Posted on Jan 9, 2014
Who is your greatest 5 Star General/Admiral or above of all time in the United States of America military and why?
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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.
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One can't discount Ike's ability to balance the politics of Allied Europe with handling the military campaign of the Eurasian theater.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
When we entered WWII our military was so lacking in resources that we trained with wooden rifles. He had to work with prima donnas like Montgomery and Patton, thus FDR gave him the fifth star to make him the Commander of Allied Forces Europe. Those two generals found it despicable that a staff officer was their superior.
Eisenhower as the architect had two major military problems: where to get a toehold for initial Allied forces, and where to get a toehold in Europe. He chose N Africa to invade and shut down the Mediterranean Sea to prevent reinforcements of the German forces in N Africa. The Germans plans that were not shot down delivered fuel, which is a very infective way of resupplying an Army. The German Panzers became non-mission capable without fuel. Later Allied forces took over Italy but were bogged down and became secondary to the Normandy landings. He chose France to conduct the largest amphibious operation in history (150,000) soldiers which eventually gave them the space to build up and move West to Germany. Once again the lack of fuel was the Achilles heal for the Germans.
Eisenhower as the architect had two major military problems: where to get a toehold for initial Allied forces, and where to get a toehold in Europe. He chose N Africa to invade and shut down the Mediterranean Sea to prevent reinforcements of the German forces in N Africa. The Germans plans that were not shot down delivered fuel, which is a very infective way of resupplying an Army. The German Panzers became non-mission capable without fuel. Later Allied forces took over Italy but were bogged down and became secondary to the Normandy landings. He chose France to conduct the largest amphibious operation in history (150,000) soldiers which eventually gave them the space to build up and move West to Germany. Once again the lack of fuel was the Achilles heal for the Germans.
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Hahahaha I also like MacArthur cuz he had the balls during Korean War to tell the POTUS "U GIVE ME 5 atom bombs..... I'll take care of the liberal Chicoms now
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
SSG Leonard Johnson, well said and articulately expressed. He was a straight shooter.
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CW3 Kevin Storm
5 bombs would of done jack crap to army that can reproduce as fast as you can kill them.
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I read a couple of his the book's and you want the truth I look at it the other way..... he tried to tell them how how to win.....and they would not listen...
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
SSG Leonard Johnson, thanks for the insight, you know if you look at history the Korean War is still on going and a Truce is in effect. He just had a different vision for success" Duty Honor Country" for America.
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SSG Leonard Johnson
Amen....I served there couple times....hahahahha my wife would still divorce me for him....how cool is that hahahahaha
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I would have to say all are the same. I myself though Prefer washington just because he had the balls to attack on Christmas and he led an army during his time as president
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SSG Leonard Johnson
I should say, he led an army as general of the Army during his presidency. Too bad it had to be about the whiskey rebellion :-)
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IKE, MacArthur, And 2 more. There has been 4. To go from I been told from a 4 star to 5 one must be in Supreme Comand of several others military at the same time. But is it the UN in the way also?
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I would say Eisenhower. He did some major planning in our N Africa and European campaigns. He was a significant planner and had to deal with prima donna generals. Planning for D-Day was huge.
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