User blog comment:Manofgod/Bernard Montgomery vs Douglas McArthur/@comment-25253035-20181227083310

Okay so how do you vote here?

I believe that MacArthur might win this fight. He is carrying semi-automatic rifles and semi-automatic pistols compared to Bernard Montgomery who still carries bolt actions and revolvers. For me they are equal in machine guns since Bernard has the faster guns that can spit more bullets but macArthur 's weapons are more reliable. But besides the weapons strategy and tactics also comes into play.

I do not understand the whole mystique that "the Allies suffered no major defeat" when Bernard Montgomery came along. What about Operation Market Garden? While researching this battle I find that many Bernard Montgomery fans dowplay Market Garden as an insignificant battle, while Montgomery haters overexaggerate it as the thing that delayed the Allies and its "all Montgomery's fault." I do not wish to side with these two sides, but having to lose over 15,326–17,200 men, 88 tanks, 144 transport aircraft and the need to evacuate thousands of more troops, is not something to be set aside. Bernard Montgomery did won El Alemien with his genius desert warfare styles that even outblitzed the Nazis. By holding out key positions while continuously harassing the advancing Germans, Montgomery gave the Allies victory that day. But a thing that people forget is that by the time Bernard Montgomery actually step into the role of leader in El Alamein, the Germans were already exhausted and depleted from previous fighting.

What about Douglas MacArthur? Reading about his military career gave me the impression that he had a mediocre run in the Pacific. During the Battle of Bataan and Corregidor he overstretched his lines too much which led to his forces getting divided and conquered by the Japanese. He was heavily dependent on supplies to be delivered from Washington, but after the country signed the "Europe First Policy" which prioritized the conflict in Europe first than the Pacific, MacArthur and his forces were doomed. He did manage to regain his glory during the second part of the Pacific War with his island-hopping strategy, which consisted of him only attacking only selected islands and isolating and encircling major Japanese positions. This led to the retaking of many islands including the Philippines. His exploits in Korea was also decent too, but like in the Pacific, he relied too much on the US's might than strategy. When things wasn't going well for him he even voted to use the atomic bomb against the Chinese (he was salty LMAO).

But who is going to win this battle? 5 vs 5 sounds unlikely but this is similar to Deadliest Warrior right? I see a similar one made in this wiki like Bernard Montgormery vs Freidrich Paulus. So which for me is going to win? I vote for MacArthur on this one. They are both stellar generals but MacArthur barely snatches the victory with his superior weapons.