Marching Orders: The Untold Story of How the American Breaking of the Japanese Secret Codes Led to the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan

by Bruce Lee

McCormack also sees how, in August 1942, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery takes command of the British Eighth Army in Egypt. This is after the Germans shoot down the plane carrying Lt. Gen. “Strafer” Gott, the British commanding general. When Montgomery suddenly appears on scene, replacing Gott, the British already know from Ultra decrypts the line of attack Rommel will make on a ridge of hills called Alam Halfa. The British also have a good idea of the date of the attack. By now, Bletchley Park is handling the Mediterranean Ultra with dispatch. So Montgomery is also aware of the status of Rommel’s reserves, his lack of fuel and ammunition, the morale