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Originally Posted by Kruska
As for Patton’s or Monty’s claims in regards to being “Blitz” leaders, I would give that kind of statement a grin. I wouldn’t know about how many miles in a more or less straight line, but the Wehrmacht didn’t take 201 or 281 days for defeating Holland, Belgium and France, but something around 50 days. Not to mention the advance into Russia within the first 150 days. And both above mentioned campaigns or advances had far more resistance and numbers in them then what Rommel or the Tunis Front had to offer.
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I was thinking the same thing. Very different terrain. The old anology that fighting in the desert was like fighting on the ocean. There were less watercourses, human habitations like villages, cities fortifications and towns,populations,ect to slow down an advance .