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Originally Posted by Owen D I wonder if he mentioned this to Monty about Normandy when he said something like "The British can't take another Somme." |
I remember reading somewhere that he had been nauseated by the casualties and waste at the Somme. And is it trrue that at the time of the Normadny landings, Gallipoli was on his mind too? But I suppose the Great War must have haunted many of the leaders of the Second War.
Marina