Washington Named Britain's Greatest Foe

[PDH]

Washington felt his position was alright.

He was wrong.

Stop stalking me.

[Admiral Yi]

Washington felt his position was alright.

He was wrong.

Stop stalking me.

Man up.

[CountDeMoney]

Of those five:
Nappy
Ataturk
Collins
Rommel
Washington
But they're all very great.

I don't see any Boers on that list.

[Sheilbh]

I don't see any Boers on that list.

I said of those five.

But the Boers deserve nothing

[grumbler]

Rommel's way over-rated.  He was a brilliant tactician, but didn't understand war at all.

George Washington understood war.  So did Napoleon (who considered Washington the only general superior to himself).

Ataturk was a genius at war but a much greater genius at peace. 

Yamashita was at war with the British for much too short a time to qualify as a "great foe."  He kicked ass in that short time, but the British would have been readily defeated by almost any competent commander.  The same short timespan thing could be said for Napoleon (bar the "kicked ass" part )

[Ed Anger]

The dentist.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I think the Boer war may well have been the most embarrassing war for Britain in those 3 centuries. An ultimate deployment of 250,000 trooops to deal with 50,000 enemy effectives 

Not sure about Washington. Unless the Americans on the British side won it for us, it is hard to see a satisfactory outcome for that war from the British point of view. I suppose he could have lost it for the Americans though 

[Ideologue]

I don't see any Boers on that list.

I said of those five.

But the Boers deserve nothing

Free country vacations.

[Sheilbh]

Not sure about Washington. Unless the Americans on the British side won it for us, it is hard to see a satisfactory outcome for that war from the British point of view. I suppose he could have lost it for the Americans though 

True enough.  I think he managed time and again to withdraw while preserving the fighting strength of his army which is never easy and seems particularly rare in the 18th century.  That made him so effective against the British.

Ataturk was a genius at war but a much greater genius at peace. 

Agreed.  But my impression is everyone knows and admires his acts as President while how impressive the war of independence is has been forgotten - except in Turkey

[KRonn]

I would agree about Washington, even though a bit surprised that he was voted the greatest antagonist. He had to do a lot more than win battles. He had to keep the army and revolution going. It was his force of will and leadership that time and time again kept the army intact and in the field. If not for Washington's perserverence and the will he instilled in the army, the revolution would have been lost quickly. He was also responsible for subordinate commanders in the different regions of the colonies. Some of them did exremely well, others not so much. But over all they did more than well enough to prevent a British victory.

[Razgovory]

Washington gets no love here.  The man kept an army in the field, and won battles with it, when others wouldn't have been able to.  The Trenton campaign alone is worth his stars.

He almost handed the whole army over a couple times during the New York campaign.

He also had little training to prepare himself as a senior commander of an entire army.

[Razgovory]

Washington felt his position was alright.

He was wrong.

Stop stalking me.

Man up.

I'll remember this.

[FunkMonk]

The dentist.

[Ed Anger]

The dentist.

Followed closely by a chef.

[CountDeMoney]

I don't see any Boers on that list.

I said of those five.

But the Boers deserve nothing

I rest my case.