General Bradley publicly reveals Allied rift 70 years ago today (Jan 9 1945)


Video: 'American Experience - Battle of the Bulge (PBS Documentary)' (Jan. 9, 1945, at 55:08)

(Tuesday, January 9, 1945; during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front of World War II) — British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery “demanded permanent control of all American ground troops. Ike was sick of the field marshal and threatened to have him fired. On the 9th of January, an angry [American General Omar] Bradley made the dispute public.”