D-Day to Berlin - The Battle for France (Part 3 of 6)

In 1944, Europe's future hung in the balance. Our 3-part series follows
the story of Allied forces--from Normandy to the assault on Germany--and
the victories that led to WWII's end in 1945. We begin on the day after
D-Day, unfolding over the summer of 1944 as the initial narrow sliver of
French coastline gained by the Allies is slowly extended. By the end of
August, Allied victory seemed assured. Rommel had been wounded, Hitler
was directing the battle, and the German army was in full retreat.

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[crocfme]

Monty's experience of the carnage of ww1 propogated his conviction never to squander the lives of his men unnecessarily. He cared about his men more than most senior commanders.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

"Montgomery only cared about his image. He was like MOST ENGLISH LEADERS." (YOU MEAN "BRITISH," MONTY WAS ANGLO-IRISH, LIKE WELLINGTON) Could that be an outrageous stereotypical remark before my eyes? Where is your 'evidence' to support such a generalised comment about British leaders of men?! Your comments are subjective, biaised, ill-conceived and lack any vestige of supporting evidence! You should research what US General Clark aka Clark of St Vith ad to say about Montgomery during the BoB...

[Paladin1649]

IF ANY AMERICAN tries to claim credit for turning the Battle of Britain, he hasn't studied. The Battle of Britain was a British/English victory. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." —W.L.S.C.

[the82spartans]

@bigjobs5000 -- No, General Patton did NOT a pilot the Swardfish torpeto bomber that jammed the Bismarck's rudder leading to its demise by the Royal Navy. Besides, the US had not yet entered the war at the time the Bismarck was sunk. ; )

[bigjobs5000]

America is a marvellous country, I have been there many times and the people are kind and generous. What they did in WW2 cannot be underestimated. We owe them a lot. But.. Winning the battle of Britain was what saved Britain from being invaded, speaking German, and eating pickled Cabbage. British Radar, British planes, in the main British pilots- although hats off to all the many commonwealth pilots- Canadian+ and many others Poles+ It was a British victory. Also, who sank the Bismark? Patton??

[cuzcatlan36]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH shakespeare stole all his works from other people, that crap is borring anyway! Romans you aint sir, you guys were the cave dwelling barbarians the sophisticated latins conquered. believe it or not, elvis and micky mouse bring so much revenue to this country you will be amazed. Not only have we conquered the world, but we entertain it too!!! and get insane amounts of money for it!!!

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@cuzcatlan36 Gee whizz, I guess I have to concede that you are right about culture. The US has given the world so much, Elvis, Mickey Mouse, Hotdogs & Nike trainers. Whilst we Brits can only offer crass things like William Shakespear, Wordsworth, Elgar, Constable and a myriad of inventions from railways to the jet engine etc etc. Aside from the Romans, no other nation has contributed more to the modern world & it's infrastructure than Britain.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@cuzcatlan36 The cost of the 'lazy ass Royals,' is a fraction of the revenue they actually generate in terms of tourism- from grovelling Yanks only too willing to doff their caps! It's a business you buffoon & the UK is laughing all the way to the bank! The US 'invented' Elvis, whilst the British are responsible for minor things like railways, radar, jet engines, television, telephones etc etc ROFL Special effects? Most of the people involved in Hollywood special effects are BRITISH!! ROFL

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@cuzcatlan36 Brave if naive talk lol. The US has passed it's zenith of power & you are now on the slippy slope of decline. In the late 60's, the US was able to fund a massively expensive space programme AND a hugey expensive war in Vietnam with 500,000 troops on the ground. Look at you now- NO space programme, and the scale & size of your military effort in Afganistan is a fraction of what you put into Nam. You are a busted flush, yet you are too blinded by gung-ho patriotism to see it.

[cuzcatlan36]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH bahh! all that economy crap is just talk, so what if we have economic problems, we got enough resources and technology to last us another two thousand years. twilight is better than harry potter, and your commedy is so lame!

[cuzcatlan36]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH You brits actually maintain those lazy ass "royals" so they live all in palaces and crap! but hey, it's your crappy island! man, our culture is known throught the world, we invent stuff that everybody in the planet follows like star wars, twilight, michael jackson, elvis, westerns, war movies, all the bad ass special effects movies are done here. we make awsome burritos and slurpees! we make awsome video games and papaya hot dogs! Uhmmm!!!

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@cuzcatlan36 What culture would that be then? Elvis & hotdogs?! What an imbecile. What are you talking about 1000 years of being ruled by women? Your comment highlights your incredible ignorance & stupidity. The Queen does not decide anything halfwit, the monarch is APOLITICAL- go and look it up. Americans fall over themselves to worship the Royal family at every opportunity, I suppose they envy the fact that we have a corruption free head of state as opposed to opprtunistic, corrupt politicians