NAPOLEON I vs WELLINGTON (English)
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NAPOLEON I vs WELLINGTON.
WHICH ONE WAS THE BEST GENERAL?
Wellington, with 5 defeats from 49 battles, was statistically as good/lucky as Napoleon, with his 8 from 72. Though Wellington's victories, and especially his defeats, were not as numerous, or on the scale of Napoleon's, who'd managed to lose more men than Wellington ever commanded.
While Napoleon is certainly one of the great captains of history, and while he often showed initial strategic insight he was vastly more careless with the lives of his armies than Wellington, running through no less than three massive armies before he even got to Waterloo, while Wellington was a virtually genius at harbouring and using the always underwhelming armies sent over from Britain and integrating them into his fighting force as key elements of strength to draw on at critical moments. 73 pages.
WHICH ONE WAS THE BEST GENERAL?
Wellington, with 5 defeats from 49 battles, was statistically as good/lucky as Napoleon, with his 8 from 72. Though Wellington's victories, and especially his defeats, were not as numerous, or on the scale of Napoleon's, who'd managed to lose more men than Wellington ever commanded.
While Napoleon is certainly one of the great captains of history, and while he often showed initial strategic insight he was vastly more careless with the lives of his armies than Wellington, running through no less than three massive armies before he even got to Waterloo, while Wellington was a virtually genius at harbouring and using the always underwhelming armies sent over from Britain and integrating them into his fighting force as key elements of strength to draw on at critical moments. 73 pages.
