Hi, just wondering here who you consider the greatest General of WW1 and the wars afterwards to about 1923? The criteria i am looking for is their impact on the war, how well they performed given the conditions they were in and general bad assery.
Here is my few:
1. Ataturk: He with his troops helped push back the Entente at Gallipoli, was a decent commander in the Levant and done well in Eastern Anatolia, considering the state of the Ottoman Empire at the time. Also his leadership during the Turkish War of Independence, where he drove out the Greeks, French and the other powers in Anatolia.
2. Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck: Lead the greatest guerilla warfare ever. Cut off from supplies, he evaded the enemy in Africa for 4 years and was undefeated while raiding for supplies.
3. Brusilov: Lead a great offensive that practically broke the back of the Austro-Hungarian army.
So whats yours?