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I Prefer El Alamein’s Early Stuff (with Pierre Novellie) | Monty vs Rommel (Part 3/4)
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The group explores the German military's improvisation-based 'yes-and' doctrine — essentially Auftragstaktik — in contrast to Monty's methodical planning. Rommel, having operated on Pervitin (methamphetamine) for 18 months in 40-degree heat, retreats to Germany in September 1942, where Pierre imagines him doing jumping jacks in the Alps and drinking mineral water in a spa. Meanwhile, Alan Turing's cracking of the Enigma code is giving Monty total awareness — he knows when ships carrying Rommel's fuel are sailing, where each unit is positioned, even when Rommel is at a spa. Horatio frames Monty and Turing as 'Andy Cole and Dwight York,' two autistic geniuses forming an unbeatable partnership. The Second Battle of El Alamein opens on 23 October 1942 with a massive Allied bombardment. Hitler frantically summons Rommel back from his recovery. [1] — Pierre Novellie "The Germans had been reading Allied plans via the American ambassador in Cairo, whose cipher the Italians broke by rummaging through a desk…" 23:35
Montgomery wore a black beret to signal solidarity with armoured divisions, carried a fly whisk for swagger, and was obsessively media-aware. Pierre calls him an influencer — someone who understood that aura is a force multiplier.
