[dragop]

That's a little unfair to later generals as the nature of warfare has changed. No longer is the general the king, emperor, consul, tribal leader, etc.

One of Hitler's mistakes* was to believe he was a good general. Stalin at least had the good sense to let his generals get on with it.

* Thankfully.

[oblio]

After killing dozens of them and losing 1/5th of the Soviet Union in just 9 months... :)