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Probably Georgie Patton, Josef Stalin and J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Josef Stalin - Though he was a bit evil it is something with his charisma and that mustasch.
J. Robert Oppenheimer - Overall genius that invents the atomic bomb and then being accused of being a communist. Sums up the madness of McCarthy.
George S. Patton - You got to love someone that has said: "And when I get to Berlin I'm going to shoot that fucking excuse for an artist, Adolf Hitler!"
Josef Stalin - Though he was a bit evil it is something with his charisma and that mustasch.
J. Robert Oppenheimer - Overall genius that invents the atomic bomb and then being accused of being a communist. Sums up the madness of McCarthy.
George S. Patton - You got to love someone that has said: "And when I get to Berlin I'm going to shoot that fucking excuse for an artist, Adolf Hitler!"
Seriously? She was part of artwork dating back to the 19th Century. I may be a science major instead of a history major, but I beleive the 19th Century came before WWII.odubya23 said:
That Viking really was quite awesome, whoever he was. Still, while holding back the Anglo-Saxon army long enough for the Vikings to reform, the Saxons where still able to defeat the Viking's. He did die in vein, but he died believing he would go to Valhalla, so he died happy at least.
Then they marched, i would estimate 300 miles, in 11 days, and very nearly defeated the Norman Invaders. If only Harold's troops where more disciplined and did not charge down the hill. 2 victories in 11 day's, 300 miles apart, it would have been a truly an outstanding achievement.
While he have rain and chav's, we still have damn good history.
Then they marched, i would estimate 300 miles, in 11 days, and very nearly defeated the Norman Invaders. If only Harold's troops where more disciplined and did not charge down the hill. 2 victories in 11 day's, 300 miles apart, it would have been a truly an outstanding achievement.
While he have rain and chav's, we still have damn good history.
I would have to say Hannibal Barca.
He nearly brought the Roman Republic too it's knees with only about 20,000 men but failed in the end.
Before his defeat at Zama, Hannibal decisively defeated the Romans at Cannae and Lake Tresimene.
He crossed the Alps and brought elephants to Roman lands, a feat never before accomplished.
If he hadn't been defeated by Scipio Africanus at Zama, who knows what he would've done or if he would've crushed Rome.
He nearly brought the Roman Republic too it's knees with only about 20,000 men but failed in the end.
Before his defeat at Zama, Hannibal decisively defeated the Romans at Cannae and Lake Tresimene.
He crossed the Alps and brought elephants to Roman lands, a feat never before accomplished.
If he hadn't been defeated by Scipio Africanus at Zama, who knows what he would've done or if he would've crushed Rome.
I thought both the Roosevelt's were great. They were among the better presidents that we have had. Franklin Roosevelt is proably my favorite though as he helped get us out of the Great Depression with his New deal.AvsJoe said:
Um... OK, sure, I'll buy that. All the books written about her prior to WWII must have been figments of my imagination. The fact that she was canonized as a Saint by the Catholic church in 1920 is merely a huge post-war papal conspiracy. The hundreds of pages of detailed transcript of her trial must have just been an elaborate hoax.odubya23 said:
Oh thank you, [user]odubya23[/user], for freeing my mind from the shackles of history...
Hannibal was pretty cool alright. I reckon he would have not been able to do much even if he has won a Zama though. Carthage was on it's knees by that stage and Hannibal was losing favor in the city too.RAMBO22 said:
Fun fact: After the war he fled to Aisa and in 190BC went to war with Rome again as the commander of Antiochus III's fleet. He lost.
Perhaps they meant the Alucard from the popular manga/anime Hellsing. The character LAucard is actually the vampire Dracula from Bram Stoker's Dracula. The series is a sort of spin off/sequel of Stoker's 1897 novel, which used the historical figure of Vlad Tepes (literally translates to Impaler)as the basis for his undead creature Dracula.
Interestingly enough, I think Vlad Tepes (the real one) is one of my historical heroes. He wasn't actually all that much worse than any other king or ruler back then, and he actually was able to stabile Romania.
Jesus. Even if you don't believe he was god, he was still a cool guy who has had a big impact on the world.