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Old May 11th, 2008, 10:00 PM
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Re: Who was better?

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Originally Posted by Freightshaker View Post
Montgomery took a beaten army and transformed it into one that beat Rommel and chased him across the desert. Rommel was a great divisional and corps commander but Monty understood what needed to be done to defeat his adversary and how to do that with the forces he had at hand. I'd say Monty.
Got to figure in the fact Montgomery had near unlimited manpower and resources, and America had entered Africa (talk about unlimited resources!). Rommel did more with less IMO.

This is somewhat off topic, and has nothing to do with their command abilities, but it is part of why I would rather serve under Rommel:
Ever see that photo of Rommel helping to push his bogged down staff car out of the sand? I can't picture Monty doing that.
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