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The Calm Commander
The Commander of the British 2nd Army in North West Europe 1944-45 was a much tougher character than one would at first assume.
On one occasion he arrived at the Command Post of Lt. General Brian Horrocks' XXX Corps in Belgium to issue the Corps Commander with new orders. Calm and collected as usual, General Dempsey sat in General Horrocks' caravan clarifying his orders in his usual fashion, and then personnally confirmed them in writing before making his departure.
It was only later that General Horrocks learnt that the small Auster aircraft in which the Second Army Commander had arrived, had crashed and overturned on landing. Although he must have been badly shaken by this event, he had not even thought of mentioning it during the briefing.
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"They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figured why take the chance"....Ronald Reagan
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July 10th, 2006, 09:47 AM
