Field Marshal Montgomery was exhibiting his now legendary meticulous and circumspect approach to such enterprises, a lesson he had learned early in the North African Campaign against Rommel and one he could not easily forget.
Feltmarskal Montgomery udviste sin nu legendariske omhyggelige og forsigtige tilgang til sådanne operationer, noget han tidligt havde lært under sine sammenstød med Rommel i Nordafrika, og noget han ikke uden videre glemte.