Comments by "TheVilla Aston" (@thevillaaston7811) on "The 5 Great Crises of the Wehrmacht in November 1942 | The Black Month of the Third Reich" video.

  1.  @awesomebrawel4050  'In el Alamein montogomery had every advantage on his side such as more manpower,supplies' Well done Montgomery. He reinvigorated, reorganized, retrained, and resupplied 8th Army. To do this, he resisted political pressure to attack the Germans before he considered that his forces were ready to take the offensive. Alamein ended the war in North Africa as a contest.
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  2. ​ @TDL-xg5nn  It was four German Divisions: 90th Light Afrika Division 15th Panzer Division 21st Panzer Division 164th Light Africa Division And one parachute brigade: The Ramcke Parachute Brigade
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  3.  @billballbuster7186  Yep. The key weapon in the desert was the anti-tank gun, with the German 8mm ruling until the point that the 17 pounder became available. The anti-tank gun numbers were less than 1.5 to 1 in the allies favour. Seemingly not an overwhelming advantage. Montgomery reinvigorated Eighth Army, and his impact there seems to have quickly taken effect, as testified by people who were ACTUALLY THERE: THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD-MARSHAL EARL ALEXANDER OF TUNIS CASSELL, LONDON 1962 CHAPTER ll THE WAR IN NORTH AFRICA P16 ‘Montgomery is a first-class trainer and leader of troops on the battlefield, with a fine tactical sense. He knows how to win the loyalty of his men and has a great flair for raising morale.’ ARTHUR BRYANT THE TURN OF THE TIDE 1939-43 COLLINS, ST JAMES’S PLACE, LONDON 1957 PART TWO THE WINNING OF THE INITIATIVE CHAPTER NINE. A MOMENTOUS JOURNEY P 475 ‘without consulting Cairo, he issued immediate orders that, if Rommel attacked, all units should fight on the ground where they and that there should be no withdrawal or surrender. The effect on the Army was electric.’ P 478 ‘I was dumfounded by the rapidity with which he had grasped the situation facing him, the ability with which had grasped the essentials, the clarity of his plans , and above all his unbounded self-confidence—a self-confidence with which he inspired all those that he came into contact with.’ WINSTON S CHURCHILL. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. CASSELL & CO LTD REVISED EDITION NOVEMBER 1950. VOLUME IV THE HINGE OF FATE BOOK II Africa Redeemed Chapter XXIX: Return to Cairo P464 ‘I saw a great many soldiers that day, who greeted me with grins and cheers. I inspected my own regiment, the 4th Hussars, or as many of them as they dared to bring together – perhaps fifty or sixty – near the field cemetery, in which a number of their comrades had been buried. All this was moving, but with it all there grew a sense of the reviving ardour of the Army. Everybody said what a change there was since Montgomery had taken command. I could feel the truth of this with joy and comfort.’ GENERALS AT WAR MAJOR-GENERAL SIR FRANCIS DE GUINGAND K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O. HODDER AND STOUGHTON 1964 P 188 ‘I have always considered that Montgomery’s first two or three days with his Army was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, and the way in which he put over his personality, right through the Army, was really remarkable. Besides talking to the staff and laying down what he called his ‘military philosophy’, he met all Commanders and their troops and, of course, examined in great detail the ground now held and that over which we would have to fight. I accompanied him during the reconnaissances which resulted in decisions as to the way he proposed to dispose his forces for the defensive battles which we all expected. It would be Rommel’s last desperate to reach the Delta, and failure would remove once and for all the threat to our Middle East Base.’ Here is German Generalmajor FW von Mellenthin on Montgomery: "Montgomery when he arrived in Africa changed the way the 8th army fought, he was a very good army trainer and was ruthless in his desire to win, he changed the battle into an infantry battle supported by artillery."
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  4.  @billballbuster7186  The consequences of Alamein, the clearing of North Africa, HUSKY, and the invasion of Italy were huge. A million tons of allied shipping was freed up for use elsewhere, Germany was permanently cut off from imports from mainland Europe, and 50 German divisions were tied down in Italy and the Balkans. And it all kicked off at Alamein. The scale of the opposing forces, and the level of suffering at Stalingrad was huge by comparison with Alamein. Everyone knows that. But in terms of the course of the war, how much did it really change? Germany was almost certainly heading for defeat in Russia before the German 1942 campaign even began. That 1942 offensive taking place in the South was a tacit acknowledgement that Germany was no longer capable an offensive across the whole Russian front.
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  5.  @JDDC-tq7qm  'to put it simple if US hadn't joined the war British would struggle a lot more possibly even losing the war' How so?
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