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From: Die Whigphilosophie der Geschichte im Hefeweizen
Date: Saturday, April 05, 2008 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: Field Marshal Montgomery & the Commonwealth
From: Die Whigphilosophie der Geschichte im Hefeweizen
Date: Saturday, April 05, 2008 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: Field Marshal Montgomery & the Commonwealth
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:19:15 -0400, Rich Rostrom
>>I don't think any allied campaign in Europe or the
>>Mediterranean in WW2 was a blinding success,
>
>COMPASS? What more could you _want_?
Taking Tripoli, perhaps? But I don't include 'Australian' or 'Indian'
as 'Allied' - I was thinking of 'Anglo-American'.
>COBRA?
Required something better than avoiding broken necks at Argentan to be
a blinding success, though.
Gavin Bailey
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