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For Operation Supercharge, Montgomery told the tank regiment assigned to punch through the Axis line to expect 100% casualties. They suffered 75% and lost 120 tanks. It worked — the breach encircled Rommel and forced his retreat.
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On 2 November 1942, Montgomery commits his reserves to Operation Supercharge, the decisive final phase of the Second Battle. A tank regiment — approximately 150 tanks — is told to punch straight through the Axis lines and to expect total casualties. They suffer 75% losses and lose 120 tanks, but the breach is made. A second armoured regiment follows through the gap. Rommel's forces begin to be encircled. The group's discussion of tank crew survival prospects ('often they just get out the back') lightens the grimness only slightly. Fin notes the broader arc: this is Mourinho's team against Pep's, but the pitch has been progressively shrunk until there is no room left to manoeuvre. The 'no chill-out room in the desert' quip becomes a summary of the entire theater of war. [1] — Fin Taylor "For Operation Supercharge, Montgomery told the tank regiment assigned to punch through the Axis line to expect 100% casualties. They suffer…" 50:43
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Monty warned the tank regiment tasked with breaking the Axis line to expect 100% casualties; they ultimately suffered 75% casualties, losing 120 tanks.
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