You are absolutely correct but isn't that the fortunes of war, one side makes a mistake and the other benefits that is not news.
Though the one person in the whole conflict who did not get the recognition that he truly deserved was Admiral Karl Doenitz. If Hitler had listened to him England would have been on its knees in little under a year and the war won. He was only taken notice of in the closing stages of the Battle of the Atlantic so it was all to late by then.
To draw a line under this I would like to say the one thing that saddens me is if you do visit a German war cemetery it is devoid of visitors and if there are, they are usually relatives of the allied side. Over the years I have personally come to the realization that soldiers killed in battle no matter what side are all equal in death.
