[colorado tanker]

I agree with your analysis. Taking the Scheldt early would have changed the course of the war.

Unfortunately, as today's posts imply, Ike could not have forced that without firing Monty, which was politically impossible. The man seems to be living on another planet.

[abb]

I think maybe the explanation is as simple as the headlines that Homer_Simpson puts up for us to read every day. Generals are humans and like to read their own names in the newspapers as much as anyone.

What is the NYT giving the most ink to?

XXX Germans killed!! Patton advances XXX miles!! Siegfried Line smashed!! Monty takes bridges!! And so on.

Not much ink on this: Supply trucks roll xxx miles, or xxx tons of cargo offloaded from ships.

So naturally, the generals are going to try to do what gives them the best press coverage back home.