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Originally Posted by James Langham
Market-Garden NEARLY worked, it would have only taken one perhaps two of the bits of bad luck for the operation to work.
For reference I would class both Montgomery and Patton above Rommel as commanders as they both were masters of logistics, something which Rommel ignored to great cost. "Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics."
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Like the saying goes "Close only counts in horseshoes and with hand grenades."
It is to the everlasting credit of the 1st Allied Airborne Army and XXX Corps that Market-Garden achieved as much as it did. In spite of the bad luck, poor intelligence and piss-poor planning, it came so close to success by the sheer drive and courage of the men who fought and died for that damned highway.
No doubt that both Montgomery and Patton rated better than Rommel as battlefield commanders...on the other hand, how's this for a dream team...
Patton as army commander, Montgomery as his chief of staff and Rommel commanding the 2nd Armored Division!