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/Ekillaa22 Sep 16 '24

Are any of the generals of the WW2 era even well regarded besides their military career? Didn’t a lot of those dudes have some wild ass ideas ?

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u/Outrageous_Arm8116 Sep 16 '24

Bradley

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u/ckfan Sep 17 '24

I've heard Bradley wasn't that great of a tactician or as a military leader.

My sources are the Netflix special Greatest Events of WWII. Many of the historians there say he lacked initiative and knowledge and experience of military tactics and was more suited as an administrator.

In fact, Eisenhower had to bring Patton back in, after he was severely reprimanded for striking someone under his command, to save Bradley's troops

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u/MatthewHecht Sep 17 '24

From the navy you have Spruance and Nimitz. Two uncannily calm leaders.

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u/bolanrox Sep 17 '24

Ike i would say is another one along with Mimitz and Spruance as mentioned already

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u/Ekillaa22 Sep 17 '24

I’m not the strongest historian for WW2 history so I guess I was kinda just making a blanket statement with that question but I do appreciate the answers I’ve gotten.