Comments by "Bullet-Tooth Tony" (@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-) on "Biographics" channel.

  1.  @maxhalsted5381  " and understood modern armored warfare in ways Montgomery never did" Monty was the master of every kind of battle against Rommel frankly. Plenty of flanking at the Mareth Line and El Agheilla, and not to mention 11th Armoured Divisions Advance from Seine River to Antwerp 320 miles less than one week.
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  2.  @nebsam7137  Better conqueror and more diverse career overall yes, but in tactics and strategy they were both pretty equal. I'd say Wellington had a better eye for logistics.
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  3.  @ben5056  Napoleon tended to struggle when his army grew too large, as was evident with his campaign into Russia and Spain, Napoleon usually operated better when his army was never more than around 100,000 men, any more than that and it became a logistical nightmare for the French. Wellington's army survived mostly intact. Unlike Napoleons retreat, which became routs.
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  4.  @fredbarker9201  The French lost Mons, which was the whole point of the battle. Villars (albeit injured) wouldn't engage Marlborough again to try and stop the investment of Mons, which also paints a picture of his own position. People only claim that because of the casualties he took at the battle, without actually examining the position he had to overturn, which was heavily defensible. Marlborough would also never make the mistake in engaging in that type of battle again, when Villars offered battle in a similar defensible position. He bypassed it instead. Even the Dutch gave credit to Marlborough for this battle and defended his engagement and they took the brunt of the casualties.
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  5.  @bigwoody4704  The Lorraine campaign still remains a stain on Pattons record,and was criticised by the US army long after WW2.
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  6. Let's see a biography on Bernard Montgomery.
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  7.  @OscarDirlwood  Yeah they just wanted the limelight and reputation, if you check out streetcrimeuks channel you''ll see some videos of the biggest firms in the uk
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  8.  @bigwoody4704  I don't know why you could use Monty as a scapegoat when it was the 9th French army that collapsed in the Ardennes exposing the flank of the BEF. The BEF was only something like 8% of the entire Allied army. The French made far bigger mistakes sending their only reserve force ( the 7th army) into the Netherlands instead of keeping it in the north east of France to strengthen the line. None of the blame can be placed on the British... It was Gamelins mess.
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  9.  @bigwoody4704  The New Zealand page on the Battle of Alam Halfa actually shows that the plans were changed. The original plan by Auchinleck was for a series of defensive infantry positions protected by mobile armoured formations operating in the gaps. Monty fought the battle using a single stronger defensive line with the armour dug in amongst the infantry units, supported by massed artillery. In other words the Auk was planning on mutually supported "boxes" to defend and with a planned armoured counter attack should Rommel decide to attack. Monty did not plan on counter attacking with armour, but instead wanted to lure Rommel into killing zones where his anti tanks, artillery and tanks set up on the ridges could rain down fire upon the advancing German tank columns. His caution was mostly because Rommel had a reputation for baiting the British tanks into a chase where they would fall upon his hidden flak 88's.
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  10.  @gonvillebromhead2457  So was Scipio
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  11. @Earthen Jadis Well Scipio never lost a battle, and also defeated the greatest tactician in history..Hannibal Barca. Who did Napoleon defeat that was the caliber of Hannibal? His only real rivals were Wellington and Blucher and he lost to both of them.
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  12.  @earthenjadis8199  Actually Scipio does get studied, this is stated in Wikipedia. Napoleon is nothing like Alexander, Alexander never lost a single battle and conquered an empire stretching from Greece to India and won far more impressive victories like Gaugamela, Siege of Tyre, Battle of Hydaspes etc Alexander created tactics, whereas Napoleon just took ancient methods of war and implemented them with modern units.
