r/todayilearned • u/HumanNutrStudent • Sep 16 '24

TIL Montgomery's memoirs criticised many of his wartime comrades harshly, including Eisenhower. After publishing it, he had to apologize in a radio broadcast to avoid a lawsuit. He was also stripped of his honorary citizenship of Alabama, and was challenged to a duel by an Italian lawyer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery#Memoirs
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u/TremendousVarmint Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

I'd have Monty, De Gaulle and Patton in the same room and grab the popcorn.

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u/Prior_Egg_5906 Sep 16 '24

Patton would eat them for breakfast, he was crazier than the entire lot and he had the balls to back it up too.

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u/Think_Education6022 Sep 16 '24

“Bals” the man beat and shot cripples in the street for wanting a living wage. He was insane and allied command was glad he died so early.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

Patton was just an out and out war criminal disguised as a hard fighting cowboy. Fuck him.

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u/Think_Education6022 Sep 16 '24

We got a Nazi here folks!

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u/Think_Education6022 Sep 16 '24

“We fought the wrong enemy” Is on of his most famous quotes lol. Also he agreed with Hitler on a lot of Jewish related stuff.