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FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:41 pm Happy to get men killed....

Funny, that's usually the opposite of how he's seen by reputable historians.

grizzlymc wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:32 pm To steal the glory from the Prussians?

Spoken like Hoffmeister himself!

grizzlymc wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:42 pm There are few generals who have made successful politicians, and versa vice

Pinochet?

Eisenhower?

There is an interesting pair - Franco, Castro. You starting to get my drift?

I can imagine 1 being a bit of a ‘mare, with Monty vying to be Tallest Sunflower in every conversation.

3 might be the least contentious group, perhaps.

tim.w wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 1:25 am

grizzlymc wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:32 pm To steal the glory from the Prussians?

Spoken like Hoffmeister himself!

Would that be the Noted Paedophile And Sectioned Loony Peter Hofschroer?

Norman D. Landings wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 8:12 am

3 might be the least contentious group, perhaps.

yeh but when there's an argument about who's turn it is to do the washing up that Kitchener will always be pointing the finger

Your Generals Need YOU!

I'd have a do at my house, with Wellington, Kitchener, Cromwell & Haig invited. Probably not Fred though.