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  13.  @irishseven100  "We kicked you ass twice, Revolutionary war and 1812 war" You were saved by France and Spain in the first one boy. And the War of 1812 was a draw not a defeat the Americans failed to conquer Canada whilst the Brits lost at New Orleans. "and saved your sorry Country twice WW1-WW2." Nice rewrite of History. In WW1 it was the French and British who carried the war effort, the French stopped the Germans at the Battle of the Marne in 1914 and the British and Commonwealth armies broke the German lines in the Hundred Days Offensive taking over 188,700 German troops and 2,840 guns. In WW2, the Brits saved themselves from German invasion during the Battle of Britain. Too much Hollywood films is not healthy for you LOL
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  14.  @bigwoody4704  " You slappies still sore you got smacked off of the continent in only 16 days? 20 if you want to include boarding the Boats." No, we're actually sore that the French couldn't even do their job properly and that is stop the Germans from breaking through the Ardennes. Was it Montys decision to send crucial reserves ( the 7th army) to the Netherlands? No it was Maurice Gamelin Was it Montys decision to disperse French armour on a wide front rather than CONCENTRATE it against the Germans? No it was French army general Charles Huntziger The BEF only took it's orders from John Vereker . Gamelin was the one whos plan was rely upon the Maginot as the main line of defence, didn't place any reserves behind the Ardennes, and when he was warned of an incoming German attack on the region with strong forces, his reaction was to sit and watch his army in the region be destroyed, and once it was he didn't care and wanted 40 divisions moved up further north instead of using them to reinforce the Ardennes. Even though he knew fully well what was happening. And for the rest of the high command, it was too late. The French had ONE JOB and they screwed up. I don't think the British are at any fault with what happened on the continent. It was the French 9th army that collapsed in the Ardennes exposing the BEF'S flank a long with Gamelins decision to send the only reserve that could've stopped the German attack into the Netherlands.
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  15. Do the next video on Richard O Connor of the Desert campaign.
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  16.  @scottkrater2131  Just as the Germans got kicked out of Sicily, Italy and North Africa.
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  17.  @scottkrater2131  Why is it okay to criticise the British and Canadians slogging out with 600 tanks at Caen but not so ok to talk about Pattons' controversial performance around Metz and the West Wall?
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  18.  @scottkrater2131  "you mean the side show?" Stalin thought it was important, because he understood that victory at Stalingrad was greatly assisted by the Axis forces that had previously been diverted to Africa or France. As a comparison over 300,000 Axis troops were captured in Tunisia compared to 91,000 at Stalingrad. The North African campaign destroyed 3 axis armies, 8,000 air craft, 70,000 trucks and 6,200 guns.
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  19.  @scottkrater2131  "Any competent General could have done what he did." Only if they understand their own armys strenghth and weaknesses, Neil Ritchie had the numbers advantage at Gazala against Rommel and still lost to Rommel, so i disagree, it's about knowing your enemy as Sun Tzu said. Monty was no fool he understand the Germans were superior in mobile warfare , so opted to draw them into a different kind of battle.
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  20.  @scottkrater2131  If the Germans had a theatre reserve of even just 5 or 6 divisions (with at least 3 mechanised) they would have had a decent chance to halt the Red armies counter offensive, or at least prevent the rapid encirclement of the 6th Army long enough for it to break out. Had Hitler not been distracted by operations in France, Corsica and North Africa, including the rapid deployment of troops, there is every possibility that these additional forces would have been available to stabilise the front in the Stalingrad sector.
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  21.  @scottkrater2131  I was talking about set piece battles, the British army was best at that, bite and hold tactics. The Germans had the edge in mobile warfare.
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  22.  @scottkrater2131  Caen was taken in 6 weeks
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  23.  @scottkrater2131  Quote"It took six weeks of fighting and heavy shelling to capture the capital of Normandy. 30,000 Anglo-Canadian soldiers and 3,000 civilians lost their lives. On 6 June 1944 Caen was the main objective for the British 3rd Infantry Division, that had landed on Sword Beach. The battle for Caen - Liberation Route Europe"
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  24.  @scottkrater2131  I honestly don't know why Montgomery gets so much hate. Dempsey only took so long to take Caen because everyone else had been delayed in their movements due to other factors. Also Montgomery was correct that neutralising Caen would effectively cut off all the Germans towards the beach heads, rendering Cherbourg practically useless. Even an attack on Caen would force the Germans to redeploy and rethink their strategy.
