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ORIGINAL: ktotwf

No, Wellington was not a better General than Napoleon. He was a different General, in the sense that Napoleon was the Emperor and could do pretty much whatever he wished. Wellington always had political masters to answer to...

Put Wellington in Napoleon's place...could Wellington have done the things that Napoleon did? I sincerely doubt it. Wellington wasn't a meglomaniac pursuing his "star". He wouldn't have even tried the things Napoleon did.

Could Napoleon have done the things Wellington did? He did a couple times. No, he didn't. Napoleon commanded the French Army, the terror of Europe and probably it's most potent military machine. He never had to fight against it. Wellington did so successfully for 8 years...., with a polygot force and inferior numbers most of the time.

Wellington is just overrated, and mostly because of Waterloo, which is itself ironically overrated. True, Napoleon hardly showed any competence on the field at Waterloo..., but that was hardly Wellington's fault.