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Who was the most overrated military commander in World War 2?

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Douglas MacArthur. The man was an incompetent narcissist who kept getting lionized by the press (whom he played like a violin) despite repeated failures. Indeed, he set up a PR office just to polish and maintain his image. read more

For all the preceding, I think Douglas MacArthur was the most overrated commander of WW2, and one of the most overrated commanders in history. Only saving grace for the man is that, in the aftermath of WW2, he proved to be an amazingly capable governor of Japan. read more

The only reason he’s on the list is that, like a British version of Macarthur, he too may be one of the most overrated commanders of World War II. While Monty is credited—and rightfully so—for his victory at El Alamein, Egypt in October of 1942, it must be remembered he was fighting an exhausted and over-extended German Afrika Korps that lacked significant air support and was running on fumes. read more

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