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  25.  @scottkrater2131  I think one of the reasons he was like that is because he was an infantry officer, rather than a cavalry one. British armoured commanders Richard O Connor and George Roberts were more comfortable with maneuever warfare than Monty I would say.
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  26.  @chrisigoeb  So are Wellington's, his reverse slope tactics were used by the confederates and the germans.
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  27. ​ @williamsherman1942  I don't think he's anything like Caeser, Caeser is one of the greatest generals in history. Winning victories like Alesia, Pharsalus, Illerda, Munda, Thapsus. Outnumbered 2 to 1 in most of these.
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  28. @ukmediawarrior Monty was ground forces commander of D-day up until September 1st.
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  29. " It wasn't lack of supplies that had damned the operation, it could never have succeeded in the first place." There was a lack of supplies its a fact that the supplies had also been distributed to the armies in the South under Bradley rather than going all to the North to Monty. British 8th Corps on Market Gardens flanks a long with the US 1st army ( part of 21st Army group ) did not have enough supplies.
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  30. @ukmediawarrior "changed his story to say he had always intended for his forces to hold down the Germans at Caan to let the Americans break out, lol." This is wrong look up on here "Was Saving Private Ryan Right to Blame Monty?" by Canadian Historian OTDMilitaryHistory who explains with facts, maps and evidence that the goal WAS to hold the German forces at Caen and wait for a build up on the Allied beach heads. The idea he changed his story is a complete misinterpratation ( thanks to liars such as Stephen Ambrose and Max Hastings)
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  31.  @ukmediawarrior  Go to Canadian Historian OTDmilitaryhistory's page and click on "Was Saving Private Ryan Right to Blame Monty"? You'll find that the truth about Caen has been covered up for years by certain post war historians and hollywood myths.
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  32.  @ukmediawarrior  The trouble with that claim is that Pattons supplies were coming from COMZ which was commanded by John Clifford Hodges Lee, whereas the British and Canadian used their own supply trains, so the comment from the "Patton" movie is not entirely accurate.
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  33.  @ukmediawarrior  Look up on here "Was Saving Private Ryan Right to blame Monty?" you'll soon realise that the claims about Caen you've made are a bunch of lies. A Canadian historian on here has debunked a lot of it.
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  34.  @ukmediawarrior  In the description "In Saving Private Ryan, the characters played by Tom Hanks and Ted Danson discuss how General Bernard Montgomery, known as Monty and the commander of all land forces during Operation Overlord, was overrated and taking too long to take the city of Caen." " In reality he was waiting for the buildup of forces and this helped the Americans breakout of the beachhead."
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  35.  @ukmediawarrior  No, there's only interpretations based on a bunch of Hollywood movies and objective facts. If you want further proof that Hollywood is guilty of lies look at U571 and the Battle of Nuenen scene during Band of Brothers which was already proven to be false by Liveth Forever More on here. It's no coincidence that there IS an agenda to run down the British by post war historians like Stephen Ambrose, Max Hastings and Carlo Deste to distort the truth and make the British ( including Montgomery) look bad, well sorry but i'm not gonna sit here and take that disrespect I WILL CALL IT OUT for exactly what it is.
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  36.  @ukmediawarrior  " It's all down to a persons own POV. " Yeah the perspective of Hollywood who clearly rewrite History and Historians who know what they're talking about.....
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  37.  @ukmediawarrior  It's well known that post war historians like Stephen Ambrose, Max Hastings and Carlo Deste have a biased agenda against Montgomery which is pathetic.
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  38.  @ukmediawarrior  " Your historian says my statements are lies, the sources I have read the information from over the last 35 years say I am correct" Let me guess, Stephen Ambrose, Max Hastings and Carlo Deste, the Holy gospel of scholary information ( sarcasm ) oh wait a minute you mean the same guys who run down the British whilst exaggerating the Germans and Americans.
