[Campion]

Monty will shortly discover that the Reich isn’t quite as helpless as he thought.

[biggerten]

I think it’s a bridge too far......

[Leto]

Money made a huge mistake here with market garden. The Germans had left the Schede undefended for a time. The Schede was the Islands between Antwerp and the North Sea. If the Brits and had moved swiftly ans seized then, the port of Antwerp would have been available to the Allies much sooner.

The book Armeggdon by Mac Hastings does a great job documenting the last months of the war in Europe:

http://www.amazon.com/Armageddon-Germany-1944-1945-Max-Hastings/dp/0375714227/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411044965&sr=1-2&keywords=armageddon

[Leto]

Money made a huge mistake here with market garden. The Germans had left the Schede undefended for a time. The Schede was the Islands between Antwerp and the North Sea. If the Brits and had moved swiftly ans seized then, the port of Antwerp would have been available to the Allies much sooner.

The book Armeggdon by Mac Hastings does a great job documenting the last months of the war in Europe:

http://www.amazon.com/Armageddon-Germany-1944-1945-Max-Hastings/dp/0375714227/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411044965&sr=1-2&keywords=armageddon

[Tax-chick]

He had to be delusional to think they were. In fact, the whole batch of them just had a case of the sillies for a month or so.

[reg45]

The ultimate objective was for him - Monty - to be the first one to Berlin and to beat those American amateurs.

[colorado tanker]

Monty really is insufferable. It’s hard to believe his monumental gaffe in issuing that victory statement just before the British 1st Airborne is about to be cut up in Arnhem.