100 Greatest Generals in History
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2019
- This video shows the 100 generals that have won the most battles in history (according to Wikipedia).
To make that video, I created a query that searches every battle article in Wikipedia and identifies the general that won the battle.
List of battles won by general: docs.google.com/document/d/1X...
Methodology:
1. I created a query with Wikidata Query to get the list of all articles tagged as "battle" by Wikipedia. This gives me about 12,000 battles
2. I downloaded the data that is included in the top right hand table of every of those Wikipedia article. I did it for the following versions of Wikipedia: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Serbo-Croatian, Japanese, Danish, Norwegian, Slovakian, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Hindi, Hebrew, Basque, Bulgarian, Romanian, Catalan, Finnish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Persian, Indonesian, Korean
3. I cleaned up the data on Excel to remove double entries
A great Commander is not Judged by the count of his victories but of how he anchieved them and how important they were
Archives of Fantasy I know but some others not that high
Michael Christidis yeah fair enough plus some statistics are very wrong. Subutai should be much higher he really shouldn’t be outside anyone’s top five. this video has its flaws. Some wrong statistics and rankin on just win counts, not more needed context
Well yes. Alexander Suvorov must be higher. He didn't lost any fight.
Дмитрий Майборода true but he couldn’t secure an allied win in the second coalition against the French Republic
Nosey all the way then. Beats Bonie at Waterloo. The Duke was a badass.
Nobody:
Me: 56 won, height 5,6
Even though you are 5'6 back in you're day you were taller then average and the reason why we think that is because British propaganda,
vive la France ! vive l'empereur !
Classic bonaparte...
Atticus Badicus no, it was a measurement mix up not propaganda please do research
I swear the average person knows more about his height than his military strategic genius
Big F
The fact that more than a fourth of the top 20 was just Napoleon and his marshals is just funny.
No funny but plain interesting particularly good to tell people who always claim that the French are military losers and overall cowards
That's what happens when you look for talent rather than loyalty, and hell, they we're both, Napoleonic Wars was a rollercoaster of emotions
That's why I'm proud to be French 🇨🇵
@@scandalou6508You shouldn't be proud of war and killing people bro
@@furkanozdemir6754 Wtf ?
Honorable mention:
“When I was sixteen I won a great victory”
“I felt in that moment I would live to be hundred”
“Now I know I shall not see thirty”
- The Leper King (Baldwin IV)
why did he die?
@@kaisermaximiliandererste8833Baldwin IV's struggle with leprosy significantly impacted his ability to govern, and eventually, his sister Sibylla's son, Baldwin V, succeeded him. The situation in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Another honorable mention: Trajan
Baldwin IV was not a general, though he did take part in a few battles. It's a great movie quote, but Baldwin wasn't really a general.
@@fernhausluv44 yea ik I just the qoute so good (and sound like what a general would say) so I mentined it.
“I have defeated the Austrians by simply marching” -Nepoleon Bonaparte
Aha , from Oversimplified I guess .
@@sknajibulhaque3595 aha yes
Happy Bicentenary my Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte ! Best Conquerer of Europe and Best General in History with 56 battles won. (Rumors say it's 70)
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Battle of Austerlitz 1805 was his Greatest Victory
I get very happy whenever I see another Oversimplified fan online!
What comes after Emperor
''23 battles won, 23 stabbed''
-Julius Caesar
😂
Lol
Ironic. I am studying Rome in school xD
23 STAB WOUNDS
*slaps file on table*
Sad lol
Hannibals victory at Cannae and Caesars victories at Alesia and Carrhae were incredible feats.
I just came from Oversimplified's video and I confirm this.
Yes people are underrating them and comparing them to the modern world. In the ancient world Hannibal was just a super genius general
Hanibal should be in top 5
@@muwsa1 After Alexander
Let’s compare history the 2 biggest nightmare of Rome in all history 2 very big ruler in history of war titans of war King Shapur I The Emperor Hunter vs Hannibal Barca both all time best generals in history let’s compare the 3 best victory of King Shapur I The Emperor Hunter vs Rome vs the 3 best victory of Hannibal vs Rome just 3 battle vs 3 battle and only against Rome King Shapur victory vs Kushan Empire , Parthian Empire and others don’t count and by the way almost 100 % of Hannibal victory were vs Rome any way so let’s compare the Battle of Barbalissos , Battle of Edessa and Battle of Misiche of King Shapur vs the Battle of the Trebia , Battle of Lake Trasimene and Battle of Cannae of Hannibal Barca more than 150,000 Roman warriors were killed by King Shapur I in those 3 battle he captured one Roman king alive and killed another one he also captured Roman generals like Successianus force the new Roman emperor Philip the Arab (r. 244-249) to sign a favorable peace treaty that was regarded by the Romans as "a most shameful treaty more than 100,000 Roman warriors were killed by Hannibal in those 3 battle Hannibal never captured no king or generals alive but he killed some Roman generals like Lucius Aemilius Paullus so which 3 battle were better without question King Shapur victory were better he killed more Romans but he also killed or captured more Roman kings and generals compare to Hannibal and also the greatest psychological blow in history of Rome was when King Shapur capture of Emperor Valerian alive King Shapur is Rome worst nightmare not Hannibal the winner is King Shapur I of Sassanian Empire
Khaled Ibn Al-Walid defeated the Persians and Romans, the most powerful armies in the world at that time. He is a legend 20k men vs 200k+ 🤯
@@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123 You are ignorant and hateful. You do not know history. You speak without knowledge. You must provide evidence. How can an army consisting of 200,000 Romans get tired of fighting 20,000?!!! Use your idle mind, you are just a racist who hates anything related to Islam... You are just nothing talking about people who have been immortalized in history.
