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To: Bilow who wrote (12744)	12/4/2001 7:22:19 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

That's not the way that General Patton measured progress against the enemy. OK -g- I'll guess. Ground won (sq miles), towns and cities freed?

To: Bilow who wrote (12744)	12/4/2001 8:50:07 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

That's not the way that General Patton measured progress against the enemy. I was almost ready to post a similar reply when I read that. And it's especially pertinent when one considers that tactical and strategic blunders by the British command structure led to the war lasting into 1945, and claiming thousands of more lives needlessly. But I have to blame Eisenhower for that as well. Watched "A Bridge Too Far" the other day and it only reminded me of the almost criminal stupidity amongst British planners, particularly the failure to capture Caen on June 6th (when the Brit and Canadians had some of the best initial progress on D-Day), or the failure to close the Falaise Gap (while Patton was ordered to hold fast and let Montgomery close it). Then there was the failure to capture the Scheldt Estuary which would have opened up the port of Antwerp. These three boondoggles, all due to the notorious cautiousness of Montgomery (which he claimed was intended not to waste the precious lives of British soldiers). In the end, his incompetence led to the deaths of far more British and American soldiers that would have been necessary. Hawk