Conquer Club

Despite several determined German attacks, the perimeter held. The German commander, Generalleutnant Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz,[10] requested Bastogne's surrender.[11] When General Anthony McAuliffe, now acting commander of the 101st, was told, a frustrated McAuliffe responded, "Nuts!" After turning to other pressing issues, his staff reminded him that they should reply to the German demand. One officer (Harry W. O. Kinnard, then a Lieutenant Colonel) recommended that McAuliffe's initial reply should be "tough to beat". Thus McAuliffe wrote on the paper delivered to the Germans: "NUTS!" That reply had to be explained, both to the Germans and to non-American Allies.

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AAFitz wrote:I hate to say it, but Hitler really was. He did what should not have been possible to do. It is not out of respect I say it, but foreboding. People should not be allowed to gain such power. We have seen it time and again, and are certainly intelligent enough to realize its possible, yet we let it happen time and time again.

We really can do better. I dont even think it would be that hard.

ljex wrote:

AAFitz wrote:I hate to say it, but Hitler really was. He did what should not have been possible to do. It is not out of respect I say it, but foreboding. People should not be allowed to gain such power. We have seen it time and again, and are certainly intelligent enough to realize its possible, yet we let it happen time and time again.

We really can do better. I dont even think it would be that hard.

If it were greatest leader i would have to agree with you. However to say he was the biggest badass in my opinion is not true, and should go to someone else. Hitler never really did anything himself but rather had other people do his bidding.

Erwin Rommel - Once took something like 4 french bunkers with his Bayonet after he ran out of ammo

AAFitz wrote:

ljex wrote:

AAFitz wrote:I hate to say it, but Hitler really was. He did what should not have been possible to do. It is not out of respect I say it, but foreboding. People should not be allowed to gain such power. We have seen it time and again, and are certainly intelligent enough to realize its possible, yet we let it happen time and time again.

We really can do better. I dont even think it would be that hard.

If it were greatest leader i would have to agree with you. However to say he was the biggest badass in my opinion is not true, and should go to someone else. Hitler never really did anything himself but rather had other people do his bidding.

Erwin Rommel - Once took something like 4 french bunkers with his Bayonet after he ran out of ammo

True, but Rommel did so with purpose, and honor. Hitler however was the only reason he ever got the chance, and realistically, he should never have had the chance. He made other humans do the unthinkable, and unite in doing so. He attacked nearly the entire world, and while he was completely unsuccessful, he was more successful than he should ever have been in the first place.

Phatscotty wrote:General Sherman

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muy_thaiguy wrote:Teddy Roosevelt

Tubman had made the perilous trip to slave country 19 times by 1860, including one especially challenging journey in which she rescued her 70-year-old parents. Of the famed heroine, who became known as "Moses," Frederick Douglass said, "Excepting John Brown -- of sacred memory -- I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than [Harriet Tubman]."
And John Brown, who conferred with "General Tubman" about his plans to raid Harpers Ferry, once said that she was "one of the bravest persons on this continent."

Becoming friends with the leading abolitionists of the day, Tubman took part in antislavery meetings. On the way to such a meeting in Boston in 1860, in an incident in Troy, New York, she helped a fugitive slave who had been captured.

During the Civil War Harriet Tubman worked for the Union as a cook, a nurse, and even a spy. After the war she settled in Auburn, New York, where she would spend the rest of her long life. She died in 1913.

ViperOverLord wrote:Dub-Ya!

Millions of haters hated on him. But at the end of the day they all sucked his nuts! They'll suck his nuts for years to come!

ljex wrote:Erwin Rommel - Once took something like 4 french bunkers with his Bayonet