@@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123You are ignorant and hateful. You do not know history. You speak without knowledge. You must provide evidence. How can an army consisting of 200,000 Romans get tired of fighting 20,000?!!! Use your idle mind, you are just a racist who hates anything related to Islam... You are just nothing talking about people who have been immortalized in history.
@@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123You are ignorant and hateful. You do not know history. You speak without knowledge. You must provide evidence. How can an army consisting of 200,000 Romans get tired of fighting 20,000?!!! Use your idle mind, you are just a racist who hates anything related to Islam... You are just nothing talking about people who have been immortalized in history.
@@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123what? This is war you need to exploit enemy weakness, Khalid was genius as he always been in disadvantage and used his strategic planning to win battles.btw coward won’t be involved in war that deemed to lose
@@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123 I agree, god (Allah) set the ground for khalid bin walid to conquer them, Indeed he is the most powerful and capable of doing anything.
“I am average height for the time” Napoleon Bonaparte
Woah,its a stumpy little manlet
"What did you say you little prick?" Napoleon
Haha oversimplified
lol oversimplified
man of culture i see
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Imagine the largest, most experienced and professional great army the world has ever seen, which conquered almost all of Europe and which remained forever ingloriously forgotten in the frozen lands of Russia. Such a tragic fate for such strong soldiers. Those recruits with whom he fought against Wellington were not the true Napoleonic army.
@@swe1733 thanks thanks bro 🥲
@@swe1733 I mean neither were they i literally recruited them for the conquest of Russia
I’m pretty sure Sun Tzu said that first
@@napoleonbonaparte1729 OMG ITS HIM OMG CAN I GET A PHOTO?????
Just battles won? It doesn't matter how big or significant the battle was?!
맞습니다
Indeed the timeline, size of army matters
That doesn’t change Napoléons status
I'm French and I'm very proud of all of french commanders and especially of the Emperor
Ils étaient incroyables... merci à eux !
Я русский. И мой герой это Кутузов.
@@Manaez83lol Kutuzov
why did france become so nerfed smh
@@Manaez83which year
This video should be titled "Top 100 Greatest Generals In History By Battles Won According To Wikipedia"
fangeltim ,he found wrong data, for example: Suvorov participated in more than 60 battles and did not lose once. I think that the author also missed many others good commanders.
Lmao, General Vo Nguyen Giap had deafeated France army and America army but i couldn't see him in the video? :)
not really cause there would be a lot of generals left out
@@user-rz8mw7mm7c Suvorov won 93 battles and lose zero. So much lie in this video
Yes this video is stupid. Hum about the General Nguyen giap, I don't know for the Americans but didn't the French won the very most of the battles and accept Indochina independence because of the French people opinion and the international pressure ?
"Why is Waterloo so important?"
Duke Wellington Vs Napoléon
It the battle between the 3 top military commander that time, blucher, Wellington, Napoleon
The battle that changed the history forever
@@BekhtiRabehWhy does everyone give Blucher all the credit? Wellington created the plan for the victory.
@@thisguy976
If blucher didn't flank napoleon succesfully, Wellington would lost the battle
@@thisguy976If Blucher wasn’t there Napoleon would’ve won without any problem
@BekhtiRabeh blucher top 3 commander of that era what are you smoking. Top 20 and i am being generous lmao
there is nothing we can do
:Nepolean Bonaparte
after winning 56 battles
@@user-jp1fl8fh8ra lead battles as general, so he WAS a warrior, and more of that, when he was officer he was litteraly on the front of battlefield with his men.
false napoleon was wounded in the siege on toloun.....aimed the cannons himself in a few battles that is def in battle@@user-jp1fl8fh8r
@@stickygeiden The only time he came up against another Great General he lost!
@pr-tj5by because he barely had any troops? Wellington is no where near second. So many other strategists better including napoleon
@@ihadtomakeavideosoihadtoch9123 Wellington has won way more than anyone else except Bonaparte which doesn't matter cos he ended him completely
Wellington was outnumbered in men cavalry and guns and Bonaparte still couldn't beat him before the Prussians turned up, he sent in the Republican Guard who got smashed by British soldiers laid on the ground, first time they ever ran away, 39 victories including your hero, keep crying.
Most of Napoleon's gang are here. Most of his Marshals.
Yes and some of his ennemies as well.. Crazy times.
What a war he waged!
Yes sir
Same
It's funny to see that the n°2 is the one that have actually beat Napoleon who is n°1 haha
And they are both born the same year
coincidences
"Soldiers generally win battles generals get credit for them.” - Napoleon Bonaparte
general make the strategic for the soldier to win
But this is not the case with Khalid ibn Al Walid.. In almost all of his battles he first fought the best fighter of the enemies in a 1v1 and always won..
Büyük İskender ,Hanibal, Ervin rommel
Halid bin Velid Alexander suvarov gibiler öyle değiller ama
Say that to Alexander the great or Khalid ibn Walid
@@befa5322 lmao no
As a Dutch man, I am proud to see that our tiny nation had one of the greatest military leaders in history, Maurice of Nassau. He was such a capable commander on the battlefield and won a lot of battles against the Spanish forces. Spain at that time was one of the most powerful nations on the globe. His victories over the Spanish eventually leads to the independence of the Netherlands from the Spanish occupation in 1648.
로이테르 제독 보다 위대합니까?
