DZ Season 064 Part 13. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 7 – to Eisenhower: comply with Monty’s two basic conditions or fail.

It was the coldest winter in Europe for as long as anyone could remember. The Battle of the Bulge was at its height. Monty finished telling his boss, Eisenhower, that he now had to do something that was impossible for him to do. Eisenhower was feeling as low as he could go. The American leadership shared Bradley’s view about the sudden resurgence of German strength: "Pardon my French . .. but where in hell has this son of a bitch gotten all his strength?" Monty, always lacking completely in self awareness, then took the one idiot step that seemed to guarantee something remarkable - that he’d be sacked.

Tag words: Battle of the Bulge; Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery; Eisenhower; Bradley; Field Marshal Alanbrooke; Patton; 12th Army Group; Carlo d’Este; Nigel Hamilton; in The Battles of Field Marshal Montgomery; SHAEF; Dominick Graham; Shelford Bidwell; Coalitions, Politicians and Generals;