Posted on 05/25/2009 4:24:19 AM PDT by yankeedame
1—Yes they are.
2-Dresden’s history has become more myth than fact.
Monty’s achilles heel was his ego where he never admitted a plan worked, but worked less than 100% as all plans do. He would insist it was perfect, and that annoyed both British and US/Can commanders.
He was at fault over Arnhem certainly and questions have been asked over Antwerp.
Montgomery was neither a genius nor an incompetent fool. He was a good commander, but not a great one.
Alexander was the choice of many for NW Europe and the British/Canadian forces and perhaps he would have been a better choice.
Best British general of ww2?. Slim.
p.s nice to see a Yank who thinks Clark was a second rate commander. I have been saying that for years.
Goebbels asked the German people if they wanted "Total War". They responded "Ja!"
Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.
Again, please note that we gave the populace in the city ample warning that a bombing offensive was coming.
“We should have decimated every nook and cranny where the 9/11 terrorists hailed from following that day”.
So true and I think the same way. Had it been me, there would have been plenty of parking lots in the ME.
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