[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.

[colorado tanker]

It goes back to amateurs talk tactics and professionals talk logistics.

How many times have we seen posts where the Germans complain they can't move in the daytime because we fill the air with planes and artillery shells? We could beat superior German tanks because of our numbers. (Well, that and outstanding tankers like Creighton Abrams.) We can do that because of our logistical tail.