Topic: Largest army ever commanded by one man?

Whispering Death · October 16th, 2005

2 things.

1) The U.S. President is Commander in Chief, effectively he is the highest general in the Army. Do you think he qualifies as a commander as far as this discussion is concerned? I don't, I think presidents are mostly just politicians who make some broad decisions and leave the actual commanding to the generals like Eisenhower and Schwatzkopff.

So I guess to answer this question you have to answer what do you mean by "commanded by one man"? Who is a commander and who is not? Is it the guy at the top of the food chain (almost always a politician) or is it the commander who ACTUALLY does the real commanding?

2) Charge - This isn't a referendum on whether Stalin was a good millitary commander or not.

The truth about the russian army is that the fighting was largely left up to the theater commanders while Stalin drew the lines so to where each general could go.

October 16th, 2005
Whispering Death Tribuni Angusticlavii Gear	2 things. 1) The U.S. President is Commander in Chief, effectively he is the highest general in the Army. Do you think he qualifies as a commander as far as this discussion is concerned? I don't, I think presidents are mostly just politicians who make some broad decisions and leave the actual commanding to the generals like Eisenhower and Schwatzkopff. So I guess to answer this question you have to answer what do you mean by "commanded by one man"? Who is a commander and who is not? Is it the guy at the top of the food chain (almost always a politician) or is it the commander who ACTUALLY does the real commanding? 2) Charge - This isn't a referendum on whether Stalin was a good millitary commander or not. The truth about the russian army is that the fighting was largely left up to the theater commanders while Stalin drew the lines so to where each general could go.