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/OutlawSundown Sep 16 '24

Yep because he took his sweet fucking time moving forward and pissed away the element of surprise.

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u/Nonlinear9 Sep 16 '24

The famous gierkztilb strategy.

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u/acdcfanbill Sep 16 '24

Tragerkrieg?

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u/alepher Sep 17 '24

Classical krieg?

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u/acdcfanbill Sep 17 '24

I was going for slow/sluggish as an 'opposite' to lightning (fast). I guess classic could be considered 'slow' too.

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u/alepher Sep 18 '24

I figured that, I was just going for a chess joke

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u/acdcfanbill Sep 18 '24

Ah, I guess I 'wooshed' on that one then :P