"WalterM140" wrote in message
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Of course Montgomery's incidental connection to the Dieppe raid pales
when
compared to his other failures like not getting his D-Day onbjectives,
failing
to clear the approaches to Antwerp and Market-Garden.


Which pale beside his achievements. Montogomery like Patton
was a prima-donna, a pain in the arse and an excellent
field commander. Like all generals he made mistakes but
got things more right than wrong.

Keith


Montgomery has no -real- achievements.

His "victory" over the Afrika Korps at El Alamein came only after he had
overwhelming superiorty and the Germans ran out of gas.


Compare and contrast the battles of Alem Halfa and the
Kasserine Pass

snip




Also consider:

"The British had such superiority in weapons, both in quality and
quantity,
that they were able to force through any and every kind of operation...
For
the rest, the British based their planning on the principal of exact
calculation, a principal which can only be followed where there is
complete
material superiority. They actually undertook no -operations- but relied
simply
and solely on the effect of their artillery and air force."

--Erwin Rommel


Of course Rommel LOST - Twice.

Keith