Who do you think is the most underrated general of WWII?

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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
--General Douglas MacArthur

General Brehon B. Somervell

He was the man responsible for getting the industrial output of the U.S. war machine -may it be toilet paper or a B-29 - to the troops fighting either in Italy, the Rhine or Okinawa.

A Masterpiece of logistics.

Cheers,

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"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!"
(President Merkin Muffley in "Dr. Strangelove")

There had already been a thread like this (named identically) but I will have to say that field marshal Friedrich Paulus is one of the most underrated, since he has always being blamed for the débâcle at Stalingrad and he was indeed a very capable and professional staff officer who did his best all the time.

Also, field marshals Wavell and Auchinleck. Specially, the latter, who was the one who created the bases of the VIII Army an halted Rommel at Alam Halfa.

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun

Sir Keith Park definitely made an impression..

http://www.ww2forums.com/cgi-bin/ubb...=000832#000013

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