de Seversky actually got something right in his last paragraph as to whether we can sustain the progress we've been making in France as we prepare to enter Germany.
It will depend on "whether the Germans are as ready to defend every inch of their soil as the British and the Russians were."
Turns out they were, at least until Berlin falls and Hitler is dead.
A very prescient comment by the writer.
Thanks for pointing that out. I had missed it.
It sounded from yesterday’s news and comments that at least the planning of Monty’s ill-conceived & ill-fated “Market-Garden” has begun to adversely affect other operations in the area.
Do you know when the actual Market-Garden operation begin and from where to where was it supposed to go? (I think M-G is what the movie, “Bridge too Far” is about.)
It will depend on "whether the Germans are as ready to defend every inch of their soil as the British and the Russians were.
I think he was referring to whether or not the Allies could maintain their lines of supply. The Red Ball Express had been in the news for a few weeks. Looking at the magnanimous task of supplying two Army Groups and the 7th Army (Patch) with the one mulberry harbor and Cherbourg harbor (both way down south) even a reporter (in those days) would know you would need a bigger harbor closer to the fighting.
As it turns out, and as has been in the news the last few days as many surmised, not only Antwerp, but the Scheldt must be taken. Monty took Antwerp, but failed to understand the importance of the Scheldt. The Schedlt will not be taken until after Market Garden.
We will see the Allies sitting at the doorstep of Germany until next year because of this ommission by Monty.