Scipio should be in the top 10 for the sole fact of never losing a battle in his career and for having beaten one of the best generals of antiquity
Scipio africanus "THE AFRICAN"
@@RicegumNeverBrokeAgain this is a scipion's dynasty
You forgot to mention three more russian generals: December, January and February
The Russian Generals won one more battle than given credit for: Surviving Stalin's army purges of the 1930s.
The best Army is Russian Winter
What about november and march?
the real video name is 100 Greatest Generals in europa
@@kavehshirazi105 Rússia has a great territory in Europe, and it's in Europe that Moscow is located
“My enemies are many, my equals are none” - Napoleon Bonaparte 🐐
Give me an army of Turks and I'll take the world hostage.
🇹🇷
~Napoléon Bonaparte
Genghis Khan begs to differ :P still the man who conquered the biggest empire in all of history (yeah yeah the British Empire was bigger but not conquered by one man!)
@@DiscusvissenRocken he wasn’t one man he had a huge army do it
In the shade of olive trees, they said Italy could never be conquered.
@@australium7374 same can be said for Napoleon.
“Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
I don’t know what music you used but it slaps!
I believe it’s called Victory by two steps from hell
Napoleon was so good that even his own people are on this list
Michel ney
@@TiestoCalvinHarris Louis Gabriel Suchet , Jean de Dieu Soult , Jean Lannes , Saint Cyr
@@hermann5485Jean Lannes neden listede yok acaba?
Napoleon, although of low Corsican nobility, was a soldier of the French Revolution who made a career in the French Republican Army who fought against the French royalists during a civil war in France, French royalists being supported by foreign monarchies hostile to the French revolution. Thus, he made himself noticed for the first time by contributing by his action to take back the port of Toulon that the French royalists had opened to the English fleet. Napoleon could thus be compared to the English Cromwell who led the armies of the parliament defeated the royal armies of the Stuart dynasty.But once he came to power, Napoleon while seeking to preserve the French revolutionary achievements as the principle of"equality among citizens, promulgated a broad amnesty for exiled aristocrats of France and contributed to the religious peace France between republicans and Catholics by signing in 1802 a concordat with the pope. If it is criticized in France for its multiple wars and the resulting conscription, it has always been considered as a peacemaker inside the country so much that a very large number of its multiple administrative reforms, Schools, legal as the Civil Code, survived in the following regimes some of which were initially hostile to it as royalty restored until our present time.
The best example of Napoleon’s spirit of national concord was on 22 June 1815 when he had been outvoted by the parliamentary chambers elected in the parliamentary elections of April 1815 where his political opponents were in the majority (because he had had the imprudence of not suspending or dissolving parliament before his departure for the military campaign) and while his brother Lucien and the minister Carnot asked him to arrest the parliamentarians and to establish the military dictatorship with the support of the arrest which was favorable to him in order to face the invasion of the territory,Napoleon preferred to abdicate to avoid a civil war between his numerous supporters and his royalist political opponents who supported the return of King Bourbon Louis XVIII.
@@kingdarwin8953hes here
France:
This isn't even my final form.
@@klif4755 Nazi Germany left the chat. French, British, Soviet, American zones joined the chat.
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This only proves that the best way to have the most victorious generals is internal revolution (hundreds of small battles).
“My enemies are many, my equals are none…” Napoleon Total War
You are not referring to one of the greatest (for me) Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba.
Probably Gonzálo Fernandez de Córdoba, the "Great Captain", because he revolutionized the way of waging war that existed until then and instituted the ways of fighting and the practices that meant that the Spanish thirds did not lose a single battle in 150 years and dominated the known world.
No menciona ni a españoles ni portugueses. Esta lista es una caca con música bonita. Un saludo
@@teramai1628son anglos no esperes mucho
The size of war is important, not the number of the war.
You mean battles
*Battles| but yeah it should be depends on the difficulties of that battles and how they lead their troops to victories and that's what i look for
I could take on a 500 kids with my 50 fully armoured men 100 times and would be crowned the fucking idiot who has the racord on winning battles
If you start a world war and actually win, well that'll be something new.
Absolutely bro
When you won 364 battles in Rome Total War:
- Amateurs.
651
10k in Hearts of Iron 4
@@aupra9010 USA is OP now, cause of the oil mechanic...
@@zethicc7557 didn't play the US since 1.6
That is a game you can think better in there
Since it is going by victory count, the title shouldn't be greatest generals, but still a good video
I'm shocked that Genghis khan is not on the list
Yeah😮
I was wondering about that too
I feel like win-loss record would be even more telling.
My boy alexander the great taking the w
well khalid ibn waleed 0 losses
i mean he is undefeated Conqueror
If that was the case Napoleon would still be #1 due to the sheer number of wins.
Khalid .. 28 .. ratio
#4 is the only one undefeated in the top 20
0:21
Everyone: Nice drawings of themselves
Scipio Africanus:
He looks fine ask Charles V
He is suffering
He looks like he just layed a giant turd.
He's just scared of General Sherman right next to him, because Sherman implemented the scorched-earth strategy in the American Civil War, and Scipio remembers Carthaginians doing the same thing when they invaded the Roman Empire.
4:07 That's nothing in comparison with Takeda Shingen
What is the song name?
Victory by two steps from hell
3:11 - 3:21 (This is no French marchal Louis-Nicolas Davout. This is Russian general Nicolai Nicolaevich Raevsky).
What is funny is that Napoleon, while visiting the grave of Fredrik the great, Ordered his generals to salute, saying “Gentlemen, If this man were still alive I would not be here”
Until he remembered he had artillery, and the guy he's talking about didn't. 😁
And he was beaten in his last battle by the second place Duke Wellington.
@@belisarius727 Yes. Napoleon's army was inexperienced, outnumbered and other factors I forgot, but yes he was beaten, there's no denying that.
