Armchair General is the INTERACTIVE history magazine where YOU COMMAND and decide the course of action! While there is an element of truth in some cases, especially General Phull (who couldn't be bothered to learn Russian despite living there for five years before the 1812 invasion, as the language at the court was French anyway), the somewhat xenophobic Leo Tolstoy does tend to tar all "Germans" (some of whom were actually from the Baltic provinces of Russia) with the same brush, even maligning some of those who made the sensible suggestion that the Russian army should retreat in front of Napoleon's until the latter was reduced through lack of supplies, sicknesses etc. This means Drankam becomes filled with Boisterous Weakling and Leeroy Jenkins young hunters, and since nobody is punishing Katsuya’s poor command, their Red Shirt Army dying in droves just settles Katsuya with more and more Survivor Guilt until it nearly breaks him, making Katsuya vulnerable to Sheryl’s Honey Trap ultimately (indirectly) causing his undoing. Desolas Arterius at one point bitterly mutters that Last Stands always look admirable to those who don't have to carry them out.

His plans made sense on paper, but his major flaw was his inability to change them, leading to him sticking to his plans long after the situation on the ground made them impossible. It is possible, of course, to argue that his decision to limit the scope of his alternate outcomes was a bad one. Rebuild World: The company of Private Military Contractors known as Drankam is rife with Right Hand Versus Left Hand infighting between two factions: Young hunters backed by the civilian bureaucrats, and the old guard veterans. Explore eight key moments of the war with real contemporaneous intelligence: Britain's Darkest Hour, 1940; the War in North Africa; Stalin's War on the Eastern Front; the Pacific Battle of Midway; the Dresden Bomber Offensive; Casablanca; Arnhem and Operation Market Garden; the Bomb and Hiroshima. He considers Chief Hanlon of the NCR Rangers to be a political rival and so does the exact opposite of whatever Hanlon suggests, even though it was Hanlon's strategy that won the First Battle for Hoover Dam.Despite being a figure of authority in military tactics, Tavi notes that Arnos doesn't see the soldiers he's commanding as "real", having only seen battles through strategy meetings or high above the air in an air carriage.

Promotions can only be earned based on field merits, meaning meaning every T'au military instructor and advisor has spent literally half their life on the front lines in a variety of battlesuits and roles; any given Coalition's Fire-caste representative knows exactly what they're signing the men up for. This trope is actually spoofed more than anything else as you do fight them and they are a little stronger than the soldiers.It would be interesting to assess Hitler’s decisions (as well as his Italian and Japanese counterparts) and see how well they hold up based on what he actually knew, but it would be incredibly controversial.

When Father Elijah was Elder of the local Brotherhood of Steel chapter, he was every bit this; he insisted on trying to hold HELIOS One against the NCR despite the fact that they were outnumbered and dying in droves, and the only reason they survived at all was because they pulled a coup and removed him from leadership. In fact, he ends up as commander of the Human Expeditionary Army, although this is because only the U. Offscreen in Remembrance of the Fallen, Tiana Lanstar overheard some random civilian saying he could've come out of the situation her brother died in against the Orion Syndicate with his skin intact. In later books, it comes out that before he served in the Puzzle Palace, he commanded a riverine unit in The Vietnam War.

However Ramius also lampshades the trope when he learns what book Jack wrote and tells Ryan that his conclusions were all wrong. the brass from Taki's country are particularly obstructive and serve as a contrast to the type of frontline leader Taki is. Army: Tomohiko and all his other civilian buddies, barking about how Japan has to avenge itself, how Shintaro needs to become a soldier, etc. On top of that, Oliver is so intent on a second, climactic battle at the dam itself that he seems blind to Legion raids taking place anywhere else. He actually does have combat experience in his past, and he's the one trying to prevent a dubious war.

He is the author of several books on the First World War including The Great Retreat of 1914: From Mons to the Marne, Stemming the Tide: Officers and Leadership in the British Expeditionary Force 1914 and The Darkest Year: The British Army on the Western Front 1917.

The second time he tries to have two agents executed for conflicted charges based on second-hand accounts of an event he was not present at, and then casually remarked about his "brilliant" plan to have agents walk out of the Dino Attack Headquarters very slowly towards the mutant dinosaurs.