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Originally Posted by Kai-Petri
Wasn´t Monty warned that the men losses should be kept to minimum or the morale among the civilians ( back in the UK ) would go low or something like that, especially because the war was expected to be short-lasting.
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Nothing to do with civilian morale, the problem was a shortage of infantry. During late 44-5 certain units within 21 st Army had to be disbanded to maintain the numbers in other units