But you still have to remember it took... A don't remember the how many coalitions made by the English, but this time Napoléon lost.
He was being humble, if napoleon and fredrick Were in the same age napoleon will smash Frederick the great
Military battles won doesn’t mean how good of a genera you were. In Napoleon’s time, battles were more common and he had more enemies and war time. Fredrick the great only participated in the seven years war where he held out against Russia, Austria, and France for the entire first part of the war.
Imagine crossing the alpes when no one has ever done it, losing 65% of your army there and still winning the following battle. After all of that when people think of Hannibal, they think of Hannibal lector
I feel sorry for Hannibal, he broke the legions of Rome and he could have actually won, which would have made history very different, but Carthage did not send enough support for him (they were not overstretched, Carthage did indeed have enough resources to overcome Rome at this point if they had actually committed to it). Hannibal's political rivals led by Hanno II repeatedly denied Hannibal's requests for reinforcements because Hanno thought Rome was unbeatable and wanted to instead focus Carthage's military on conquering territory in Africa and making peace with Rome, because Hanno had personal investments in Africa. Hanno was so convinced that fighting Rome was futile that he demoralized and delayed his own navy in the 1st Punic War and then left Hannibal's armies without backup in the 2nd Punic War. After ensuring that his own country lost both wars, Hanno then hoped to negotiate peace with Rome, but (big shocker) Rome took advantage of Carthage's weakness and took nearly everything, including all that precious African territory Hanno had claimed.
Hannibal: Help me, we can win if you just help me! I only need enough for one more decisive strike before they recover!
Hanno: No, we must sabotage our own armies and render ourselves defenseless. Only then will Rome leave us alone!
Rome: *Destroys Carthage*
Hanno: *Surprised Pikachu*
A lot of myth and few facts about Hannibal. E.g. it is unlikely he lost 65% of his army when crossing the Alpes. It is more likely the numbers from Spain were subtracted by the numbers he arrived in in Italy, ignoring that he left troops in Northern Spain (which was not under Carthaginian influence) and only crossed with his crack troops knowing the situation in Italy was unstable for Rome (with freshly conquered Gauls and Greeks being very, very unhappy and ready to rebel).
Also the fact he did not receive much support is also something one must see in the wider strategic context. Rome controlled the seas and thus the inner lines of transport. In return Carthage had to split its attention between defending Spain and Africa given Rome's first reaction before Hannibal's move was to go straight for those targets with two consular armies. Both those regions were essential for Carthage to continue the war. They could not easily reinforce Hannibal and those regions needed armies, too.
Just like the Romans were split on what strategy to adopt so were the Carthaginians. The idea that Hanno was a hand wringing fool is just based on the outcome, not based on the necessities as seen at the time.
The war also dragged on for 17 years which is many times more any other Roman enemy held out so it is also false to think Carthage was a pushover that did not know how to mobilize armies. Most Hellenic kingdoms surrendered major territory inside one or two battles. So given Carthage gave Rome nearly 40 years worth of war all over the Eastern Mediterran we have the only other power that managed to keep up with Rome for nearly two generations worth of carnage. I find it particularly fascinating in how they apparently were able to rally a multitude of people to their banner continuously and train them to fight in a disciplined fashion.
@@tristanfaulkner6003 Well said.
Ok boomer
Hanibal ante Portas!!!!!!!!
Thank you for mentioning Khalid Ibn Al-Walid RA. He is usually forgotten about.❤❤❤
Pls tell me, music background, thank so much
Two step from the hell_. Victory
Heart of Glass- Blondie.
Napoleon was so good at fighting wars that the only way to defeat him is by NOT attacking him.
He not god war only he is father modern Law that we still use till now it called "Napolean CODEX"
Haiti defeated Napoleon 😂😂🇭🇹🇭🇹
That's what the Russian did and in Road to Leipzig
@You Fat dont cry pls, we arent kids
@You Fat are u crying more? Take it, for u🧻
"I too have seen Oversimplified and get all references" -Napoleon Bonaparte
General kenobi
YOU ARE A BOLD ONE
im better than napey lol
Also Robert E. Lee was there from american civil war oversimplified😅
Napoleon has 20 assassination attempted
hey next time could you say joseon instead of korea because it fits for the era like your not going to say japan as oda clan or russia as ussr
This just goes to show how underrated Maurice of Nassau was
julius caesar win the same amount of battles as times he got stabbed in the back
oof
By the conspirators 7 of them including his trusted Brutus stabbed him :(
Caesar protecc
Caesar atacc
But most importantly...
Caesar got stabbed in the bacc
That's fate. Obviously fate.
Bro Khalid ibn Walid didn't lost any single war in his life tym
What makes me uncomfortable is that it's slidin' to the left
You really must be uncomfortable if your standing on your head.
Lool your drunk
@@coolthefool1 well i was just... commenting i guess 😶
throwing some ham Lool it's calm
@林 that's...racist?
Caesar was the best general in the historu with Hannibal, Napoleon and Alexander the Great. You only look at the number of victories, but do not consider how they were won.
Gracias amigo :)
"you Will face a man who love death as you love life"
~khalid bin walid
He should be ranked #1 THE SWORD OF GOD
Assalamu'alaikum
Alternative name for Khalid: Murderer
@@ahmadhussein2366 he shouldnt've even been ranked. This video is about generals not thugs.
