Operation Market Garden Flashcards
Date of Operation Market Garden?
17 - 25 September 1944
Who were commanders in Operation Market Garden?
British - Montgomery
American - Eisenhower
How many paratroopers returned to England?
2,000 / 11,000
How many British + American troops VS German?
100,000 German
41,000 British + American
Opinion of Antony Beevor (military historian) on Operation Market Garden?
‘was a bad plan right from the start and right from the top’
What does Watts blame for the failure of Operation Market Garden?
‘slowness of the advance in the eastern sector’
and ‘logistics’
What are the three failures of Operation Market Garden according to Watts?
‘Firstly, the question of command of the land forces, secondly, the determination of strategy and thirdly, the problem of logistics and supply.’
Alanbrooke’s opinion of Eisenhower? Cause of Operation Market’s failure?
27th July 1944 in Diary
‘knows nothing about strategy’
Conflicts between Montgomery and Eisenhower - according to Eisenhower’s biographer (Ambrose)?
‘Montgomery tended to hear what he wanted to hear, read what he wanted to read; Eisenhower tended to seek out words or phrases that would appease. There was consequently, a consistent misunderstanding between the two men.’
What did Montgomery claim was the success of Operation Market Garden?
‘ninety per cent successful’
