[indcons]

"Which resources were Alexander, Napoleon and Hitler after?"

Alexander was looking for the source of cotton, steel, and black pepper (India). Hitler was in the Caucasus mainly for the oil.

Great generals never fight a war for merely egostical reasons....history has some examples of exceptions but these military leaders have never been considered truly great.

[patton]

Hitler was not a great general. In fact, had it not been for how bad a general he was, the germans probably would have won.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"Alexander was looking for the source of cotton, steel, and black pepper (India). Hitler was in the Caucasus mainly for the oil."

I have to disagree, especially with the three named conquerers.

I believe Alexander conquered for the pleasure it brought him and the way it fed his ego.

Napoleon also played the game for his own purposes, not just to expand the economic base of France.

For Hitler, resources were necessary for his goal of world domination and the elimination of those he wanted dead, but conquest and war were spiritual in his sick mind.

Alexander got sick and died, Napoleon was defeated and died in captivity, Hitler tried to blow up the world and wound up eating his own gun. All of this was for more than treasure and resources.

Michael Frazier