"US military officers who were almost certainly crazy" Topic
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Tango01  | 12 Feb 2021 9:05 p.m. PST |
"These five American generals and admirals did things that played with the thin line between cunning and crazy, but they were awesome at their jobs so most everyone looked the other way…" See here
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Feb 2021 9:08 p.m. PST |
From the Insider website. |
| Bunkermeister | 12 Feb 2021 11:49 p.m. PST |
What a silly article. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
| Cerdic | 13 Feb 2021 8:19 a.m. PST |
Pah! Amateurs. You want proper crazy you need to look at British military history… |
| Tango01 | 13 Feb 2021 12:51 p.m. PST |
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| von Schwartz ver 2 | 14 Feb 2021 11:36 a.m. PST |
Not really too familiar with most of these men except for Custer and "Mad" Anthony Wayne. I do object to the reason the author used to classify Wayne as crazy. He had the men unload their guns before the battle because it supposed to be a "Sneak attack" over rough and uneven terrain in the dark. A man with a loaded musket could easily trip, fall, and his musket discharge accidentally ruining the element of surprise, or simply a trigger happy, nervous, newbie might let off a round.
I have heard other stories of SYW Prussian commanders ordering their men to charge with empty muskets and no one ever accused them of being crazy. |
| arthur1815 | 14 Feb 2021 3:24 p.m. PST |
Another example would be Major Charles'No Flint' Grey who ordered his men to remove the flints from their muskets at Paoli to be absolutely sure none would go off by accident and to force them to charge home and do the business with the bayonet as it would be impossible to replace the flints quickly in a close quarter fight. |
| Archon64 | 15 Feb 2021 10:27 p.m. PST |
Were these officers the models for Federation Admirals? |
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