Salerno did.There's also a point that A Bridge Too Far didnt have RN battleships dropping 15" bricks on the counterattack...
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Salerno did.There's also a point that A Bridge Too Far didnt have RN battleships dropping 15" bricks on the counterattack...
Methinks he's up to something.General O'Connor, GOC 8th Army, wanted to keep the Italians and Germans eyes fixed on what was happening in front of them, for as long as possible.
My guess would be a flanking manoeuvre of some sort, possibly a fast drive to the Tunisian border.Methinks he's up to something.
That seemed to be the way things went in OTL a pinning attack then a flanking manoeuvre South into the desert, until Montgomery reversed things at El Alamein.My guess would be a flanking manoeuvre of some sort, possibly a fast drive to the Tunisian border.
Maybe, though from the description, this will be less a tactical flanking manoeuvre as O'Connor pulled the last time, and more a strategic one, as he pulled during Compass, driving across the desert to Brega, putting him in the Italian rear.How cunning. Do everything the same way it's been done before in a dozen earlier battles. They'll never expect that.
As in "eccentric" or "lunatic"?Wonder if Orde Windgate is out east yet his brand of command and action is always intresting
How cunning. Do everything the same way it's been done before in a dozen earlier battles. They'll never expect that.
So after only "Left" hooks, whey not go for a "Right " hook. That would caught the Italians and Germans by surprise. A landing behind their lines would not be something that would be included in their plans or preparations.Being entirely fair, there isn't really any other tactics viable in the terrain other than a head on assault and even if they're expecting an attempt at a flanking it'll still most likely be more successful and less bloody than just "Advance towards the enemy" in a parody of WW1.
To be fair it does sometimes take a lunatic to get things done.As in "eccentric" or "lunatic"?
We don't know how far out the left 'hook' is going. They might be looking to hit Tripoli from the south, rather than the east, or they might be aiming to bypass Tripoli altogether, and cut the Tripoli-Tunisia road near the Tunisian border.So after only "Left" hooks, whey not go for a "Right " hook. That would caught the Italians and Germans by surprise. A landing behind their lines would not be something that would be included in their plans or preparations.
And we recollect that, unlike Arnhem in Market Garden the counter attacks were unsuccessful.Salerno did.
My father knew him in Palestine and called him mad, as in actually insane. Not just ‘different’.As in "eccentric" or "lunatic"?
Britain does seem to collect them. Him, "Mad Jack" Churchill, Percy Hobart, etc.My father knew him in Palestine and called him mad, as in actually insane. Not just ‘different’.
Quite. I originally thought about Anxio, but there the naval fire support was much lighter.And we recollect that, unlike Arnhem in Market Garden the counter attacks were unsuccessful.
Which I take it is the point.
Well, he was an Officer and born to a military family, so he was eccentric. 'Lunatics' is for the lower orders.
These were ‘different’ but Wingate was questionably medically certifiable.Britain does seem to collect them. Him, "Mad Jack" Churchill, Percy Hobart, etc.
I suspect Churchill wasn't far off that mark either.These were ‘different’ but Wingate was questionably medically certifiable.