Interesting. Thanks for the link.
Just when I think maybe I’m being to hard on Monty, I read something like this regarding the council of generals at Verdun (sans Monty): “Monty would not deign to travel to meet with lower ranks than his own.”
I can’t believe that guy.
Somewhere during the Bulge, doesn’t Monty start nagging Ike again about becoming the overall commander on the Western Front?
Monty, and the British, did a decent job of keeping pressure on the German northern flank and preventing disaster. Hodges, or Bradley, may not have been up to the task. Monty had ego problems, but he was just a good enough general to do what was needed.
We were lucky to allies like Great Britain and men like Monty on our side.