Market-Garden slide. Arnhem was a bridge too far in that a Rhine crossing at Arnhem would not have succeeded under any conditions. The Germans were still too strong and the Allied supply situation so bad that even Patton would not have been able to stay on the north bank. If Monty had just kept going after the capture of Antwerp, he could have cleared more of Holland south and west of the Rhine, or cleared the approaches to Antwerp, at a much lower cost that what was eventually paid.
I wasn’t aware of the certain failure element of the mission. Thank you for filling in the blanks.
Market-Garden slide. Arnhem was a bridge too far in that a Rhine crossing at Arnhem would not have succeeded under any conditions.
One of my favorite movies. Wasn’t Arnhem just by luck where they moved a Panzer Division back away from the front randomly for rest. Seemed like bad luck. Favorite line “it just like Monty to plan a bridge too far” or something like that.