@@aliazarmehralparslan6067 alternative name for you:stupid
Fun fact: during the production of the movie the death of Stalin, they had to lower the number of medal of Georgy Zhukov in order to look "real" because the amount of medal he got irl woul've looked surreal in a movie, I think that's got it done
@Putra NF ngomong ap sw
@Adecodoo yea sure but Zhukov won all his medal during the war fighting nazi, he earned them buy fighting not polishing shoes
Have you seen a North Korean General? They have more medals in their uniforms than Kardashians have shoes in their closets. Reality is often unrealistic.
Most of the Soviet medals are anniversary medals, 5-10-20-25 years of whatever. The ones that count are on the top. In case of Zhukov he received the highest award possible at the time, Hero of The Soviet Union 4 times (only one on the image). 3 (well deserved) for World War 2 and the fourth for political manoeuvring after Stalin's death.
Napoleon lost 5 battle on 43 and it was 80 000 soldiers vs 300 000 soldiers when he lost ... It's the best 🎉
His defeat in Russia was 600.000 vs. 500.000 and he lost 550.000 of them - so he can't be best! At Waterloo it was 78000 French against 72.000 Prussians and British - again, not good for him! For me he is a good top-ten-general - in the last years he lost all of his instincts!
@@miaundnemo Well Russia actually lost but then retreated then burned down Moscow which is what defeated napoleon. They didn't have a full fair 1v1 fight because Russia knew they would've lost.
@@JosephLopez-jq7fk Of course, you're right, but you also have to admit that it's a bit ridiculous that a campaign that marked the end of his career and cost him 500,000 men is listed here with two victorious battles!
And of course the greatest general of all time would have had to react to the Russian strategies. In Moscow he simply waited too long and then didn't even have the horses' hooves shod "sharply"!
Later, in Leipzig, horses were what he missed most!
@@miaundnemo It is very ridiculous how two victories cost him 500,000 men but honestly Russia definitely deserved to win considering that they strategically bested one of the greatest generals in history. It seems Napoleon also underestimated them seeing how many mistakes he made trying to invade Russia. Napoleon definitely had the stronger army but at that moment Russian generals had better strategy.
@@JosephLopez-jq7fkif he attacks we RUN away!
What is the music in this video？
victory
You missed General Grievous, Supreme Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems' Droid Armies during the Clone Wars.
Won every battle. Too bad the Military genius general Kenobi killed him in the battle of Utapau.
@@rookield8077 in a very uncivilized way
Obi-Wan : Hello There
what about general kenobi?
I hope the Gengus Kan dies cause 喝 killed 65 million people
Napoleon was just one of the most interesting leaders in history and seriously people think he would had a funny hat they have no idea how powerful this man was
Yes
Napoleon lost his pp lol
Napoleon was bisquits and tree lava over a hill on a plane and into the woods foraging for mountains under a river full of cats raining how powerful army.
@@yangfire7349 it was small anyways
Peoples have no idea how powerful Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great were in there time they control like 40 % of the world population in there time
Napoleon is by far the greatest military General to ever live.
Sorry, but he failed "the invade Russia test", so no, he was not.
Subotai was in his mid-sixties and embodied a lifetime of Mongol military experience and training when he planned and led the Hungarian Campaign. By the time of his death in 1248 at the age of seventy-three, Subotai "had conquered thirty-two natio~ and won sixty-five pitched battles."
France Germany and great Britain : 75% of the list
*laughs* *in* *baguette,* *tea* *and* *bretzel*
Lol
usa mc donals
jordan gilles ?
@@H_man.. Really have internet in Mongolia?
@@planenjoyer ho DAMN lmao 😂😂
Fun fact: Napoleon was obsessed with Hannibal and Julius Caesar. He learned from scripts and literature how Caesar was effective with speed and aggression. Julius Caesar was the 1st inventor of "Blitzkrieg"
So thats what rush B stands for, rush Blitzkrieg
@@trollardo9720 in Caesar's case, rush Britain
You clearly have no clue what blitzkrieg means.
@@MaFd0n Blitzkrieg=Ligthing War lol
interesting, you have sent me on a quest..
Glad that you mentioned Jan Žižka from Bohemia
where can i get the background music
victory by two steps from hell
*_"We are surrounded, General !"_*
*_"Then we can attack in all directions."_*
ico what general said that?
@@danielcunningham648 The french general Marie-Pierre Koenig during the battle of Bir Hakeim in 1942.
@@danielcunningham648 Zivojin Misic
@valoxy it was actually Colonel Chesty Puller (USMC)
And you realized you are fucked in every possible holes!
Once you add up Napoleon and his Marshalls and Wellington you realize how insanely brutal the Napoleonic wars were and how dominant the French army was.
So , Duke of Wellington (A great one indeed) is higher that Khalid ? Really ?
If we measure greatness , we should look at how simple , what difficulties they faced , and how it affected history !!
Khalid in my unbiased opinion is the greatest , far greater than Napoleon.
He was never defeated , the greatest user of calvaries ever , a great tactician , a strong warrior himself , and most importantly ; the one who shaped the current world map of the middle east
To sum up , it is never easy to expand your effect 1400 years ahead
Strange how people don't know about him , but media effect I think . Cheers
@@ahmedazeem1642 this video is about battles won my guy
@Celuta provided that the records are right , so we agree , friend. This is not about who is the greatest or the most genius , it is about who won more ✨ . We agree , like in tennis , Connors won the most but the 3 goats are still playing
Also some people should not be included like prophet Muhammad , because he was not a general , if we measure greatness in all aspects of human life including conquest , he is the greatest ever by very very far (unbiased)
@@ahmedazeem1642 ok the video was 3 years ago its not that deep
I want to make this kind of videos. I don't find the name of this technique. Do you used Canva or CapCut? Please I need to know. Thanks.
