The German high command expected Montgomery (one of the best-known Allied commanders) to play a key role in any cross-channel bridgehead. Clarke nevamwe vanonyengera vakaronga vakafunga kuti kuoneka kwakakwirira kunze kweUnited Kingdom kwaizoratidza kuti kurwiswa kweAllied kwakanga kusiri pedyo. Kufanana kwakakodzera kwakawanikwa, M. E. Clifton James, uyo akapedza nguva pfupi naMontgomery kuti azvizivise nemaitiro emukuru. Musi wa 26 Chivabvu 1944, James akabhururuka kutanga kuenda kuGibraltar ndokuzoenda kuAlgiers, achiita kuoneka uko maAllies aiziva kuti vasori veGerman vaizomuona. Akabva abhururuka muchivande kuenda kuCairo ndokuramba akavanda kusvika kuoneka pachena kwaMontgomery muNormandy zvichitevera kurwiswa. Mubvunzo: Vakawana akafanana naani?
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