Reply #10: Rommel was so admired by the Allied troops in North Africa, that [View All]

[Joe Chi Minh]

Montgomery had to order them to take down photos of him, many of the soldiers had pinned up.

He would evidently have been admired for his guile as a military leader on the battle-field, and one, like Nelson and Zhukov, who led from the front, but mostly because he insisted his troops treat captured Allied soldiers with respect. Without that, the other reasons would have been a cause for greater resentment, not admiration.