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Originally Posted by Draconion
Sir! Eversince I have read the book 'Montogomery' by Ronald Lewin I have been an ardent fan of Ol' Monty...care to ampilfy as to why you feel otherwise!
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Because he never ever beat an evenly matched opponent. His victories over DAK always occured at either the end of the DAK's logistical tether or when he had overwhelming superiority in men and materials. In Normandy he was bottled up but good with almost no chance o achieivng anything but creatign another lost generation.
His only real positive contributions to the war besides the morale boost he brought to the 8th Army was sucking the German army into the Falise Pocket and shoring up the flank of the Bulge in the Ardennes.