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Question? - 9/5/2010 2:09:00 AM   
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How was General Marshal as a commander?
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RE: Question? - 9/5/2010 2:42:06 AM   
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As a high-end strategist, he was the best.

How he would have fared at a lower level is irrelevant. It was not his job. He won the war.

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RE: Question? - 9/5/2010 9:54:41 PM   
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As a high-end strategist, he was the best.

How he would have fared at a lower level is irrelevant. It was not his job. He won the war.




"he was the best" "He Won the War" pfff OMG!!!
I wonder where you are from...

< Message edited by RUDOLF -- 9/5/2010 9:55:23 PM >

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RE: Question? - 9/5/2010 10:21:39 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: RUDOLF

quote:

ORIGINAL: hjalmar99

As a high-end strategist, he was the best.

How he would have fared at a lower level is irrelevant. It was not his job. He won the war.




"he was the best" "He Won the War" pfff OMG!!!
I wonder where you are from...


And this post certainly added a lot to the discussion.

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RE: Question? - 9/6/2010 8:12:48 AM   
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He certainly won the peace.

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RE: Question? - 9/6/2010 1:05:27 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Footslogger

How was General Marshal as a commander?



He was excellent in the role he filled. His credentials as a field commander are hard to judge..., but his continued push to create an "airhead" in support of the Normandy landings by dropping US Airborne Divisions inland far beyond the possibility of any overland support makes him seem questionable in that role.


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RE: Question? - 9/6/2010 2:35:12 PM   
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I don't think he ever had "field command". But apparently he was excellent planner and operations officer in WW I and also brilliant administrator. His judgment about choosing some of subordinaties for their positions was bit poor time to time, though.

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RE: Question? - 9/6/2010 4:20:26 PM   
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He certainly won the peace.


Case in point, "The Marshall Plan".

Amusing anecdote: Marshall panned on the idea of being a field marshall as he didn't want to be called "Field Marshall Marshall".

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