The Normandy campaign had been a stunning success. By early September 1944 all but a fraction of France had been liberated. The American and British/Canadian forces had occupied Belgium and part of The Netherlands and had reached the German frontier. They had, however, outrun their logistic support and lacked the strength to launch a culminating offensive. The coming winter would see much hard fighting, and a German counteroffensive in the Belgian Ardennes, before the German army in the west was finally to be beaten.
Was that when FDR apologised to the American people for getting their boys stuck in a quagmire?
Thank you for this thread doug..as always, you provide great threads, great insight and often a history lesson.