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Old 09-19-10, 05:38 PM   #15
TLAM Strike
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Originally Posted by jimbuna View Post
Montgomery's toughest time, especially after his success in North Africa...he took a lot of criticism for the failure.
He took some criticism for his operations in France (both times), Sicily, Italy and Belgium as well.

... well if you look at it that way North Africa was the only time he wasn't criticized.

While I do question some of his command decisions, I approve of his decisions on how to operated his units- he was a very practical and modern commander in an army still mentally stuck in the Victorian age.
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