The Japanese routinely killed prisoners, including by using them for bayonet practice. They also tried tying injured prisoners to trees etc so as...
It would be interesting to hear exactly how Rommel would have done any better. Facing a continuous layered defence, manouever was not an option,...
The Italian artillery was often effectively attacked by counter-battery fire from the 25pdrs. Italian gun info is very hard to come by. There was...
Who? Not the foxy Rommel, surely. I can't vote for him, it would be unpatriotic. Did'nt Lightning Joe do an excellent job somewhere around...
Land only. Russian: Chuikov (Stalingrad) American: Joe Collins British: Montgomery?O'Connor German: Kesselring Australian: ?????? hint - commander...
Why was Dugout Doug unpopular? Firstly, he wasted many lives by insisting on taking every island and backwater irrespective of value, rather than...
Yes, similar to Australian vets from the Pacific theater opinion of Dugout Doug. Thought the forum may be interested in an opinion of Rommel from...
Montgomery as a platoon commander, love it. Looks like we are going to agree to disagree about Bernard. Casualty figures for El Alamein, from...
Montgomery no doubt made enemies amongst the British, when he first took over in NA he sacked quite a few senior officers. At a guess, success...
Yes, Fryberg was a Kiwi, Churchill knew him from WW1 so hence the appointment. Brit trained, say no more. ------------------ sand digger
Crete ended up being a bit of a wasted effort but it was part of the German plan to envelop the Middle East and particularly to cut off British...
If you're going to defend Montgomery you have to have a thick skin and if we all agreed there would'nt be much discussion, eh. So, no problem....
If Montgomery was a glory hog, what were Mark Clark and Dougout Doug Macarthur? Patton obviously saw M as a rival for the credit he, P, thought...
Here's my list of three excellent and one dud book on the North African campaigns pre Torch. Tobruk and El Alamein - Barton Maughan El Alamein -...
Oh I agree that Rommel was a good tank tactician but that in itself was not sufficient. Rommel's big failing was his inability to maintain the...
Yankee, as you would be aware, there was an invasion in southern France post Normanby from Naples. But I can't imagine that any invasion could...
Sounds like more Rommel BS to me. The Dday invasion forces were assembled in England, so how were they supposed to get to Southern France in...
Rommel is over-rated, Montgomery rulz
Oh I agree, the 9th Div were the occupiers of Tobruk and also fought at El Alamein under Morshead. Unfortunately after that they returned to fight...
Thanks, R...R...Rommel, sorry I have difficulty with that name. The Aust. troops get a lot of credit for Tobruk 1941 but the real credit should go...
