Great Commanders

[Steel God]

Hello Peter....yes I've been away for a bit. It was nice, but as with all such things, over before you know it. ;)

Like I said in my post, I picked commanders who were not necessarily the greatest stratigest, or greatest mobile warfare commander, etc; instead I picked commanders who changed history or at least changed the way wars were fought.

Duke William's actions clearly changed history. Hastings can be seen as one of the top 5 moments in Western Civilization upon which the entire nature our our clture can be defined. That's why Duke William makes my list.

As for Lord Nelson, I knew of his gunnery tactics, but was not aware they were considered the basis for the dam busters raid. Probably due more to my infamilarity with the later than with the former. I am aware of that bombing mission in only the most general of terms. I picked Nelson for two reasons:

1) His refusal to fight in Line Ahead but to to aggressively close with the enemy was revolutionary for it's day.

2) Trafalgar is another one of those handful of moments that help define Western civilization.