... for Analyzing Senior Leader Responsibilities, by Elizabeth A. Coble, LTC. Abstract: With German forces on the run following the Allied success at Normandy and the breakout and pursuit across France, Allied
forces were staged to enter Germany in late summer 1944. Both Field Marshal Montgomery and General Bradley clamored to
be given the priority of effort. General Eisenhower chose Montgomery’s Operation MARKET GARDEN as the plan for action. It
called for airborne forces to open the route for a ground force to move more than sixty miles up a single road, ending up north
of the Rhine River near Arnhem, Netherlands. By accomplishing this task, the German Ruhr industrial heartland would be
within easy grasp. But the operation failed. The ground force did not make it to the last bridge; it was six more months before
Allied forces crossed the Lower Rhine River near Arnhem.
Between 17 and 26 September 1944, there were 17,000 Allied casualties including eighty percent of the 1st Airborne Division (UK). Did senior Allied leaders do enough to resolve issues raised before the operation began? Should it even have been conducted at all? This paper uses primary sources, including diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and unit reports, to examine what role senior leaders played in the failure of the operation."
Between 17 and 26 September 1944, there were 17,000 Allied casualties including eighty percent of the 1st Airborne Division (UK). Did senior Allied leaders do enough to resolve issues raised before the operation began? Should it even have been conducted at all? This paper uses primary sources, including diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and unit reports, to examine what role senior leaders played in the failure of the operation."
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It Never Snows in September: The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944 is an incredibly detailed look at the 1944 Allied Airborne Operation from the German point-of-view. The amount of research performed by Robert Kershaw.
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