Is Norman Schwarzkopf one of the greatest Generals in U.S. Military History?

Question

Is Norman Schwarzkopf one of the greatest Generals in U.S. Military History?

Answer 1

In the last 20 to 30 even 40 years .......Yes....



Earlier than that then he comes into some real competition.



General Eisenhower

General Patton

General Bradley

Admiral Nimitz

Admiral Spruance

Admiral Burke

Answer 2

No- the reason is because thanks to the Reagan build up only a retard could have lost Operation Desert Storm. (ODS)

The US Military has been the most advanced fighting force in the world for some time.

in ODS the USAF had a monopoly on stealth, the USN and USAF had a lot of cruise missles.

Alied air power was more advanced and out numbered the Iraqi's and there was no place to hide a tank in the desert from an F-16 or F-18 with a FLIR.

the US ground forces had M-1A1's the Iraqi's had cheapo export versions of the T-72.

Answer 3

No offense to Norman Schwarzkopf .But I think the most brilliant general of US is surely Sherman or Grant from Civil war or Patton and MacArthur from WW2.



Best word is very subjective.



Norman Schwarzkopf fought and defeated Iraq in 1991,but we should keep it mind Iraqi army was poorly trained,their equipment was obsolete.Do you know in 1991 Iraqi pilots were just trained how to take of drop bombs on Kurdish village and how to land and nothing.Their moral was low,they never put stiff resistance.Defeating such an army is not hard.But other generals as I mentioned above they had to fight against well trained enemy.



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Here I said only about ground generals.

Norman Schwarzkopf had German ancestry.



Long live Germany(Germany + Austria).

Answer 4

Like any other General...HE was A General in the right place at the right time



And that is usually how it works. Was he a great General? Yep. But any number of his peers would have been just as great. Know who actually comes up with plans and all the minutia involved in it? Colonels and Majors...the Generals decide on and approve plans. They don't come up with them. But they get 100% of the credit. That is how it works.



When people get promoted to 1 star General or Admiral (the first and lowest rank of General or Admiral) they all attend an "Executive Orientation Course" run by the GOMO Office



My first Battalion Commander is now a Brigadier General (and still a mentor)



He told me one of the first lectures they get is from a 4 Star....and it goes something like this...



"Gentlemen...we could place ALL 45 of you in a plane....and crash it into the ocean....and there would be 45 Colonels just as qualified as you to take your place....you aren't irreplaceable...remember that"



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@Sugarman...aww..skip it...if you can't see it through your Corps colored glasses...nothing will change your mind anyways...

Answer 5

As good as he was(and may he RIP), he probably wouldn't crack the top 10 greatest generals in US military history... More than anything, that's an emphasis on the number of profound generals the US has had.



Washington, Patton, Jackson, Lee, Bradley, MacArthur, Sherman, Grant, and Eisenhower, to name a few.

Answer 6

Gen. Scwarzcopf was my Ultimate Commanding Officer during the Gulf War. He has done many good things during his time. General Grant and, Eisenhower, became Presidents. General Patton has accomplished many major battles to assist America. I have to say that being a Prior Marine the best General has been, Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, LT. Gen. Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller. Commandant of the Marine Corps Alfred M. Grey, he was the USMC Commanding Officer during the Gulf War.

Medals, awards and accomplishments are best written in the history books.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Yes he is , he beat back the worlds fourth largest army in Six weeks.

Answer 9

i'm thinking a pawn to his desire to earnings extra administration over the international's petroleum components....he did no longer have adequate in Texas, so he desperate to regulate the Mid-East too.. .

Answer 10

No, not in my opinion! A general who for the most part made his name at the expense of others!

Answer 11

not even close just like the generals who slaughtered the stone age indigenous indian tribes with gatling guns and artillery

Answer 12

No, Robert E Lee was.