soc.history.war.world-war-ii

In article <47e8f847$0$10472$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
YMC wrote:
>
>What was Patton's "Market Garden"? In other words, Monty made a mess in
>Operation Market Garden but what was a similar operation conceived by Patton
>that failed?
>
Um, two things here.

First, Patton did not show up well in Lorraine. He had opportunities
for more maneuver and less head-on attacking than he used.

Second, Market-Garden was not just Monty. It was a much more
widespread mess than that. I have this sneaky suspicion that
it might have gone better if Montgomery had run the whole thing.



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