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Military History Quiz About Generals

You a wargamer? A military history buff? Meet the real deals! Military generals! Take my military general quiz! This military quiz tests your knowledge of famous US generals in American history . It includes some of the best strategic thinkers and tactical geniuses of all time. Take my famous general quiz and then challenge your friends! You don't have to have graduated from West Point to do well on it. It's actually pretty easy. While you might not get 100% on it, I bet you'll get more than half correct. Many of you will probably get 80-90%. But I'm guessing that even students of military history will not get all ten correct. We'll see. Have at it. And have fun! When you're finished with the military general quiz, hope you'll take the poll at the bottom of the page and leave a comment. Thank you for taking my quiz!

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General Quiz

How Much General Knowledge Do You Possess?

This quiz will test your "general" knowledge. Take the quiz and then challenge a friend who considers himself or herself a military expert! Good Luck!

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Best War Game Every From Norm Koger

THE Best Computer War Game For Would-Be Generals

Norm Koger's Operational Art of War III is the best war game...a classic among war gamers. Re-fight classic battles of World War I and World War II up through the most recent wars in the Middle East from the point of view of the generals who executed them. Over 200 highly realistic scenarios to choose from, you can play against friends in person or by email, or against an extremely able AI (artificial intelligence...Your COMPUTER!). If you have an interest in history and in the operational aspects (from a supreme commander's perspective) of war, you will enjoy the heck out of this amazingly realistic game!

If you loved the classic Avalon Hill board games from the 1960's and 1970's, you will love what war game designer par excellence Norm Koger has done to the concept, taking it not to the next level, but a dozen levels beyond. No more odds calculations; no more arguing with your opponent over the precise meaning of rules. Just pop the disk into your drive...and TAKE COMMAND!

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Gen Eisenhower

Engineer Of Nazi Germany's Defeat

One of the best strategic thinkers and military logisticians of WWII was Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower. In 1741, Hans Nicholas Eisenhauer emigrated from what was then Karlsbrunn (now Saarland), Germany, to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ironically, 203 later, his great grandson Dwight David Eisenhower would engineer the defeat of Germany in a war which would touch virtually every country on Earth. Dwight Eisenhower graduated as a 2nd Lt. from West Point Military Academy in 1915. Although he never personally saw combat, his executive ability caught the eye of his superiors and he rose throught the ranks, eventually becoming the Supreme Commander of Allied forces for the Normandy invasion in World War II. A brilliant logistician, he planned and executed the invasion to retake Europe from the Nazis, and went on to become the 34th President of the United States, taking office in 1953. Read more about this renowned general/politician in these fine books and other DDE products from Amazon.com.
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Gen Patton

Brilliant Battlefield Tank Commander

Renowned tactician Gen. George S. "Ol Blood and Guts" Patton attended Virginia Military Institute for one year before transferring to West Point from which he graduated in 1909. As a junior officer, he served as a cavalry officer under Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing and in 1916 chased Pancho Villa during the cross-border skirmishes known as the "Punitive Expedition." Using three armored cars, he led the first "armored assault" in history against the Mexican bandits. When the US entered WWI, he served as an aide to General Pershing and after requesting combat duty was assigned to the newly formed United States Tank Corps. In 1918, he was wounded while leading a tank attack in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, and awarded the Distinguised Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, the Purple Heart, and was given a battlefied promotion to full Colonel. Patton was a brilliant battlefied commander and rose quickly through the ranks when the US entered WWII. In 1944, he took command of the US Third Army. It was the Third Army under Patton that rescued the beleagured "Battling Bastards of Bastogne" in the storied "Battle of the Bulge." This brilliant military leader died not in battle, but as the result of a jeep accident in Mannheim, Germany, shortly after the war's end. The excellent movie, "Patton," featuring a brilliant performan by George C. Scott is available from Amazon.com.
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Gen Lee

Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia, the son of Revolutionary War hero and Virginia Governor Henry "light Horse Harry" Lee. Robert attended West Point Military Academy, graduated second in his class and served honorably in the US Army for 32 years. As civil war loomed, Lee was torn between his love for the United States and his loyalty to his home state of Virginia. Despite his opposition to secession by Virginia, he turned down an offer by President Abraham Lincoln to take command of the entire Union Army, and when Virginia seceeded from the Union in 1861, he opted to follow his home state. In war, "tactics" is defined as maneuvering forces on a particular battlefield in order to win that battle. "Strategy" is the overall plan employed to win the war. Robert E. Lee was a brilliant tactician, as demonstrated by his success in numerous battles, e.g., Battle of Fredericksburg (1862), Battle of Chancellorsville (1863), Battle of the Wilderness (1864) and the Second Battle of Bull Run. His decision to invade the North, and in particular his disastrous defeat at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the beginning of the end for Lee and his Confederate Army, and despite inflicting heavy losses on the pursuing Union forces, his Confederates were eventually encircled and defeated. On April 9th, 1865, Lee surrendered to Union commander, Gen. Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
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Avalon Hill Military Themed Games on eBay

Collectible War Games

Did you grow up in the 1960's and 1970's playing the historically based Avalon Hill board games? Gettysburg...Afrika Korps...Battle of the Bulge. Of course, AH produced other generic war games as well which, though not historically based, allowed you to assume command of the armed forces of opposing countries; games like Tactics II (was there ever a Tactics I?) and Blitzkrieg.

Bid on collectible Avalon Hill games at eBay. Introduce your kids and grandkids to the board games which kept you and your friends enjoyable occupied for hours...and sometimes even days...when you were their age!
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Care To Comment On This General Knowlege Quiz?

I'd love to hear what you have to say!

  • TitusFlaviusVespasianus Mar 18, 2012 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    Julius Caesar! It's a shame that military history so often corresponds to being either American History or WWII.
  • WilliamPower Mar 9, 2012 @ 12:31 am | delete
    I like Patton!
  • TheLifestyleChanger Mar 7, 2012 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    Thank you for a good quiz and informative lens.
  • senditondown Jan 24, 2012 @ 11:43 pm | delete
    Good info, challenging quiz. Very nice lens.
  • rauspitz Dec 7, 2011 @ 9:53 pm | delete
    Norman Schwartzopf should be included otherwise it was a great lens.
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