A bit tricky, I should hope.
Brooke was nor overly popular with Gort, who wanted him kicked out. Brooke's crime was probably that he clearly saw that it was rather hopeless to hold the Germans in France n 1940, which in any event came to pass.
Churchill had a few moments in terms of promoting the right people at the right time, Brooke being one of them.
BUT, if not Brooke then who?
Dill?
Pound to soldier on a bit?
Gort?
...
Monty was not there yet (oh horror in my opinion, it would not evenhave been a disaster, it would have been worse: a calamity!)
Who was up ther and how would it have impacted on the oveall direction of the war?
Ivan
Brooke was nor overly popular with Gort, who wanted him kicked out. Brooke's crime was probably that he clearly saw that it was rather hopeless to hold the Germans in France n 1940, which in any event came to pass.
Churchill had a few moments in terms of promoting the right people at the right time, Brooke being one of them.
BUT, if not Brooke then who?
Dill?
Pound to soldier on a bit?
Gort?
...
Monty was not there yet (oh horror in my opinion, it would not evenhave been a disaster, it would have been worse: a calamity!)
Who was up ther and how would it have impacted on the oveall direction of the war?
Ivan