| Did Eisenhower ever see Frontline action in his military career. I was under the impression that he had not?
It always seems to come down to arguing by nationality. Thing is that when Saving Private Ryan mentions Monty once 'I don't really rate him' it gets the Brits backs up.
Eisenhower was top dog at Overlord, but the next three, Ramsay, Monty and Lee-Mallory were all Brits. In the end we were all fighting for the freedom of Europe and every General/Field Marshall makes errors as well as brilliant flashed of genius. Look at MacArthur, by Korea he had well and truly lost the plot.
Revisionist history loves to knock its heros, Bomber Harris and Monty are the two on this side of the pond. Monty beat Rommel whatever the excuses giving us our first land victory, he had charisma and since GB had been at it since 1939 understandably felt a bit put out when Dwight was appointed above him.
Thing is Dwight, Monty, Patton, Bradley, Dempsey and the rest all combined to reach Berlin within a year of landing at Normandy. It was a team effort and a hell of one ayt that |