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Yup. Not to engage in the millionth refighting of the war, but.... I've always wondered what would have happened if Patton and not Montgomery had gotten the supplies that Market Garden chewed up. Would the war ended earlier? Germany sued for peace? Or would we have wound up fighting the Russians in '45 and '46?

Market Garden never should have happened. It was a waste of good men. Montgomery was too timid - or war-weary - to take on an offensive like that.

I enjoyed BoB because of the accuracy. I watched the old 60s flick "Battle of the Bulge" with my Grandfather (who was actually there). I asked him what he thought and his comment was "It was a fine movie, but nobody looked cold enough". BoB got that part right, at least.

I still have a picture of Grandpa posing with his XO in thigh-high snow somewhere in the Ardennes. Both of the men have huge smiles on their faces, and I've always wondered what they were grinning about.

I asked him what he thought and his comment was "It was a fine movie, but nobody looked cold enough". BoB got that part right, at least.

And my favorite line of all from BoB, "How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? I'd feel real peachy about it, except for one thing. We didn't need to be f'ing rescued by Patton, you got that."