This is not a ranking of the 100 famous generals in the world, but the famous generals who have won the most battles
“Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake - Napoleon Bonaparte
unknowingly true right there!
Wise
I think Sun Tzu said that
@@kanestalin7246 seemingly they both said it lol
Why ?
When France has the most victories In Europe but is remembered for that time they surrender
Heard about polish victories?
Sorry but nobody likes the french
@@propolacy2137 yes, about 20 of them in this vid (sorry actually 29 piłsudski exists)
@@bartekmostek4850 right.
@m n Turkish on blood , Dutch on paper but i hate both countries! soon in the future i will be an American citizen 🤡 i love America
Khaled Ibn Al-Walid is the only undefeated leader in history. He also participates in battles and does not watch from afar. He is the only leader who was not defeated in all the battles he fought .Indeed, he is the strongest battle commander in history
Lee sun shin 27/27
Alexander the Great never lost a battle and fought alongside his men. Sometimes leading the charge. And sustained many wounds from battle. Whilst also conquering virtually all of the known world and battling many new foes he had never faced before and being able to adapt almost instantly to their tactics like he did in India with the war elephants. Definitely the winner in terms of a true warrior commander. And is definitely up there in terms of best general as well. Let’s not forget he was tutored by one of the greatest minds of antiquity, Aristotle. In terms of shear perfection and overwhelming amounts of success, Napoleon is likely the best general.
@@darthjoshua6663
There is no confirmation that Alexander the Great or Napoleon participated in the battles. They only led the army, while Khaled led the army and participated in the battles. Leave your emotions behind and tell the truth
@@user-db2qx8ki8c I didn’t say napoleon participated in his battles. And if their is anything we know about Alexander the Great, we know he participated in his battles. There are many many stories of him fighting side by side along his men. You’re just saying we can’t be sure because it was over 2000 years ago. Bro, that’s stupid. By that logic, we might as well say he didn’t even exist. Alexander the Great is better, deal with it. Not to mention he treated those he conquered far better than Khaled treated his vanquished opponents. War crimes galore
@@darthjoshua6663why you so stupid
It's impossible to determine who's greater by just looking at the number of battles won.
What matters is how they won, what strategy/tactics/equipment they had and implemented, against who they fought, what the other side posssesed and lacked, what was the conditions on the field: era, time, weather etc.
It is all a part of the puzzle and all these infinite parameteres complete it. Merely number of battles or victories is not enough to determine who's just better.
There's only one way to prove who's better: you put all of them in a field with equal conditions and see who emerges victorious. Maybe over and over, multiple times, changing conditions, creating different scenarios etc.
That's the only way.
Otherwise this is not a source to look at but a childish video to laugh at.
나는 한국사람 입니다.
당신의 의견에 적극 찬성합니다.
한국에도 이런말이 있습니다.
전투의 횟수는 숫자일 뿐이다.
전투의 과정이 중요한것이다.
한번의 전투가 백번의 승리보다 위대할수가 있습니다.
Damn Napoleon was so badass that the whole Europe nations united just to defeat him.
He was becoming annoying. The British were tired of throwing money at Europe to fight him
@@isziahs5951 The Brits was the cause of making the others fight right?
@@KanekiKen-by8rb in some cases. They gave lots of money to Hungary to fight Napoleon. Failed every time until they actually joined
@@isziahs5951 Especially the Austrians......I mean all they did was running until Napoleons army was exhausted.....
@@KanekiKen-by8rb it was smart though
Khalid ibn al-Walid خالد بن الوليد سيف الله المسلول , The third in this list.. it has been counted more than 100 ( big& small) battles that he won ,, and some of them the army was about to be defeated or annihilated until he came and turned the table around. In one of these battles 9 swords broke in his hand !!
Thank you for the video.
Its only your religion history the real count of Khalid win battles is 14.
@@dawidgorski6450 ا
قال خالد -رضي الله عنه- وهو على فراش الموت: "لقد شهِدتُ مئة معركة أو زُهاءها، وما في جسدي شبرٌ إلّا وفيه ضربةٌ بسيفٍ، أو رميةٌ بسهم، أو طعنةٌ برمحٍ، وهأنذا أموت على فراشي كما يموت البعير، ألا فلا نامَت أعينُ الجبناء"، ومن أهم المعارك له في عهد النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم-، معركة مؤتة وفتح مكة، حتى لقّبه النبي الأمين بسيف الله المسلول.
@@user-mm1vu1jy6gy'a une différence entre bataille et escarmouche, et entre ecrits religieux et récits historiques... Sinon n'importe qui peut dire que telle personne a gagné 1000 batailles sorties de nul part...
@@nitocosplaymaker6311 مفهمت
A moment of silence for those who watched the entire video waiting to be shown a general from their own country but wasn t the case 😅😅
Also, will add a moment of silence for those who claim that certain personas (Subutai, Genghis Khan, Khalid etc.) have x10 more battles than shown in the video and undefeated 🤣🤣
@@excelsior9638ignorancia.
"Alright guys, Napoleon is coming for us, so I got good plan. See if you can follow me on this. When he approaches, we run away."
"Sir, you're a genius."
Oversimplified
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well
@@idotso6057 Woah,its a stumpy little manlet
Marshall Barack Obama
@@jamesandersonmuega9137 HEY. IM ACTUALY AVERAGE HEIGHT FOR THE TIME. HUHUHU
You forgot General Kenobi (57 BBY - 0 BBY) of the Galactic Republic
hello there
@@oghuzEarendil GENERAL KENOBI!!!
FRISHR *TOP COMMENT GOD*
Lord of the Patates general kenobi
How many battles won though?
