[quote=@Foster] 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. [/quote] Inevitably each of their strategies proved to be inferior in the end, as both the Khan's and Rommel's overall missions failed, seeing as the Mongolians fell to a power-hungry feud, and Rommel ultimately failed his duty in both Normandy and Africa. Tactics might be a better way to put it. Undoubtedly, the Khan ran into a lot of logistics issues, but he still managed to form the largest land empire. His early military campaigns relied a lot on Chinese cavalry, catapults and siege-based warfare, which wasn't always the perfect method of battle for certain terrain. Best example of this would probably be seen in the Mongol's terror within Eastern Iran. At Urgench the city was built along a river with a marshy terrain that had a lack of rocks to use for these catapults which sort of put the Khan at a stalemate. Even with this, he still managed to conquer Urgench, but with much higher casualties than usual. As for Rommel, I would agree his tactics out weighed that of his military strategy, even if it was long term. That being said, Rommel really didn't always have a problem with a lack of supplies or units under his control. In my opinion, Rommel's prime lasted until early 1943, where the rapid fall of Nazi Germany began.