Originally Posted by RFOWELL

FEW HISTORIANS HAVE POINTED OUT HIS MISTAKES. OVERRATED? MOST LIKELY JUST THE WRONG MAN FOR THE JOB. APPOINTED TO COMMAND THE LAND FORCES ON D-DAY BY EISENHOWER FOR POLITICAL REASONS, HE WAS NOT AS AGGRESIVE AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. TOO CAUTIOUS, ALWAYS WANTING TO HAVE A 3 TO 1 ADVANTAGE COST THE ALLIES TIME AND LIVES. MONTGOMERY BELEIVED IN BROAD FRONT ADVANCES. PATTON BELIEVED IN NEVER GIVING THE ENEMY TIME TO REGROUP AND ORGANIZE DEFENSES. PATTON NEVER SLOWED DOWN IF HE HAD THE MATERIAL AND MANPOWER, WHICH HE WAS OFTEN SHORT OF. HE ADVANCED EVEN WHEN HIS FUEL AND AMMO HAD BEEN DIVERTED TO SUPPORT MARKET GARDEN, MONTGOMERY'S BIGGEST AND MOST COSTLY BLUNDER. PATTON HAD TO USE CAPTURED FUEL SUPPLIES AND WEAPONS THAT OMAR BRADLEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. WHEN TOLD TO HOLD HIS POSITION PATTON ATTACKED ANYWAY. WHEN ASKED, HE CALLED THESE ADVANCES "SCOUTING IN FORCE".

COMPARED TO PATTON, MONTGOMERY COMES IN A CLEAR AND RESOUNDING 2'ND PLACE.