One should realize that the US forces are mostly in the south, as that's where they ended up at the end of WW2. Shifting them to the North German Plain would have taken a lot of money, time and effort. It would also resulted in the Dutch & Belgians having longer supply lines than they ever had, and needing to spend a lot on transport, probably weakening their forces even further.
That doesn't sound like a winner, so it sounds better to have the Americans as a holding force across a wider span, and then forming a counter-attack force (III Corps) right into the extended Soviet spearhead! That almost sounds like a real plan.
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