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Old August 26th, 2008, 04:17 AM
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Default Re: Worst General in WW2
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Originally Posted by Pvt. Pyle View Post
himmler proved to be quite an incompetent commander in the ends of war. Paulus underestimated the capacity of building a kessel around the 6th panzer army and should have surrendered before to avoid loss of lives.
Monty made a lot of tactical mistakes..yet i dont think he was the worst.
Hello Pvt.Pyle,

Himmler was never a General and AFAIK he never commanded a battle or campaign.
There was no need for Paulus to surrender before, just retreat about 30-50 miles.
IMO Monty didn't do "a lot" of tactical mistakes - just one at El alamein - he was methodical and as such constantly moving in slow motion - in order to avoid mistakes and due to his superiority in numbers and logistics plus his allies he could afford to do just that.

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