Having started this thread on Arnhem I'd like to add some footnotes to this discussion: As for MARKET GARDEN it sometimes seems that almost...
Originally posted by General der Infanterie Friedrich H: You're maybe right, Leo. As I said, there were other problems there such as bad weather,...
Originally posted by General der Infanterie Friedrich H: First of all, I have a little correction here: This man's name was Kurt Arthur Benno...
Originally posted by PzJgr: Had Market-Garden succeeded by the occupation of the Ruhr, I do not believe the war would have ended in 44'. The...
That's a good list of what went wrong, Jet. I would add to this:- 1. Major blunder by Eisenhower in postponing the airborne offensive from the...
There were many flaws in Market Garden but it has to be said that the all-important ingredient of luck wasn't always on the Allies side. It was...
Irving's work on Dresden is as bad as his work on Hitler. It is innaccurate, based on unsubstantiated estimates and influenced to a large extent...
Several of Irving's books that aren't tainted by his Holocaust-denying are well worth reading. His book on the bombing of Dresden certainly...
Maybe they could have mentioned the role of German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring in the Italian massacres, especially the slaughter of 335...
Could the war have ended in 1944 if the Allied plan for MARKET GARDEN had instead chosen a crossing at the river Wesel? Three reasons to suggest...
