To: BluSky
He does tell the story of Patton's explicit request to encircle a very large contingent of German soldiers at Falaise that would have shortened the war by 6 - 9 months. The Falaise gap was infamous. Montgomery was nothing less than deliberate in everything he did from El Alamein onward. Eisenhower should have realized this when he (Montgomery) came to him with the Market-Garden plan a few months later. It was folly to put an operation requiring speed, daring and boldness in the hands of a commander who exhibited none of those qualities.
20 posted on
04/21/2004 9:10:59 AM PDT by
Euro-American Scum
(A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
To: Euro-American Scum
So very true!
21 posted on
04/21/2004 10:19:51 AM PDT by
BluSky
(“Don’t make me come down there.”)
To: Euro-American Scum
I am very envious. We whizzed right past Normandy on the Euro Train on our way to Paris last summer, but it didn't stop. I would LOVE to be there for this anniversary. Please give our heartfelt thanks to every veteran you encounter. We would all be there with you if we could.
TRS
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