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Who is the most Overrated military commander in the history of warfare?

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Who is the most Overrated military commander in the history of warfare?

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Bernard Law Montgomery Bernard Law Montgomery, (1887-1976), British field marshal, who was one of the leading Allied commanders of World War II . Of Ulster stock, he was born in London on Nov. 17, 1887. After attending St. Paul’s School, London, he graduated from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in 1908 and received a commission as a lieutenant in the infantry. He served in France and Belgium during World War I. Rising in rank to major general, he commanded a division in Palestine and Transjordan in 1938-1939. At the outbreak of World War II he went to France in command of a division. Having evacuated his men from Dunkirk in 1940, he was given command of the 5th Corps in Britain. In 1941 he was assigned to a key post in the defense against a possible German invasion. On Aug. 18, 1942, Montgomery assumed command of the Eighth Army (“Army of the Nile), which had been driven back into Egypt by German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. In North Africa during the ensuing months, ” Monty disp

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