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Pacific Historian
The Battle For The Rhine by Robin Neillands.
I liked this. It primarily concentrates on the command decisions for Allied drive to the German border up to Jan 1945. I learned a good deal.
1) Monty was not as bad a General as his detractors make him out to be. Tactically and strategeically brilliant. But his personality was terrible.
2) Ike erred in not making Antwerp and the Scheldt the main focus of allied operations after the breakout.
3) General Gavin of the 82nd Airborne blundered terribly in not seizing the bridges at Nijmegen the moment they landed and had surprise. Probably caused the failure of market garden.
4) Ike's broad front strategy was doomed to failure. Not enough supplies to keep all of the armies supplied. It would have been better to pour resources into one or two of the armies and use brute strength in numbers and fire power to punch holes in the Nazi defenses.
I highly recommend this book.
I liked this. It primarily concentrates on the command decisions for Allied drive to the German border up to Jan 1945. I learned a good deal.
1) Monty was not as bad a General as his detractors make him out to be. Tactically and strategeically brilliant. But his personality was terrible.
2) Ike erred in not making Antwerp and the Scheldt the main focus of allied operations after the breakout.
3) General Gavin of the 82nd Airborne blundered terribly in not seizing the bridges at Nijmegen the moment they landed and had surprise. Probably caused the failure of market garden.
4) Ike's broad front strategy was doomed to failure. Not enough supplies to keep all of the armies supplied. It would have been better to pour resources into one or two of the armies and use brute strength in numbers and fire power to punch holes in the Nazi defenses.
I highly recommend this book.