Leadership and Tactics in the Battle of El Alamein

 Provide battlefield analysis utilizing the principals of joint operations. After reading Montgomery Victor of El Alamein and a legend in his own lifetime, focusing on the section titled, “Appointed to the Eighth Army”, describe Rommel’s OR Montgomery’s successes and failures during El Alamein. Then formulate your discussion post by answering the following questions in depth in your initial post: 1.Pick one side and show how your side correctly used two principles; 2.Reflecting on Rommel’s actions in battle and in death, and of how he became a military maverick, provide some takeaways from his illustrious career that you as a leader can adopt and why; 3. For extra credit, identify two of Sun Tzu’s axioms your selected leader used (+5 points = 2.5 points per) during the battle.