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  39.  @ukmediawarrior  " Your historian says my statements are lies, the sources I have read" If those "sources" include post war revisionists like Max Hastings, Carlo Deste and charlatans like Stephen Ambrose then It must be dismissed. Sorry but I dont take anyone that attempts to makes the British look bad seriously. I'd rather take the facts from non biased authors like John Buckley, David French, Roger Cirillo, Chester Wilmott, OTDMilitaryhistory.
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  40.  @markgarrett3647  The failure was at Nijmegen.
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  41.  @markgarrett3647  Amazing, despite the fact that the Guards got to Nijmegen ahead of schedule and were then held up because the 82nd hadn't captured the bridge, it's all their fault because of "tea breaks" and not a word of criticism about the 82nd leadership's lack of urgency in capturing the bridge?
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  42.  @markgarrett3647  It was ignored for seven hours after the 82nd had landed, despite there being only 17 German bridge guards holding it at the time because Gavin didn't order Warren's Battalion to go towards Nijmegen bridge until 7 vital hours had passed. As they arrived (7 hours delayed) they witnessed German lorries screeching to a halt and infantry unloading. They were literally minutes too late. Had they gone 7 hours earlier, they would have taken the bridge with little opposition and had time to dig in themselves.
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  43.  @markgarrett3647  " Nevertheless the XXX Corps had their moment to shine but stopped and instead made infuriating Pontius Pilate hand-washing excuses that any American Armoured Corps would have found flimsy at best and a sign of timid cowardice at worst." After Nijmegen bridge was taken by five tanks and a handful of American paratroopers, the five tanks waited for infantry support... because the American paratroopers may have left the tanks. There was no way XXX Corps could press on to Arnhem before they'd tackled the 10th SS Panzer Division at Nijmegen.
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  44.  @markgarrett3647  "it's very likely that the XXX Corps didn't put up the effort to do so." An armoured advance of over 100km in 3 days is not putting up an effort? 🤨 If Gavin had taken the Nijmegen bridge as he was supposed to do on the first day immediately after landing the XXX Corps would not have been delayed at Nijmegen. The Next stop would have been Arnhem and there's no doubt XXX Corps would have constituted a relief for the British. Putting the entire airborne operation under a General (Brereton) who had zero paratroop or ground combat experience was an exceedingly foolish move.
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  45.  @markgarrett3647  Advanced units of the Guards Armoured division got to the Nijmegen Bridge 9 hours ahead of schedule, but they were then fatally delayed for over 36 hours because the US 82nd Airborne Division had not yet captured the bridge. By the time the 82nd captured the bridge with support from the Guards it was too late.
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  46.  @markgarrett3647  Only 4 British tanks made it over the bridge as night fell, the rest of the Corps was still involved in the fighting in the town, the idea that 4 British tanks on there own in the dark advancing the several miles to Arnhem could have altered the situation is far fetched to say the least. However, it was already too late. The German’s from late afternoon of the same day were already advancing down the road from Arnhem with a couple of battalions of Panzer Grenadiers and several Tiger tanks.
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  47.  @markgarrett3647  As ridiculous as believing 1,000 tanks are lurking in a forest? 🤦‍♂ Of course I won't blame Gavin as he was just a soldier following orders, but Browning and Brereton really cocked things up.
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  48.  @markgarrett3647  Horrocks wanted to keep going to the Albert Canal, but Monty chose to halt him over resupply issues, ( after all he had just done over 250 miles out of France)
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  49. Overrated. Lost the majority of his battles.
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  50.  @bnm0883  How is Wellington overrated? Have you even seen how solid his record is? 39 victories against France and he beat several of Napoleon's best marshalls such as Massena, Soult, Clauzel, Suchet, Ney and managed to hold out against Napoleon himself for at least 6 hours at Waterloo while outnumbered, better than any coalition general that had performed alone against Napoleon. Wellington was outnumbered, unlike generals like Blucher and Archduke Charles.
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