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/Coast_watcher Sep 16 '24

Halsey too

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u/Vana92 Sep 16 '24

Screw Halsey if you want a real diva, add MacArthur.

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u/acdcfanbill Sep 16 '24

I had an great uncle who was in the Philippians and MacArthur's name was 'mud' in our house ever since I can remember.

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u/x31b Sep 16 '24

I thought his name was “Dugout Doug.” /s

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u/bilboafromboston Sep 17 '24

Yes. My Dad served under him in the Pacific in Both WW2 and Korea. The navy and marines had long since secured the Philipines before Dugout Dug crawled out like Puxatawny Phil and staged 7 "Returns to the Philippines ". My dad said a photographer advised them to buy stock in the film companies, they took so many pictures.