Originally Posted by
beamer
Beevor tends to tell a story rather than simply list a sequence of events. His dislike of Montgomery is palpable.
He wasn't a very likeable person ................... pretty effective in the W Desert but he arrived just as the decent kit started to arrive in bulk - after that he was a NATIONAL HERO when in fact he was a bit second rate TBH. His Normandy campaign was not a great success and he was bailed out by the Yanks breakout.