British General Warmly Praises Eisenhower’s "Crusade in Europe"

Wanganui Chronicle, 30 November 1948, Page 5

British General Warmly Praises Eisenhower’s "Crusade in Europe"

(Special N.Z.P.A. Correspondent) LONDON, Nov. 29 (Rec. 7.20 pm).—Writiiag in the “Daily Telegraph,” General Lord Ismay, who was Chief of Staff to the Miiiisb-r of Defence from 1940 to 194(1, warmly praises General Eisenhower’s book, “(’riisa.de in Europe,” which has been vigorously criticised by some other British reviewers. General Ismay admitted that the British may feel that Eisenhower places undue prominence

I upon the part played by the > Americans in winning the war, O but points out that Eisenhower’s , i book deals only with the war ‘ from 1942 onwards, when tnahy ) British forces were dispersed in I I heal res of war well outside the i scope of “Crusade in Europe.” He also points out that, dll’if hough al the beginning of the j Normandy invasion the British I I and American forces almost -I equally balanced, by I he end of jlthe campaign there were almost

four times as many American divisions in Europe as British. “The disparity was not due Io any shirking on our part,” says General Ismay. “We had thrown into the struggle our last man and 1 our last shilling, and no one acknowledges this more generously than Eisenhower himself. No one who really knows lhe man could entertain for one moment the idea that he had any intention of belittling the British effort.”