
WW2’s desert war: everything you wanted to know
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Romano - The Ultimate Goal of a Military Commander
Two personalities, i think it's fair to say, who dominate the popular understanding of the desert war. We should be on the german side, rwen romell and burnon montgomery,. probably on the british side. And we've had a couple of questions submitted on both of them. First up, brendon mitchell on facebook who asked, is rromel's incredible reputation from the campaign truly warranted? A a Romell m where to start? There's no doubt, i think, that he has talent, that he can see opportunities in a way that other generals perhaps cannot. But his ultimate job was not to lose an and he failed in that
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