http://www.armchairgeneral.com/monty-world-war-iis-most-misunderstood-general.htm All things military history! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/monty-world-war-iis-most-misunderstood-general.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8650 Broad Front versus Narrow Front: Who was Right? - Page 3 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:15:46 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=2240#comment-8650 [...] Originally Posted by dalem Of course I can. And I do. I find his ability to build up and motivate an army to be first rate, and his ability to use it in the field to be abysmal. Well, you haven't given your evidence for this assertion at all, Dale. If it's just based on unrepentant critics like Martin Blumenson, or a fanboi like Nigel Hamilton, it's useless. A more balanced approach to this controversial figure is here: Armchair General Magazine - We Put YOU in Command! Monty: World War II’s Most Misunderstood Ge... [...] [...] Originally Posted by dalem Of course I can. And I do. I find his ability to build up and motivate an army to be first rate, and his ability to use it in the field to be abysmal. Well, you haven’t given your evidence for this assertion at all, Dale. If it’s just based on unrepentant critics like Martin Blumenson, or a fanboi like Nigel Hamilton, it’s useless. A more balanced approach to this controversial figure is here: Armchair General Magazine – We Put YOU in Command! Monty: World War II’s Most Misunderstood Ge… [...]

]]> http://www.armchairgeneral.com/monty-world-war-iis-most-misunderstood-general.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7980 mikel Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:53:30 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=2240#comment-7980 Montgomery demonstrated the insececurity of a short man at almost every opportunity .While choosing in Africa to build up a public persona , Rommel's legend is strictly accomplishment based .While seeking out ways to annoy superiors , he demanded unconditional obediance from subordinates .Eisenhower's task was far above anything a Montgomery could have accomplished because of his insecurities .He wasn't interested in getting the job done , but claiming the creadit for it was his aim as well as denying that credit to others .A small man in many ways , very similar to Patton and McCarthur . Average generals not in the catagory of a Rommel or a Zukov Montgomery demonstrated the insececurity of a short man at almost every opportunity .While choosing in Africa to build up a public persona , Rommel’s legend is strictly accomplishment based .While seeking out ways to annoy superiors , he demanded unconditional obediance from subordinates .Eisenhower’s task was far above anything a Montgomery could have accomplished because of his insecurities .He wasn’t interested in getting the job done , but claiming the creadit for it was his aim as well as denying that credit to others .A small man in many ways , very similar to Patton and McCarthur . Average generals not in the catagory of a Rommel or a Zukov

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