True.
However, if one wanted they could spend a life time chronicling the BLUNDERS of the BRITISH military during WWII.
Hell, the outright IDIOCY and arrogance of 'Monty' alone (from Africa onward) extended the war at least a year.
As an example I offer three words: Operation Market Garden.
To add to your argument about the incompetence of Monty, I have but one word:
CAEN
However, since I was a boy, I have always admired the Brits for holding on and taking the punches without folding. The french on the other hand have always earned my disdain.