User blog comment:Meganoide/Comparison between Whitebeard's and Shanks' crew/@comment-1211470-20100921100242

Don't forget that while whitebeard has a massive number of red shirts (as seen when shanks uses Haki to render them unconscious) His real power house is his division commanders who have astounding power. He the strongest man in the world with his 14 commanders who are all from Admiral level (Marco/Jozu) to Shichibukai Strength (Vista) down to Vice Admiral strength (Speed Jiru/Namur) so really it's not even a close comparison. Whitebeard was the most powerful man in the world with the most powerful crew and the closest of any pirate in the world to the title of Pirate King. I think you all read into this too closely, Shanks ends the war as two Yonkou crews in one place is something that the Marines can't fight, if Big Momma or Kaidou had shown up they'd of ended it all the same.

P.s. Anonymous User, Blackbeard 10 on one'd a severely weakened Whitebeard as he had something he wanted and Mihawks only agreed to fight Whitebeard he did not agree to fight Shanks whom he seems to be pally with.