So with the collective military history here I pose a question that has been debated for 1000s of years.
Are good Generals/military leaders born, or made?
>>1285186
What is this stupid question ?
They're made. They're educated to become soldiers, or learn through experience.
Napoléon Bonaparte is a product of his time. He studied everything he knew at Brienne, and managed to build a military system where talented and dashing marshalls won battles and campaigned for him. Napoléon was able to do a lot of things thanks to his personality and personnal ambition, but every technicity about warfare, he had to read it.
>>1285191
And of Alexander of Macedon?
>>1285219
Studied all the classics available to him.
You can be born a genius, but if you don't have the training and education, you'll be mediocre at best.
Rommel stands as a testament to that, despite his sterling reputation. I like the guy, but seriously, he never fucking understood logistics.
>>1285239
Rommel is how you show a good Tactician does not always make a good Strategist.
