Great men

Who was the greatest man in history or someone you admire, post your choice with the reason why.

Pic related is mine, one of the greatest naval commanders but also had a unique style and was by all accounts highly charismatic.

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This guy literally thought he WAS Nelson back from the dead.

Though he even kind of threw shade at Nelson (and himself) with his "I compare to Nelson, but not Yi Sun Sin, because he has no equal" line.

Nelson was the man, no arguments here.

Pic related for me, the only and best exception to the rule that 'absolute power corrupts absolutely'

Never heard of him and I'm a big Japanese history guy, looks like he engineered the Russo-Japanese war victory, sounds fucking legit to me.

Napoleon of course, the man who changed the course of history through his sheer might

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Corneliu Codreanu, great fascist leader that fought to preserve Orthodox christian Romania.

Hey, French bro. This is Napoleon's baddest-ass cavalry general in case you hadn't heard of him.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Charles_Louis_de_Lasalle
I considered learning French just to read the two books that were written about him (only published in French).

>be nelson
>try to prevent the franco spanish fleet from going through the blokade
>fail
>get killed

overrated

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