[Phys-l] off-topic

["Rauber, Joel" <Joel.Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

> p.s. George was "actually" a rather bad general, at least initially
> -- "we" won the war because there were more French than Settlers at
> Yorktown.  He was, as John wrote, politically astute.  More
> recently,  the Soviets had, essentially, won the war before D-Day.


Having just read "1776", a great history read, if you like that sort of thing.

I think the above is correct for George as a Tactician.  But as noted was politically astute.  Which at a certain level of military command is more important than many tactical or even operational level military science.  I suspect similar comments could be made about Eisenhower, who unlike Washington enjoyed overwhelming material advantage.

Please excuse the unabashedly non-physics, hence off-topic, comment.  At least it is labeled as such for quick and easy deletion :-)

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