THE MANY MYTHS OF MONTY
Describing Field Marshal Montgomery as ‘indispensable’ in your special article on him (MHM October/November 2022) perpetuates the myth that Montgomery himself did so much to establish.
From October 1942 onwards, his leadership had accrued enough tactical and strategic errors to have ended the career of most other generals.
First was the arguably needless (and probably politically motivated) Second Battle of El Alamein. Rommel’s drive to the Suez Canal had, thanks to General Auchinleck, already been stopped, and following Operation Torch, it was only a matter of time before the Axis forces in North Africa withered on the vine.
