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Originally Posted by Panther Al
Way way back in the day on AHWI newgroup, there was talk on various ways that the end of part two of the great european civil war could end with the "good" germans doing ok (and Rommel living) and the bad ones getting what they deserved. But the on topic bit if it was that it also posted that the Soviet Union viewed VE day as a operational stand down for maintenance and promptly decided to see if Paris was as nice as every one says. The real debate was who would be better: Patton or Rommel, since this time they both would be drawing from the same logistical tail and sharing the same air cover.
A later version of the thread joked that the two of them running in the same tank country would be called the "Great Tank Race." My money is on Rommel.
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I'd have to bet on GSP, he had a cavalryman's instinct for the pursuit that was hard to beat.
Rommel was an infantry officer, while he pulled some wonderful moves, a lot of them were handed to him by the Brits. To throw three armored brigades along three different axis at threes different times simply allowed the Africa Corps to nail each brigade one at a time. Rommel was an excellent division commander, he just didn't have the feel for corps/army level.