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Originally Posted by zraver
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.
A strange argument. Should the coalition forces have gone to Iraq ill equipped and outnumbered?
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.
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Let me correct you. He won the North Africa campaign. Clearly this is not enough to satisfy everyone. The old dictum about 'gittin' there fustest with the mostest' still holds good, even though it was not a Brit who coined it.
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