On more than one occasion Winston Churchill has paid his derisive respects to the strategy of "Corporal Hitler" by listing it among the Allies' greatest assets. Addressing the House of Commons last week, the Prime Minister soberly refrained from any such sarcasm—for, whatever the reason for Hitler's eclipse, his meddling and whimsical hand was no longer in evidence on the western front.
Correspondents quoted a "high" U.S. officer who has closely studied the German operations since Dday: "If Hitler were running the Army now, he would probably be screaming to his generals...