Eisenhower Had Already Written the Letter to Remove Montgomery. Then the Bulge Happened.
The cold winter light of December 15th, 1944, was fading over the gardens of Versailles when General Dwight D. Eisenhower made a final, fateful decision. Inside a folder on his desk lay a draft memorandum, its language carefully measured but its intent unmistakable. It was the beginning of the end for Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, … Read more