soc.history.war.world-war-ii

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>> The only area where their performance is comparable is North Africa.
>
> Sicily?

Overrunning the practically undefended western half of the island instead of
cutting across its "midriff" and harassing the retreating Axis where it
might hurt them made the media at home happy. It is debatable whether it
also was sound generalship.

>> Indeed Patton got thrashed by an army Montgomery had already beaten.
>
> You're talking about Kasserine Pass, perhaps?

You mean Fredendall?

Haydn