Hitler??

[RichardMNixon]

If the nazis had not initiated WW2 Germany would have quickly gone bankrupt,

You think that was different anywhere? WWII ended the global depression. FDR tried his hardest, but it was the war, not the New Deal, that brought us out of the depression. Even before Pearl Harbor, we began manufacturing weapons for sale and protection, these extra jobs combined with a thriving market for weapons in England brought us out.

Bismarck gets my vote as one of THE BEST leaders in history. Anyone who doesn't know the history of Bismarck should go out and read up on it now, to take a 2nd rate power such as Prussia and maneuver economics, international politics, and war so masterfully to create a powerful Germany so quickly... amazing... People have said Hitler was a brilliant military leader, and I'll give you some credit for that, but everything Hitler did, Bismarck did better, and without the antisemitism. That said, I think Charlemagne would make the best second choice or Frederick Barbosa (sp?).

 

[necrosmith]

The Soviets had the most powerful army in the world?

According to Patton, he could have whipped them in 3 weeks with his third army in Europe at the time. As a matter of fact, he lobbied to do just that because he thought we were going to have to fight them anyway, so we might as well fight them then when we had the army there to do it.

 

[mastertyguy]

I don't think he is the best source of informations.

 

[Own]

Nixon is right, Bismarck did a lot of great things for Prussia.

 

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