Rommel's Victors

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Rommel's Victors

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Post by von thoma » 04 Mar 2017, 19:44

Really, was Harold Alexander, or was Bernard Montgomery the victor of Erwin Rommel in North Africa ?
I have heard this controversy for many years...
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Post by Tom from Cornwall » 04 Mar 2017, 20:30

Surely it was Gunner Milligan!

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Post by David W » 05 Mar 2017, 09:09

Gunner Who? :wink:

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Post by Polar bear » 05 Mar 2017, 18:37

hi,

in the 2nd row of the "victors" stand the submariners and the fliers who, in July - October 1942, decimated Rommel's fuel supply coming across the Med.

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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 06 Mar 2017, 17:35

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan (La victoria trova cento padri, a nessuno vuole riconoscere l'insuccesso). G. Ciano.
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Post by Sheldrake » 06 Mar 2017, 20:28

How about Erwin Rommel who defeated himself by creating impossible expectations for the Afrika Corps until his bluff was called at El Alamein.

No one will know for certain whether Rommel could have broken the El Alamein line in August 1942 with a different 8th Army Commander, but the position was strong and had no open flanks for Rommel to exploit. The Rommel would probably lose a battle of attrition at the end of a long line of communications - as he did Op Crusader, against Cunningham and Ritchie.

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Post by MarkF617 » 08 Mar 2017, 17:03

Brooke should also be listed as a major contributor. He picked Monty as he believed him to be the best general he knew. He also picked Alexander to command over him with special instructions to let Monty do what he wanted. Where other generals were pressured into attacking too early with disasterous results, Alexander and Brooke took the political flak while Monty got on with sorting out 8th Army and beating Rommel.

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Post by beckyyy » 25 Apr 2017, 08:06

I also heard about it so much but did not know much about it.

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