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Quite right: the truth is, after Dunkirk Great Britain was in the market for a popular hero, and in Montgomery they found one. His victory in North Africa was indeed against a tactical superior but much weakened and understrength enemy. Monty would soon prove to be anything but an able army commander: failure in Normandy ( it is widely accepted that the failure of taking Caen in those first days after D-Day resulted in the semi-static warfare in the Odon valley ) and grotesque failure in Arnhem. Monty should never have risen to anything above corps command. His ego and arrogance were his own biggest enemies. His actions towards General Sosabowski in the aftermath of Market Garden only show that here was a little, egotistical, mediocre general who would have pushed his own mother down the stairs if it would have gained him glory. If you want to talk about greatness in every sense, talk about Field Marshal Alexander...

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