What's the name of this music?
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Of all those generals, only two are the faces of the world's most powerful currency, which is something to ponder.
Who else knew without ever looking at the facts that Napoleon was gonna be at top, also there are like 5 of his marshals in this list, a clear indication of how powerful the France was at that time
In this list I’ve seen Ney, Davout, Murat, Massena, Soult, Moreau, Lannes, Suchet, Saint Cyr, Kleber and of course Napoleon at first
I knew he would be #1 and also that a bunch of his marshals would be in there too. The First French Empire really steamrolled every other nation for a while there.
@@praetoriandorn3154 he was great but had need defeated by Russian
Well but all he did was a war crime.
@@karim4life72 firstly the term war crime didn't exist back then, Geneva convention was held much later after the end of Napoleonic wars.... Secondly whatever he did wasn't unique, everyone used to do that, it was common for that time
" May the eyes of cowards never sleep"
~Khalid ibn al-Walid
As a muslim, I place Khalid ibn al walid first and place Alexander of Macedon 2nd, and then Napoleon, and then Baibars. These men changed the world we live in drastically by their wins in battles.
Edit: for those of you who think I placed him first because he is a better General, no! I placed him first because he changed the world drastically through his conquests ultimately commanded by prophet Muhammad (upon him be peace) sure, Napoleon changed the world we live in so much, But Napoleon lived only 200 years ago while Khalid lived 1400 years ago, so in terms of hiatory he changed that more.
@@user-yk4ji True bro
@@user-yk4ji Nah. Napoleon literally destroyed 5 great powers of the world while france's government was still in shambles.
Napoleon was so strong that the only way to defeat him was running away
@@user-yk4ji don’t be biased
It's not true. He said, "The eyes of cowards never sleep."
P.G.T. Beauregard’s portrait really looks like actor Stephen Lang, who played Stonewall Jackson in Gods & Generals, and the villain of the Avatar movies.
its not how many battles won that makes a good general but how they won the battles for example hannibal is one of the best generals of ancient times as he observed the romans and used spys to gather information about generals before using there weaknesses against them, he also had the ability to control the battle to be favourable conditions like facing away from sandy winds or making opposing armys treck through freeing water to gain the upper hand. not to mention the way he could keep his men's moral high even through crossing the alps or marching through swamps with no rest in days
피로스도 대단하다고 생각합니다.
그는 한니발의 스승 이기도 했습니다.
Napoleon + his marshals + his generals = 30% of the list
+ поражение от России
@@mahmoudobaid9773 Actually there were many more Generals who never lost a battle
@@user-gs4kw6bn7t and the Byzantines probably had 15.000 to 150.000 troops. Not 300.000
It's probably propaganda or the numbers just aren't clear
@@faisalnehal372 give me a name of a commander who never lost a battle?!
you said probably the number was 150000 so your never sure. where do you get your info from?!
@@mahmoudobaid9773 well, Alexander never lost a battle and I'm pretty sure there are others out there. Also you can do research on the real estimates of the Roman and Persian armies that Khaled fought. 300000 is simply unrealistic considering the context of the time period.
"Shit it's Napoleon RUN"
-Sun Tzu Art of War
If fighting is sure to result in victory then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that!
@@user-bh7xc6lv7h And I'd say he knows a little more about fighting than you do pal because he invented it
@@user-bh7xc6lv7h and i think he knows a little more about fighting than you doo paaal
Coz he invented it...and then he perfected it so that no living man can best him in the ring of honor
"When he approaches, we run, away"
-Sun Tzu
@@oneofakindconner7224 *warcry*
"to the left"
MAGGOTS
Zhukov: 12 battles...Took Berlin.
What's scary is how many of Napoleons Marshals are on this list
Damn list dominated by Napoleon and his generals.
Well with basically all of Europeagainst Napoleon,he had more than one chance to extend his list of victories !
@Hornyshark for real? Ma cack big
@mr marq Christianism was already spread at that time...
And we could say the same for other religions
@mr marq Man u sound stupid, christians has been around the world even before muslim. It was spread by the roman empire.
That's a shocker
Nobody:
Caesar: Won 23 times, was stabbed 23 times
Frank Castle yes
didnt realize that
That got to be hurts!!!
they probably did it on purpose
@@ilsey4733 I doubt it. Not all the planned assassins stabbed him so if the plan was carried out perfectly and all the assassins stabbed him, he would have had more than 23.
SONG NAME PLS
You also have to look at the scale of their victories like davout who won auerstedt with only 27000 men of iii corps against 67000 Prussians and also archduke Charles nearly destroyed Napoleon at aspern essling but net was still a good commander but very not as good as davout since he blundered a lot at Waterloo and also a victory like the scale at auerstedt is so rare to achieve a victory when heavily out numbered also davout had attacked the right flanks on the Russians at eylau and made some decent progress and attacked the right flank on the Austrians going on the offensive at Wagram
Napoléon has won 56 battles, but generals under his orders like Ney Murat Masséna Kléber are very well classed as well, it shows juste how much strong his empire was
The main factor that led to napoléons great empire was that he believed in meritocracy instead of family relations getting you into a powerful position. He recognised talent in people, and promoted them instead of other nations at the time which only went on familial relations and not true talent.
@@tfw8738 i worship napoleon, but to say he promoted on merits while he made all his brothers, sisters and brothers-in-law kings, viceroys, marquees and sent them to govern places they never heard of, let alone know something about them, that seems a bit much don't you think? :D
@@gorgimiksa Not totally true. Most of the time he promoted his fellow companions who are trusted the must and members of his famlily who, even then, without being from the country they ruled, weren't as dumb as people like Olivier Véran or Sibeth Ndiaye (I'm from France).
