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| Maatalkko: <AA> It's on Max Euwe's Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euwe. Well, maybe his commands weren't useless (there were several creative ones like shooting the ice at Austerlitz), but thirty minutes is a long time, since its 15 there and back. My point was that micromanagement during battle simply wasn't possible in the early 1800's, so I doubt that smoke blocking his view of the field influenced Waterloo at all. In fact, sometimes he didn't even bother viewing a battle in progress, as at Borodino, where he spent the time - playing chess! (Also from War and Peace. Yes, a fictional book, but one in which Tolstoy tried to debunk the theory of the "great man" or exceptional individual single-handedly determining the outcome of a war/battle. He devotes an entirely non-fiction essay at the end to this topic. He was a man of erudition and I am inclined to believe his facts). |
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| Mar-09-07 |
| Maatalkko: <AugustAle> Out of curiousity, whose picture is that? |
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Mar-18-07
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| AugustAle: <Maatalkko:> Sorry for the slow response, been on a shoot and they take ALL your time (and sleep). Thanks for the responses.
<<AugustAle> Out of curiousity, whose picture is that?> for RKD see User: themadhair
1/20/2007.
So it seems there is no citation for the quote by B.F. re: M.E., Only the quote itself, unless you can point me somewhere else? Must be very careful using: http://en.wikipedia.org/Anyway, thanks again, <<<.>>>AA>> |
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Apr-10-08
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| HeMateMe: Does anyone know if there are any american military figures who played chess, at a high level?
I was reading about some West Point officers, and the rigorous academic curriculum they must pursue (calculus, etc.) People good at such things are often good chess players. I think some of the officers from this academy were chess players, but the stigma of chess being for loner types would be bad for a peace time officer's career, and it isn't mentioned in official bios. When Douglas McCarthur ("American Ceaser") took his entrance exams, he scored 99.3% on the tests. Only two others have had a higher entrance score. One of those was Robert E. Lee, a fellow who commanded some troops during the American Civil War. Does anyone have any info on this topic?
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Apr-10-08
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| HeMateMe: MILITARY BOOKS
Read the new release, "The Day of Battle--the American army in Scily and Italy, 1943--44", very good. By Rick Atkinson, who also wrote "Dawn of an Army", the story of the U.S. army in North Africa. Part three of his trilogy will be on the invasion at Normany and the war in Western Europe. |
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Apr-10-08
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| RandomVisitor: 'The whole secret of the art of war lies in the ability to become master of the lines of communication.' -Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Apr-10-08
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| brankat: <HeMateMe> <One of those was Robert E. Lee, a fellow who commanded some troops during the American Civil War.> Hmmm, what an under-achiever :-)
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| Jun-29-08 |
| Augalv: Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Jun-30-08
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| capatal: <For Sale: Slightly used Italian WW2 Tanks>. (Reverse gears worn out). Any reasonable offer accepted. |
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Jul-26-08
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| knightfly: Here is an interesting article which claims that Boney was little better
than Hitler.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art... |
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Jul-26-08
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| Geronimo: Re: one of the threads here. Anyone who thinks that running some pour slob to the front was the only way to give commands in battle before the advent of modern communications hasn't studied their history very well. Drums, flags, flares, trumpets, whistles, coloured smoke, mirrors (reflecting sunlight), dogs, pigeons, and even bagpipes have all been used to get messages - very precise ones - through the noise and confusion of battle. How do you think naval warfare occured before radio? "Quick Admiral, send your fastest swimmer!" Read War and Peace for its literary value. Read Gibbon for history. |
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| Jul-26-08 |
| Zonszein: Napoleon was like a baseball coach;
see: it depended on the way he put his hat, or winked his eye and suff like that, then the generals passed the orders etc; like in a baseball game |
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Jul-27-08
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| whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<The whole secret of the art of war lies in the ability to become master of the lines of communication.> -- Napoleon |
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Sep-28-08
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| Karpova: Since it has not been posted yet on this site: Edward Winter's feature article "Napoleon Bonaparte and Chess" (1998) Link: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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Sep-28-08
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| timhortons: i just finished reading the book "napoleon glance" by william duggan. napoleon is there at the field commanding his troops , waiting for his enemy to make mistake and strike a blow. just like general patton, just like alexander the great. they conduct war by moving those pins in there map. |
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Sep-28-08
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| timhortons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDhU... in the movie alexander, look how he plan for war. |
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| Jan-02-09 |
| WhiteRook48: after some time, Napoleon couldn't go on battlefields and fought the rest of his wars on a wooden board. What an end! |
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Jul-06-09
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| whiteshark: Quote of the Day
" The whole secret of the art of war lies in the ability to become master of the lines of communication. " -- Napoleon
He should have read Sun Tzu's <The Art of War> more carefully. |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| WhiteRook48: and the Art of chess is position |
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Jul-07-09
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| whiteshark: <w 48> http://www.seedschurch.ca/images/Th... :D |
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Jul-24-09
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| whiteshark: <Wie man Napoliums macht> by Wilhelm Busch
--> http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/?id=5&x... |
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Aug-15-09
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| timhortons: The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. 3 p.m
Bonaparte asked Desaix what he thought of the situation, Desaix replied "This battle is completely lost. However, there is time to win another." Desaix led forward Boudet's division in a desperate assault. Boudet's division pushed back the austrians.
Among the dead of the division after the battle is general desaix. One more story i read about marengo is about the french drummer boy, the french generals seeing everything was lost asked the drummer boy if he knew how to beat the retreat, the boy answered. "sire,I do not know how,desaix have never taught me a retreat.I can beat a charge that would make the dead fall in line.I beat the charge at the bridge of lodi,I beat it at mount tabor,I beat it at the pyramids;oh, may i beat it here." the drummer boy accampanied general desaix in charging enemy line. |
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Aug-15-09
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| timhortons: in every battle that napoleon engage he lost a skillfull general. That was the time when generals accompanied the troops in charging enemy formation. <now adays generals are smarter.> btw, alexander the great is in the front of his companion cavalry charging enemy lines.the shock troop the delivers him glory.he is accompanied by his friends in this cavalry unit. in the movie troy ,achilles told his king, "imagine the king fighting his own war, wouldn't that be a scene?" |
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Aug-16-09
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| HeMateMe: Rommel was out front in much of the desert fighting in north Africa, WWII.
He felt a general had to be near the front to get a feel for the battle. History also favors him, as he had to commit suicide for his participation in the plot to kill Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime. |
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Aug-16-09
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| timhortons: <HeMateMe> Rommels career is very much documented, he kept personal diary and write everything in it. frau rommel is tactfull enough even to hide the bulk of it from the americans and have it published later. just like patton he inspired his soldiers by being with them when the shooting start.. some soldier would say, stay close to rommel, that guy is not gettin hit. |
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