| Surely all the victories have to judged by the standards of the opposition they faced.
In the Manchurian case the Japanese had little experience of armoured warfare and were faced with the latest Stalin tanks. Even the Germans had problems cracking these open.
Montgomery was in the fortunate position for the first time of having access to substantial quality material against an experienced but underequipped force on the end of a tenuous supply chain with the commander on sick leave.
I suspect the previous sacked British commanders felt hard done by. They did what they could with the forces available.
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Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. Herman Goering
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