Gen Jackson & R.E. Lee together at Gettysburg,the Civil War would have ended quite possibly different.
Gen Douglas McAuthur has my vote
Also the way he changed Japan after the war
“Gen Douglas McAuthur has my vote”
I don’t think you read the title of the thread correctly, this is about the BEST generals in history, not the WORST.
MacArthur:
Lost half his Air Force on the first day of the war.
Failed to follow a well thought out pre-war plan
Failed to move critical supplies to Bataan and Corregidor
Consequently his army held out about half the time it was capable of had it been properly supplied.
Later in the war he had horrible relations with his fellow theater commander, Chester Nimitz, and pretty much the whole Navy which harmed his efforts against the Japanese.
Ten years later he was at it again, getting caught napping by the North Koreans. He nearly got thrown out of Korea, staged a comeback but then wasted it by getting caught napping AGAIN, this time by the Red Chinese. Then nearly lost a whole corps to the Reds by letting it get over extended before a Marine General saved them.
To top it off he got himself fired by the President for insubordination.