Edit : I corrected a mistake.
@@gorgimiksa napoleon's siblings were in charge of kingdom but they had nothing to do with military. Only empire marechals were the one in charge with Napoleon's himself
@@gorgimiksa he put merit based promotion into french law but you’re right there’s an obvious irony/hypocrisy in making his siblings kings but he would have thought he needed people he could trust working in the vassal areas of his empire. Most of all he made his brothers kings as he wanted some allies.Napoleon had no allies among the throne inheriting monarchs of Europe who despised his merit based rise.
Should be noted that Alexander the Great is probably _the_ figure revered most by generals throughout history, from Julius Caesar and Pompey Magnus (who named himself Magnus (“the Great”) in imitation of Alexander), to Napoleon who only invaded Egypt because Alexander had done so. He’s one of the very few who can claim to have never lost a single battle, he helped his father conquer much of southern Greece then conquered all of Persia by 32, and had his army not forced him to turn back he would have continued moving east through India.
Also, come on, Genghis Khan should be on here too, he transformed the Mongols into an army that went on to conquer much of Eurasia, in lightning speed thanks to their skill with bows and horses.
Pretty sure napoleon invaded Egypt to get to india
Pompey didn’t actually name himself ‘Magnus’, it was bestowed upon him by Sulla however it was a nod toward Pompey’s boyhood hero, Alexander the Great
Fun fact: Pompey’s enemies also gave him the sobriquet of ‘adulescentulus carnifex’ meaning ‘the teenage butcher’ as a result of his sheer ruthlessness in battle.
@@gunter6377 quite sure that there's a better route to India than marching throug a country that isn't even in the direction of India
@@gunter6377 bruh thats not true at all fym
You right this list is stupid asf, but Napoleon is number 1, he faces much harder opposition without the advantages Alexander had like 18’ spears that made the phalanx almost unbreakable
In fact, Admiral Yi sun sin fought 23 times and won 23 times
Missing from this top was General José de San Martin, he literally liberated all of South America from the Spanish empire by winning 18 battles.
This was made by someone who hasnt read a single history book in his life...the fact that San Martín wasnt there is just baffling...
@@YOSOYLADISCO lmao San Martin did not liberate all of south america, delusional
the falklands are british
@@AngelSGG tha fa'lands a' bri'sh
"liberated"
When Napoleon was exiled for the second time, Marshal Ney was arrested and put on trial for treason. In his trial, his lawyer said that he was now Prussian and could not be tried for treason because Ney's hometown Sarrelouis had been annexed by Prussia in the Treaty of Paris. Ney ruined his lawyer's effort by interrupting him and saying "I am French and I will remain French." He was executed by firing squad in Paris. But he refused to wear a blindfold and was allowed the right to give the order to fire, reportedly saying "Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!"
great man
@@waruiseishin953 he was a man of culture and loyalty😌
Wow! Sir a movie should be made of his gallantry and loyalty to France..
@@conradmanove8749 yes it should be!
The bravest of the brave.
Napoleon was just something else entirely. Even his generals are on this list.
Leonardo Datore google yi sun shin, him hannibal and alexander are the best in my book
@The School of Everything Gengis khan is the beastt
Marshall Davout his best Marshall by himself is a legend :
- Anihilated the main Prussian army by himself outnumbered 3 to 1.
- Never beaten
- Even when the coalition was winning at the end, Davout held all of Germany and the allies were unable to beat him.
- After the abdication of Napoléon, Davout placed his troop on the Loire river, when the allies learned the French were commanded by Davout the got scared and didn't cross the river.
And just imagine Napoléon was on top of this man, a military genius that will be remembered even in 3000 years just like Alexander.
Suvorov kicked all his generals.
@@tonyhawk94 Devout kicked by Russian Army in Krasnoi. Lost 6 times more men than Russians.
Jose De San Martin is missing from the video, who won 18 battles and lost none, which would put him first in the section of 18 victories in 12th place in the top🇦🇷
Mate, what about genghis khan
"If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.”
And Hercules envied Jhonny sins, and that man DID exist.
Alexander envied/looked up to Cyrus
@@jordanplays-transitandgame1690no he didnt. He just respected him But it was no where near as having a barbarian as his idol. His idol was achilles
- Bertrand Russell
Barbarian? @@Thomas.Nikolaidis10
Hitler: Ima reconquer france because why not.
Napoleon: *HOLD MY BAGUETTE*
And then France surrenders in 1940
@@pucior4445 because of Pétain who was rulling France and who thought it would be a good idea
DudaThePlayer maybe cause english abandoned us
Aegon Targaryen pffft.
Aegon Targaryen English had a couple thousand men there.
This was rather satisfying on 2x speed.
Khaled ibn al-waleed is number 1 i cant imagine in 600ad he would won 28 battles and all of his tactics and strategies are written in all the books right now!
"I die as a camel dies. I die in bed, in shame. May the eyes of cowards never find rest in sleep!"
- Khalid Ibn Al-Walid
Allah bless him biggest leader
SubhanAllah brother
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Khalid ibn al-Walid and Alexander the great because they had 0 losses.
28-0 and 22-0 respectively.
They have still non played matches😅
@@asomebody3448 Khalid was 100 plus-0 actually, so he was arguably better. Nevertheless you admitted he was one of the greatest, which some people try to deny, so respect!
alexandar beat pouras also capture pakistan .. .. he wants to go beyond .. capture india n arab land but his troops dont support him ..
khalid ibn walid was clever he out numbered through small battles