Mark at one time Ike was on Mac's staff. Mac did like a staff that almost worshiped him. Ike apparently didn't so he wasn't Mac's favorite.
And very true. It's likely that had WWII been avoided Ike would never have been promoted to general. Same is true with Patton. He was too flamboyant for a peace time Army.
As far a Monty was concerned he was a brilliant planner but wasn't a particularly good battlefield commander. Most of his problem was the Brits relieved senior commanders right and left before he took over in Egypt. Most unjustly because they lost major battles where the supply and replacement problems had them so weak that all they could do is pull back. Because of that Monty was more concerned with not loosing than he was with winning. If you look at the desert war there were several times he halted an attack when he had Rommel on the ropes. Mostly because he was worried about supply lines. While he was waiting to bring more supplies up Rommel was able to pull back, get resupplied and go back on the offensive.
One thing a good battlefield commander has the ability to do in adapt to a changing situation. A good example was commanders in Desert Storm were stopping at their first days objectives and reporting in that they had secured said objective. As early as 9:30 AM. Storming Norman and Franks had to order them to keep moving. Some units made their 4th or 5th day objectives on day one. But only because they were pushed. Rommel and Patton would both do that. Achieve an objective and instead of giving the enemy time to regroup and dig in they kept pushing keeping the enemy off balance. Monty on the other hand would have his troops stop to take on replacements and supplies. They train that when reaching an objective stop to reorganize and resupply before moving on. But there are clearly times when that should be tossed aside and the attack continued.
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