I'm curious why the Allies' strategy included consciously delaying the liberation of the northern Netherlands, in favor of attacking eastward first into Germany. Once all of France had been reclaimed, why not turn northward before invading Germany? Refusal to do so surely extended the substantial hardships of the Dutch.
Was it to keep the Germans' Army Group H pinned down in Holland and incapable of reinforcing the Siegfried/Rhine defenses, combined with "We've got the Germans on the run now, let's hurry and finish them off"?