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I'm John Batch with my good colleague Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs, writing about decision-making by commanders and regrets and confidence and risk-taking by commanders. No commander could be more famous for a decision than Sir John

Monash of the Australian Corps, who came from Gallipoli in that defeat and was assigned to the Western Front in 1916.

And in 1918, commanded the largest corps on the field.

The French were drained.

The Americans were ready to work, but they didn't want to work under an alien commander.

That is, an Australian.

However, they did anyway. It all worked out. John Monash made a

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