Scheldt '44 - Realism versus Playability?

[Lowlander]

I don't have the game.  But, the low quality of the units could be from breaking up some of the recent units to make replacements available for other units.  The Brits had troops in France, Italy and to a lesser extent, in the Pacific.  They had been in the war longer and reaching the end of available manpower.  Just a guess.

Correct, Monty was under severe political pressure over the casualties suffered up to this point in the war, that is why the armoured divisions were employed is several well known attacks around Caen as he could afford to lose AFV's.
The Americans say he was a cautious commander.