[quote=@Sabotage] Genghis Khan and Erwin Rommel for their brilliant military strategy. [/quote] Tactics, not so much strategic since both ran into huge logistics issues. MacArthur, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BS-IwaQmr4]because the logistics of getting the 32nd Infantry Division into and across New Guinea[/url], and the later Inchon landings/Pusan-Perimeter where pretty epic. -Cons: Tended to disobey the president's direct-orders, a lot. George C. Marshal 7 words: GI bill, Marshall Plan, and Berlin Airlift. -Cons: Pearl Harbor [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpSQ1CCLu0k]Would you like to learn more?[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJC5Q9b7TXE]Put your hand on that wall.[/url] tl;dr: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna%E2%80%93Gona#Allied_casualty_rate_exceeds_Guadalcanal]110% combat-casualties and 654 days on the line without relief[/url]. MacArthur: Trading US-divisions for time he didn't have.