Posted on 04/30/2022 7:19:19 AM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020
In the darkest days of World War II, after three arduous years of fighting for their very survival, Britain and the allies finally began to turn the tide. As recorded in the archives of the International Churchill Society, upon the victory over German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at El Alamein, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was urged to “ring out the bells” to herald their victory in “The Battle of Egypt.”
Churchill demurred: “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
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It would be amusing, in a sad way, to hear Bidet quote this and try to explain it.
Actually I doubt the veep or most of the cabinet secretaries could explain it. Most probably know nothing about it.
This is the biggest bunch of losers since McNamara and the boys with LBJ.
Then again I am currently ficused on the cold war reading 3 books so I may be a tad focused on the 50s thru vietnam.
“Before Alemein we did not know a victory. After Alemein we did not know a defeat.”
Churchill
Actually, they knew both. The British won a big victory over the Italians in 1941 when they overran Ethiopia, Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. And they experienced a significant defeat in the Dodecanese Islands in 1943.
I guess he forgot about Market Garden (A bridge too far).
He always defended Monty
Because they had American Help—without it—the Brits would have lost the war—also Hitler fancied himself a General and made some stupid mistakes (Like invading USSR declaring war in the USA etc...).
Also Operation Market Garden in ‘44.
“I guess he forgot about Market Garden (A bridge too far)...” [libertylover, post 6]
After the remnants of the 1st British Airborne Division were evacuated from Arnhem, Field Marshal Montgomery insisted that 90 percent of Market Garden’s objectives were attained. His not-so-subtle implication was that it was thus in large measure a success. Not really surprising, given the size of his ego.
Market Garden did halt German use of many V-2 launch sites. But since the key objective was to establish an Allied bridgehead over the Rhine and all major bridges leading to Arnhem, the unavoidable conclusion was that the whole thing was a failure. Mixed results?
Reflecting on the operation after the war, the heir to the Dutch throne observed that his country could not stand another Market Garden.
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