Who has better military talent, Rommel or Montgomery?

Montgomery played well? No, it's all wet.

Mention the famous British soldiers during World War II. Perhaps most people will only think of one name in an instant: bernard law montgomery. Britain's most outstanding general during World War II. Think of the Dunkirk retreat he commanded, defeated Rommel, the desert fox, in the Battle of El Alamein, and then landed in Normandy. But these battles are indeed successful. But his success has some water. His four major battles were: Dunkirk Retreat, Battle of El Alamein, Normandy Landing and operation market garden. This paper will analyze whether the four battles led by Montgomery are worthy of the name.

Dunkirk retreat: Hitler goes easy on you.

Speaking of the Dunkirk retreat. Most people may think that this is the biggest retreat in the history of World War II. By the time the evacuation was completed, the number of people evacuated had reached 300,000. So this record doesn't deserve Montgomery's name? In fact, the battle was not led by him, but by his immediate superior, General harold alexander, which means that he is a deputy. But anyway, he took part in the command of this retreat. But the successful evacuation of 300,000 people was not because of his strong ability. In fact, thanks to Hitler. At that time, 300,000 British and French troops were stranded in Dunkirk Beach. A few kilometers further, the whole British-French Coalition will be wiped out. But Hitler ordered the attack to stop, because the imperial marshal Goering promised to attack with the air force and would take them down. So the German Air Force dropped bombs. Don't push the army forward. But what is the equivalent of a missile hitting sand? Like a stone hitting a sponge. You can blow up the sand, but it's not very lethal. British and French troops successfully retreated from Dunkirk and Dunkirk. So this retreat can't be said that Montgomery is well-directed. What's more, he is a deputy. So this battle is not worthy of the name.

Battle of El Alamein: cheap supplies.

65438+August 0942. Montgomery was transferred to the Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Army in North Africa. His opponent is the famous desert fox Rommel. Rommel had invaded Egypt at that time and reached the Alaman defense line. After auchinleck defeated him in the first battle of El Alamein. The situation has stabilized. And Montgomery came to the battlefield in North Africa at this time. Two months later, it will be 65438+1October 23rd. The battle of El Alamein officially began. After 12 days of fierce fighting, Rommel was finally defeated. Lead the 70 thousand African legion to retreat. But Montgomery won, but there is water here. Let's take a look at the power contrast at that time:

British Army (Montgomery Division): 230,000.

1450 tanks

800 planes (all out)

German army (Rommel Department): 80,000.

540 tanks (half of Italian tanks are called coffins of action)

160 aircraft (basically motionless)

Force comparison: 3: 1 (English: German) Tank comparison: 2: 1 Aircraft comparison: 5: 1.

Comparing the gap of 10:3 (England: Germany) comprehensively, British commanders can basically win as long as they don't waste too much. It's over. Rommel was seriously short of fuel supply, while Montgomery had plenty of ammunition. It is said that most German tanks were seized and destroyed because of lack of fuel. Apart from these material contrasts. Montgomery has another important advantage. He tapped other people's telegrams. There is a joke that Montgomery often takes Hitler's telegrams to Rommel before they reach his own hands. What's his plan? Deploying fake heavy troops in the south and then in the north is a diversion. 1942101October 23rd, the rapid action began. But Rommel soon realized that Montgomery's plan, which had been successfully delayed for ten days in the north, was about to fail, but he ordered it on June 2, 165438. The whole army attacked just to give me a pile, no matter what. Let's get this straight. Crowd strategy. People's accumulated victories. As mentioned above, Montgomery has the most advantage. So1October 4th, Rommel lost his temper and Alaman was forced to retreat. 12 days of fighting is over. Rommel lost 12000 people. 350 tanks. Montgomery suffered 24,000 casualties and lost 500 tanks. Montgomery won the victory with the enemy's casualties as high as 1:2. Churchill's goal to him was to destroy Rommel's troops. To put it bluntly, he destroyed everything for me, but he just drove Rommel away. So this is only a political victory, not a military victory. For his victory. Let's listen to what Rommel said: "Give me oil, Montgomery escaped today". So Montgomery was not worthy of the name in this war.

Normandy landing: stained with the light of American troops

1944 Normandy landing overlord plan. Known as Montgomery's masterpiece. Commanded the successful landing of the British army and accelerated the end of World War II. But there is also moisture. Because Montgomery is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Anglo-American Coalition forces. The commander-in-chief is Eisenhower. To put it bluntly, like Dunkirk, he is still a deputy. But his power is much greater than before. He also took part in more internal affairs, which can hardly be called his orders. Under the main attack of the American army, the allied forces landed successfully with the assistance of the British army. I have to say that the Normandy landing did leave him a little face. He scraped through the battle.

Operation market garden: It's not that my command is incompetent, but that the enemy is strong.

The article is written here. You may have found out. In fact, Montgomery didn't get much room for his command ability. Except for the battle of El Alamein, he used people, and those advantages were piled up. Dunkirk and Normandy landed, and he was second in command. There is no sample of a fair war in which both sides are evenly matched. So we can't say that its strength is not good, nor can we say that its strength is too good. On the whole, Montgomery did not suffer a fiasco. But after 1944 landed in Normandy, there really were such samples. It was September 1944. France was liberated at that time.

But Holland has not been liberated. There is a natural moat called the Rhine River, which stopped the Allied invasion of Germany. Montgomery designed an attack plan called operation market garden. What's the plan? Paratroopers were parachuted to the eastern end of the Rhine River to defend the bridge. After that, the Germans were oppressed by the army and directly attacked the mainland. If the plan is implemented smoothly, the war may end in 1944. Finally, Allied Command agreed to Montgomery's plan. 1944 September 17 action started. However, because the allies did not watch the weather forecast in advance, the weather was very bad that day, especially the fog. He was captured by Mo Deer, the German general, before parachuting to the standard place and the German position. Knowing the location of the parachute jump, he sent heavy troops to ambush. Finally, the British army basically became a living target. After all the hardships, when all the troops parachuted in place, they launched a fierce attack and started smoothly. Successfully captured a bridge. But the Germans have the other end. After fierce fighting, the British army failed to capture the bridgehead and the operation failed. Of the 20,000 airborne troops, only about 8,000 eventually returned to the allied positions. Montgomery's fiasco. Until the following March, the side effect was still an insurmountable obstacle to the Rhine. So Montgomery is not worthy of the name.

After summarizing four battles in this paper. Draw a conclusion: Dunkirk retreat and Normandy landing, he was the deputy. The battle of El Alamein is invincible. Operation market garden unveiled its last fig leaf. Montgomery really didn't deserve the most outstanding British general during World War II. Grand marshal. But he is still a big star, no matter what his ability is. Without him, World War II might have ended later. To evaluate him, we can only say: "Montgomery is a political hero. Military dwarf. "

(Attachment: This article is purely a personal opinion. Please forgive me if there is any difference. )? Author: Liu