DZ Season 064 Part 4. End the War in 44 - Only Human – Eisenhower 1 - Brilliant Strategic Thinking and Other Failings

There have been some great teams of commanders. A great team makes all the difference. Take Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia with Stonewall Jackson, Longstreet, and JEB Stuart. Or Napoleon and his Marshalls, Ney, Murat, Davout. So how did Generals Eisenhower, Montgomery, Bradley and Patton get along once the Battle for France became fluid after the totally unexpected Operation Cobra breakout followed by the total German collapse? Could the Allied team have been rearranged to give a better outcome? What one historian has offered as his answer to that question should come as surprise to you!

Tag words: General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Montgomery; Omar Bradley; Patton; Carlo d’Este; ETO;Eurpopean Theatre of Operations; Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers; General George Marshall; Bedell Smith; 12th Army Group; Russell F. Weigley; Major General J. Lawton "Lightning Joe" Collins; Major General Charles H. "Pete" Corlett; Nigel Hamilton; Monty: The Battles of Bernard Montgomery; Salerno; Operation Avalanche; General Maxwell Taylor; Anzio; Operation Anvil; Operation Shingle; Operation Dragoon; Churchill; Operation Overlord; Operation Cobra; Brooke; Chief of the Imperial General Staff; CIGS;