Most Badass Soldiers Ever?

minidazzler

Well, was reading a piece on Lt. Col. Mad Jack Churchill, and I have to say I thought it was brilliant, really just an eccentric with an appetite for action.

Read it yourself, but I want to just put up some highlights.

He Was a British Commando who brought Bow, arrows and a Broadsword to war, in WWII!!! He actually used them, alot. He once said of it that "Any officer who doesn't wear his sword into combat is improperly dressed."

He took 42 German Soldiers POW with nothing but his sword and a Cpl. by his side. Of that he said "I maintain that, as long as you tell a German loudly and clearly what to do, if you are senior to him he will cry ‘jawohl’ and get on with it enthusiastically and efficiently whatever the … situation. That’s why they make such marvelous soldiers...”

He was just a General Ass kicker.

He was Taken POW by the Germans, decided he didn't like it, so escaped. They caught him again near the sea, he probably let them so they would'nt get in trouble, and then decided to leave again, before walking to Italy from Austria, traveling 150 miles!!!


Now that is one bad ass man all round. That is simply a small amount of what he did too.

Anyone have anymore stories on lads like him?

seanybiker

ha ha he sounds like a bit of a legend alright.

Ping Chow Chi

lol, how comes there has not been a film of this guy!?

BigDuffman

Most hardcore soldier out there has to be the SAS Warrior Paddy Mayne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blair_Mayne

http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/tv_guide/full_details/People/programme_3135.php

There's a documentary called SAS warriors on Youtube.

Chap is uber badass. Has a fondness for using his hands and combat knife to dispatch the Hun!

Leadership

Mine was always Audie Murphy a legend in war and piece

Brian.

How about David Stirling? He was training to climb the unexplored mount everest before ww2 and he was also the one who founded the sas........ and was resonsible for bringing the show seasame street to britain.........

Poccington

Audie Murphy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy

Chesty Puller - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller

Erwin Rommel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel

Charles De Gaulle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaule

Patton - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton


Those are some off the top of my head but as for the greatest? Well, that's the man next to you... Anyone after that doesn't really matter. However, if I was forced to pick who I thought was the greatest soldier ever... It would be my Platoon Sgt from training, He's one man outside of my family that I can honestly say I'd die for.