RE: Surrender of Australia in WITP
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:04 pm
Terminus many thanks. Explains why i've never heard of it
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ORIGINAL: Nikademus
Except that Dexter is the hero and Mandark is the arch-nemesis. Him and Dee Dee
It is an American cartoon, "Dexter's Laboratory", I think it's called. Mandark is probably the hero (Dexter's) archnemesisisisisis...
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Like I said earlier, Montgomery was fixated on Market-Garden at this time, which swallowed up ALL of British 2nd Army. It was HIS BIG MOMENT (tm), the time to vindicate his "One Thrust" strategy, and a piffling port on the Belgian coast wasn't going to take that away from him.
Montgomery wasn't stupid, but, like Churchill, Patton, McArthur, Rommel and MANY others, was desperate to look good in history.
ORIGINAL: pompack
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Like I said earlier, Montgomery was fixated on Market-Garden at this time, which swallowed up ALL of British 2nd Army. It was HIS BIG MOMENT (tm), the time to vindicate his "One Thrust" strategy, and a piffling port on the Belgian coast wasn't going to take that away from him.
Montgomery wasn't stupid, but, like Churchill, Patton, McArthur, Rommel and MANY others, was desperate to look good in history.
Monty wasn't stupid, but he was excessively land-minded. He was well aware that supply comes from ports. He just never thought much about how the supply got into the ports; in any case that was a navy problem. From the record, it really looks like he never thought about the need to clear the estuary at all.