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Originally Posted by Somalia Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel i believe is one of the best Generals of WW2, though his title stated Field Marshal, in most countries that is the equivalent of General. Also General Georgi Zhukov of the Russians proved himself in the battle for Moscow all the way to Berlin, if it wasn't for him i doubt the Russian front would have recovered from Hitler's blitz. |
Well in the German Army of WW2, the rank of Field Marshall was directly equivalent to a 5 Star General in the US Army, although operationally it was probably more akin to a 4 Star General. There are many grades of General and Rommel attained the highest field rank in the German Army regardless.
Your answer is typical of someone who has not done a great deal of reading on WW2. Rommel was a good general but one of the best? I think that is being a bit generous. His military achievements certainly don't stand up compared to his reputation. As far as Zhukov goes another fine commander but he certainly wasn't solely responsible for Russia's eventual victory, far from it. Russia was always going to win eventually when the Germans failed to knock them out quickly in 1941.