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January 27th, 2005   Post 1
KC72
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Who do you think are the unsung military figures in history? People who do not get enough credit or people we might not have heard of? For my part i think General Slim.
 
January 27th, 2005   Post 2
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Battle of Thermopylae is sometimes overlooked..


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January 27th, 2005   Post 3
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Battle of Thermopylae is sometimes overlooked..


http://www.geocities.com/the_temple_...0spartans.html
battle of thermopylae is basic history knowledge u get in elementary school,how is it overlooked?
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January 27th, 2005   Post 4
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What about the mongol subati?
 
January 27th, 2005   Post 5
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Battle of Thermopylae is sometimes overlooked..


http://www.geocities.com/the_temple_...0spartans.html
battle of thermopylae is basic history knowledge u get in elementary school,how is it overlooked?
Maybe in the Baltic states, but I'd bet less than 1 in 300 Americans could even correctly identify what part of the world Thermopole is in, much less what happened there.
 
January 27th, 2005   Post 6
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Battle of Thermopylae is sometimes overlooked..


http://www.geocities.com/the_temple_...0spartans.html
battle of thermopylae is basic history knowledge u get in elementary school,how is it overlooked?
Maybe in the Baltic states, but I'd bet less than 1 in 300 Americans could even correctly identify what part of the world Thermopole is in, much less what happened there.

 
January 27th, 2005   Post 7
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How about Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh Dowding who was in charge of the RAF fighter command during the Battle of Britain?



The other would be General Lee Sun-shin who, with his 12 ships, sank over 100 Japanese ships without firing a single shot. He cleverly used the study of tides and currents to lure the Japanese into a trap. He let mother nature take care of everything else.

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January 27th, 2005   Post 8
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How about Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh Dowding who was in charge of the RAF fighter command during the Battle of Britain?



The other would be General Lee Sun-shin who, with his 12 ships, sank over 100 Japanese ships without firing a single shot. He cleverly used the study of tides and currents to lure the Japanese into a trap. He let mother nature take care of everything else.

I've not heard of General Lee Sun-shin (although what he did sounds pretty amazing) but Air Marshall Lord Dowding is a good choice.

When you say overlooked I assume you mean by the general public at large? In that case the following guys are well overlooked:

Subotai
Heinz Guderian
Erich von Manstein
Leonidas
Hans Ulrich Rudel

Apologies if my choices are WW2 loaded but that's the subject I know most about.
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January 28th, 2005   Post 9
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the strategist from the three kingdoms : ZHuGeLiang

he was a brillant tactician, especially in the use of fire, in which he first suggeste teh use of gunpowder. his plans were brillant and he had a 99% win during his entire life
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January 28th, 2005   Post 10
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I've actually heard that name... probably because I've read some of that stuff ages ago.
Can't remember much though.