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The Bridge to Hell: How 17,000 Allies were killed or wounded and 20,000 innocents were starved to death by the Nazis thanks to Field Marshal Montgomery's 'reckless plan'

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Post by Guest Sun May 27, 2018 9:06 am

[*]Ten days of fighting ensued as Marshal Montgomery poured troops into Holland
[*]It cost the lives of tens of thousands of allies and tens of thousands of civilians 
[*]Horrific details are revealed in new book Arnhem: The Battle For The Bridges  


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5775263/The-Bridge-Hell-New-book-reveals-horror-Battle-Arnhem.html#ixzz5GggL0Gty 
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Post by Vintage Sun May 27, 2018 1:59 pm

All war plans are probably reckless, they certainly are when they fail. When they work, a word something like a brilliant stratergy would be used.

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Post by nicko Sun May 27, 2018 4:32 pm

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Post by Original Quill Sun May 27, 2018 7:50 pm

There are some timeless rules:

1. Control the high ground;
2. Shoot further and straighter.
3. Always have a bastion (or a big rock);
4. Be agile;
5. Have an escape.

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Post by Lurker Sun May 27, 2018 9:20 pm

The D-Day invasion was a reckless failure that ultimately helped end the war but with horrific unnecessary casualties due to bureaucratic blunders and poor leadership at the top. Thousands died needlessly that day. If the upper brass weren't so stupid and had done theirs jobs most of the troops would not have died in vain on the beaches of Normandy.
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Post by Vintage Sun May 27, 2018 10:23 pm

As usual if everything had come together in the Market Garden expedition or other events had intervened on the right side, it would have been called a triumph and audacious planning. Things rarely go as planned, maybe because the opposition isn't in on it, it would be easy if the enemy stuck to your plan.

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