Marlborough; he looked after his men.

**Stig** · 11-28-2006, 11:47

Student, he was really concerned that his men would be used as para's not as ordinary infantry under some Nazi general, as they would lose then

**Kagemusha** · 11-28-2006, 12:19

With those who had the righteous cause.

**Kralizec** · 11-28-2006, 16:36

Originally Posted by Bopa the Magyar

Malborough, Harrold Godwinson, Henry V, Edward III, Aethelstan, Heraclius, Richard the Lion Heart, Napoleon, Crommwell, El Cid, Alexander the Great, Charlamagne.

Originally Posted by diablodelmar

Alexander the Great.

I hope you two fancy death by dehydration in the Arabian desert

Originally Posted by diablodelmar

Franco

**Red Peasant** · 11-28-2006, 17:39

Cyrus the Younger/Xenophon.

Anabasis, the ultimate adventure story. I remember reading it as a kid and dreaming of singing the paean and the clash of bronze and steel.

**Innocentius** · 11-28-2006, 18:10

Well, if I was a "simple warrior of history" I'd march with whoever had the power and authority at the time and place I lived. No one here has answered Hitler, but if I lived in Germany in the 1930-s I'd gladly march for a guy that told me that I belonged to the superior rase, and who promised me food and labour. It's easy to make smart choices once you've learnt the lesson.
Also, I think the people following earlier leaders had no real choice. Sure, Richard Couer de Lion might have been a charismatic figure in history, and a decent military commander, but I believe few would've followed him if they had the choice. People of older days viewed the world in a different way than we do today, so from that perspective, there's no answer to that question.
Beisdes, I think few people today would chose to go to war at all, and if they had to, I can't se why you'd pick a war were you could die from a wound in the hand thanks to infection when you could go to a modern war with modern healthcare, medicine and surgery.

Just take El Cid for example, who really thinks that waging war against Al-Andalus (which had a very rich and flourishing culture and was about 500 years ahead of the Christians when it came to science) is a thing worth dying for?

So I'll just answe: Depends on when and where I lived. If I lived in England around the mid 14th century, I'd have little choice but to follow Edward III in his campaigns into France etc.

**Craterus** · 11-28-2006, 20:30

Leonidas.

But I'll re-iterate my sentiments from another thread. Without looking up the exact post, I believe I said that I would fight in any war, as long as I believed in the cause. But even then... we all gotta die at some point, may as well die a hero, with sword (or gun, I suppose) in hand.

**Mooks** · 12-01-2006, 04:46

Originally Posted by Innocentius

Well, if I was a "simple warrior of history" I'd march with whoever had the power and authority at the time and place I lived. No one here has answered Hitler, but if I lived in Germany in the 1930-s I'd gladly march for a guy that told me that I belonged to the superior rase, and who promised me food and labour. It's easy to make smart choices once you've learnt the lesson.
Also, I think the people following earlier leaders had no real choice. Sure, Richard Couer de Lion might have been a charismatic figure in history, and a decent military commander, but I believe few would've followed him if they had the choice. People of older days viewed the world in a different way than we do today, so from that perspective, there's no answer to that question.
Beisdes, I think few people today would chose to go to war at all, and if they had to, I can't se why you'd pick a war were you could die from a wound in the hand thanks to infection when you could go to a modern war with modern healthcare, medicine and surgery.

Just take El Cid for example, who really thinks that waging war against Al-Andalus (which had a very rich and flourishing culture and was about 500 years ahead of the Christians when it came to science) is a thing worth dying for?

So I'll just answe: Depends on when and where I lived. If I lived in England around the mid 14th century, I'd have little choice but to follow Edward III in his campaigns into France etc.

Richard a decent military commander? How about the greatest military commander of his generation. Id gladly grab a sword and fight in his adventures.

Other then him id say Gauis Julius Caesar. The 30-50 mile marches a day would be pretty rough. But he was one hell of a general and his soldiers became very very well off.

On the healthcare part. Im sure in centurys to come, there will be a cure from cancer, viruses ect ect. Then they will say "Who would want to die from things you can cure with modern medicine?".