If you could command any military body of men, in any period of history. Who would they be?
Mine would either be The Grande Armee attacking Russia, Southern Armies During the civil war, or Army group south in the Summer of '42.

The Mongol Horde, attacking Christendom - Poland, Hungary, E Europe generally. :ack:

Originally posted by XIII
The Mongol Horde, attacking Christendom - Poland, Hungary, E Europe generally. :ack:
Aaaaaa! I wanted to say that. :aargh:

You can pick the Turkish-Ottoman Horde, attacking the Ukraine, the Balkans, Austria, and SE Europe generally. :ack:

Or Kublia Kahn in China and S.E Asia.

lol i would love being the leader of the zulus when they slaughtered that british batailloin.
Killing Brits when you are high, that must be heaven :ack:

1) Sobieski of the Polish's artillery/tank/infantry blitz of Hammurabi of the Babylonians larger/more advanced army -- oh wait, that was just a game;-)

1) My grandfather's US 3rd armored division 83rd recon battallion as they led the spearhead accross France and Germany in 44-45.

2) Sobeiski's Husaria as they crushed Kara Mustafa's army in the siege of Vienna.

3) The charge of Napoleon's guard Polish Light Hourse sqaud up the pass at Somosierra.

1)Imperial Roman legions of the type used from the reign of augustus to the reign of Aurelius

2)Byzantine cataphracts of the reign of Justinian,Heraclius, or Basil

3)Mycenaean or Minoan armies of the late bronze age

4)Classical greek army

5)Imperial Egyptian army of the reign of Ramseese II, or III or a similer Pharaoh

A battlion of Redcoats fighting anywhere, America, Spain,Waterloo, India etc.

Israeli tank commander during either Suez or the six day war, 73 was a bit too bloody for them to fit into my idea of a fantasy command :D

Failing that, a command at Agincourt in the English ranks, or under Wellington against the French, proving better than them wherever we me them :p

WWII wermacht or panzer division(German army).

In charge of 9th and 10th SS divisions during Market Garden.

Gonzalo Fernandez de Corboda at the conquest of Naples....

or Jeronimo de Austria at Lepanto.

Commanding my Texas troops at the Battle of San Jacinto. Thus claiming Texas independence in 18 minutes!

Bright day
Part of Ten Thousand, part of Czechoslovak Legion on East Front, do you see the theme? Any force like this I would be proud to call my own.
May all your days be bright.

For me, it would be the armies of one of the great warrior-pharaohs, or the legionaries used by Rome from the reign of Augustus to Aurelius. Basically, I seem to be repeating Xen, eh?:lol:

Edit: Would also like to command PAtton's forces in N. Africa.

5)Imperial Egyptian army of the reign of Ramseese II, or III or a similer Pharaoh

Didn't know you had an interest in Egypt, Xen.:)

I have many:

-British generals at Detroit during the War of 1812.
-Lawrence of Arabia taking on the Ottoman Empire.
-Israeli armies pushing the Egyptians out of the Sinai Peninsula.
-Canadian general liberating the Low Countries.
-Prussian general giving the French a humiliating defeat in the Franco-Prussian war.
-The hordes of Temujin sweeping across Asia
-The armies of Suleyman I conquering much of North Africa and the Middle east
-Union general during the Civil War
-Sitting Bull at Little Big Horn
-Greek/Serbian/Bulgarian driving back the Ottoman Empire in the First Balkan War
-Spanish general during the Reconquista

I have an interest in every nation and civilization, its just that my favorites ar eon the med sea (and the ones I'm realted to), its just that I have a big connection to, and greatest interest in the ones bordiering the med sea (and besides, I prefer being this forums local defender of classical Roman interets more then anything else ;))

The Battle of Austerlitz on the French Side. Maybe Waterloo too.

In the place of:
Andrew Jackson
Wininfield (sp?) Scott
Patton
Eisenhower
(Maybe) Grant
(Maybe) Lee (then the South would have won.
Clark (Vinncenes)

Originally posted by pomsa
In the place of:
(Maybe) Lee (then the South would have won.


Would have you given battle at Gettesburg if you were Lee?

I have been watching Band of Brothers all week, so I am going to say Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army during WWII.

I would say General Li, commanding the Ming Chinese forces fighting the Japanese in Korea.

Indian army during the
1st Indo-Pak War
2nd Indo-Pak War
3rd-Indo-Pak War
Kargil War
Indo-Chinese War

Maybe some of the anicet wars would be cool also.

Originally posted by rilnator
Would have you given battle at Gettesburg if you were Lee?
No. I would have waited for the Federals to attack me in the South. Maybe, I would try to take Washington.

However, I would have put Longstreet in charge in the West.

Rommel during the D-day invasion.