You know, there is a lot of twitter bagging on bad (mostly ACW?) generals, like @janecoaston about McClellen or @DrRobThompson about <insert confederate general here>.
But I feel like there is not *nearly* enough bagging on Luigi Cadorna, Italian chief of staff (1914-17).
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And basically guaranteed the destruction of the Ottoman Empire by doing it. There was still an outside chance of an Ottoman rump state surviving, but then Enver decided to go out like Saruman Scourging the Shire. (some small part of me wonders if that influenced JRRT re TSotS)
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This shocked the conscience of the West at the time, even in comparison to ALL THE OTHER EVIL STUFF going on all over. No way the Sultan of Rum was going to stay in power after that.
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Though there is stiff competition, I think Cadorna would be my pick for the most incompetent general of WWI