soc.history.war.world-war-ii

William Black asked:
> >> The only area where their performance is comparable is North Africa.

I replied:
> > Sicily?

This is "Haydn" (may I call you Papa? ;-))
> 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.

It certainly is, and I haven't said anything at all about sound
generalship
(and likely won't). I was trying to establish that there was indeed a
period
when Patton and Montgomery were at the same command level, a fact
that the OP seemed unaware of.

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

I, Narr, was asking the OP to clarify what thrashing he was talking
about, and theorized that he had Kasserine in mind. No other event
came to my mind, and yes, I knew that Fredendall was in charge, not
Patton.

Narr