11. Marshal Rommel
German Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of Army Group B. Famed against North Africa, he led the Afrika Korps to fight several times the Allied forces, and achieved a dazzling victory, known as the "Fox of the Desert", after capturing the British North Fortress Tubrug, he was promoted to the rank of field marshal. After his defeat at the Battle of El Alamein, he was recalled to Europe as commander-in-chief of Army Group B, leading his troops to fight the American and British forces on the Western Front. Marshal Rommel was good at rapid maneuvering with armored tank units, breaking through the opposing line and penetrating deeply, the only flaw was that he did not show his due talent in the operation of the large corps, but he was still a fairly good military commander.
10. Guderian First Class General
General of the First Class of the German Army, Director of the German Panzer Corps. General Guderian was praised by the Western military circles as "the father of tank armored troops" and "blitzkrieg hero", and achieved brilliant achievements in military affairs. He pioneered the operation of armored groups and became the object of emulation by the armies of various countries, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in the war against Poland, France, and the Soviet Union.
9. Marshal Vasilevsky
Marshal of the Soviet Union, chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, was twice awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and was awarded 8 Medals of Lenin. During his tenure as Chief of the General Staff, he presided over the formulation of a series of major campaign plans, organized the Voronezh Front and the Steppe Front to fight together at the Battle of Kursk, and in the autumn of the same year, led the formulation and organization of the campaign plan for the liberation of Donbass by the Southern and Southwestern Fronts and the attack of the 4th Ukrainian Front on the Northern Tavriya region. In February 1945, in the Battle of East Prussia, he was appointed commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, leading his troops to annihilate the German East Prussian Group. After The surrender of Germany, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army in the Far East, readjusted the deployment of the Soviet Army in the Far East, and successfully organized the implementation of a strategic offensive campaign to eliminate the Japanese Kwantung Army.
7. Marshal Konev
Marshal of the USSR, Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Ukrainian Front, twice honoured with the title of Hero of the SOVIET Union and 7 medals of the Order of Lenin. Marshal Konev took command of the Battle of Kalinin, the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of Berlin, the Battle of Prague, and the attack on Berlin alongside Marshal Zhukov. Marshal Konev was good at commanding large corps of offensive operations, and many of the imposing and overwhelming large-scale offensive battles he commanded in World War II left a glorious record in the history of war. He was a good commander trained in the war.
6. Marshal Rokossovsky
Marshal of the USSR, Commander-in-Chief of the Belorussian Front, twice honoured with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 7 Medals of Lenin and the rank of Marshal of Poland. Marshal Rokossovsky participated in the Battle of Smolensk, the Battles of Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk, as well as the battles of Belarus, East Prussia, East Pomerania and Berlin, and showed excellent command and command skills. He was good at applying various military principles, abandoning the old stereotypes in combat, and engaging frontal assault and roundabout encirclement tactics without gaps. A phrase that often circulated in the Soviet army was: "In the face of difficult battles, Stalin first thought of Zhukov, and Zhukov thought of Rokossovsky first." It was also true that in almost every battle, Rokossovsky's front was always the first to break through the enemy's lines. In addition to Zhukov, Marshal Rokossovsky was the best military commander of the Soviet Union.
5. Marshal Catherine
Luftwaffe Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army on the Southern and Western Fronts. Marshal Catherine was commander of the 1st Air Force and attacked Poland at the beginning of World War II, and soon became the commander of the 2nd Air Force, moving to Belgium, France, and Great Britain, and in July 1040, he was promoted to the rank of marshal because of his outstanding military achievements. When the Soviet-German War broke out, he led the 2nd Air Force to participate in the blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union, providing strong support for the operation of the Middle Road Army Group. Soon promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the German Southern Front, it is extremely rare for an Air Marshal to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Front, organizing defenses in Italy and successfully stopping the Allied offensive for a year, which directly led to the Allied forces having to choose to land from Normandy. The Anti-Landing Battle of Anzio and the Defensive Battle of Gustav are its classics. After the war, his opponent in Italy, Marshal Alexander, wrote a special letter asking Neuenburg not to judge him, and an air marshal could get the respect of the enemy field marshal, and did not dare to say it, at least unprecedented, let us always remember this excellent commander who was proficient in both the army and the air force.
4. Admiral Nimitz five stars
Five-star admiral of the U.S. Navy and commander-in-chief of the Central Pacific Theater. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he served as the commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet, reversed morale in the face of adversity, commanded the Famous Battles in the history of naval warfare such as the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, the Gilbert Landing, and the Battle of the Philippines, and achieved sea supremacy and achieved the maritime hegemony that the United States continues to this day. General Nimitz was proficient in naval warfare, tactically varied, mild-mannered, and adept at employing people, and he unearthed a large number of outstanding admirals, and it is no exaggeration to call them the best naval commanders in history.
3. Marshal Manstein
Field Marshal of the German Army, Commander-in-Chief of Army Group South. Formulating and directing the "White Plan" to invade Poland, he personally proposed the "Manstein Plan" to blitz France, completing the most bizarre surprise attack in history. When the Soviet-German War broke out, he led the 56th Panzer Army as the vanguard of the Northern Army Group, and then transferred to the commander of the 11th Army Group, turned to the Crimean Peninsula, captured the fortress of Sevastopol, captured more than 430,000 Soviet troops in the two wars, was immediately promoted to the rank of marshal, served as the commander of the Don River Army Group, and soon became the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army Group, almost by personal strength in the Eastern Front against the Soviet Army, outstanding achievements, delayed the demise of Germany, and was later dismissed due to strategic inconsistencies with Hitler. Marshal Manstein was good at commanding large armoured armoured forces, tenacious, far-sighted, proficient in surprise attacks and strong attacks, and was recognized by Western military experts as the best commander of the German army.
2. Admiral Marshall Five Stars
Five-star general of the U.S. Army, Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Army***. In the history of world military, there are countless brave and good generals, but there is a general who has never led troops to fight, but he has been recognized by everyone, he is General Marshall. As the main planner and implementer of the Allied military strategy, he participated in every battle behind the scenes, before the Normandy landings, Roosevelt originally intended to make General Marshall the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, but was unanimously opposed by the military community, including the elder General Pershing also wrote to Roosevelt directly, for the simple reason that it was impossible to find someone better than General Marshall to preside over the overall situation. General Marshall was thoughtful, humble, strategically ambitious and effective, and rarely misjudged. President Roosevelt once said, "General Marshall is the greatest general in The history of the United States!" Perhaps this is also a sentence that all of us military enthusiasts want to say.
1. Marshal Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union, deputy supreme commander of the Soviet Army, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union four times and the Order of Lenin for the second time. He commanded the most tragic battles in history, such as the Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Leningrad, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of the Dnieper, and the Battle of Berlin, and won the final victory. Flowery rhetoric is always superfluous to Marshal Zhukov, the best military commander after Napoleon.