In his 1961 memoirs Alexander paid tribute to Kesselring as a commander who "showed great skill in extricating himself from the desperate situations into which his faulty intelligence had led him".
I sine erindringer fra 1961 hyldede Alexander Kesselring som en feltherre, der viste "stor dygtighed ved at trække sig ud af de desperate situationer, som hans mangelfulde efterretninger havde bragt ham i".