Word: tactician
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...First's smart exploitation of its part of the battle was proof enough that Courtney Hodges was the versatile, complete tactician: he could stand and slug, or dash and slash...
Liberated France was a tactician's triumph but it was a supply officer's nightmare. Paris alone (and in spite of her surprisingly chic appearance-see FOREIGN NEWS) needed 3,000 tons of fuel at once, 3,000 tons of food every day. Mountains of other supplies had to be moved on & off the Normandy beaches for the armies. By last week the Allies were hot & heavy after more ports to carry the load...
...Heinz Guderian's career, there were a few clues. At 56, taking over the biggest command of his life, Guderian was judged by his enemies a sound tactician and dynamic leader. His personal courage and tactical aggressiveness were well established. A singleminded, painstaking planner, he was always willing to take a calculated risk. He had won some of Germany's most striking victories in World War II. But he was also a general who had lost his most important battle-at a high-water mark of Nazi conquest...
...Division: Major General Raymond O. Barton, 54, stocky, genial West Pointer, former professor of military science at Georgetown, rated a crack tactician...
...Navy on shore-in Navy yards or at the Naval War College. His most important seagoing job had been skipper of the battleship Mississippi. He ran a clean and happy ship-with no monkey-business. He had acquired a solid engineering background and a reputation as a tactician...