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Post by Quintus Fabius on Mar 21, 2017 3:38:11 GMT
He is Dutch and hails from the Netherlands. Was Netherlands really in this operation? Or the allies entered Germany via Netherlands? It is my doubt. Please help. The Dutch Resistance movements did aid many of the airborne landings in Operation Market Garden, and provided valuable information (although certain British officers did not take heed of said information and thus blundered their way into German Forces) to the allies. |
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Post by Mountbatten on Mar 21, 2017 4:04:02 GMT
He is Dutch and hails from the Netherlands. Was Netherlands really in this operation? Or the allies entered Germany via Netherlands? It is my doubt. Please help. I don't know much about Market Garden. You could google it perhaps. |
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Post by Suvorov on Mar 22, 2017 20:04:39 GMT
Americans also served in Market Garden, not just the British and Canadians. Not to mention support by Polish volunteers and the Dutch resistance. Market Garden if it succeeded could very well have meant an Allied push further and further east, potentially possibly even taking Berlin before the U.S.S.R. Due to tough German resistance and poor planning, however, the operation failed, which ultimately resulted in the Battle of the Bulge as the Germans saw the Allied defeat in Market Garden as a sign of Allied weakness. The Bulge would result in 100,000 American casualties, the most in any American combat operation. On one hand, the offensive could have resulted in the prevention of the Soviets taking over Eastern Germany and Hell, possibly even Poland (But that's very wishful thinking). But, the offensive, when it failed, resulted in the German counterattack of the Bulge, which stalled Allied offensives eastward into Germany, allowing for the Soviets to begin driving westward further into Poland and Germany. It was a heavy gamble, one which ultimately didn't pay off well. I think that due to the potential of an Allied liberation of Germany and onward if the Operation had run smoothly did make it worth a shot. Instead of giving such a high priority to Operation Market Garden, Monty could have better used his time to reduce his supply lines several hunderd kilometers by taking the port of Antwerp when it was still easy. Because Montgomery rather preferred a bold operation behind enemy lines (and ignored several Waffen SS tank divisions), the Germans were able to reinforce Antwerp and delay the Allied capture of it. Even if the Allies would have been able to succesfully round off Market Garden they would have serious logistic difficulties, because supplying the Allied armies would have been extremely difficult: supplies would have needed to be transported from the beaches of Normandy all across to Germany and Berlin, which is not very easy. The Germans also recognized the importance of Antwerp and, during the battle of the Bulge, one of their main aims was to capture Antwerp. And they shot half of their V-2s during the war on Antwerp. I really have something against Montgomery, I guess. |
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Post by Imperial RomeBall on Mar 23, 2017 0:25:56 GMT
Was Netherlands really in this operation? Or the allies entered Germany via Netherlands? It is my doubt. Please help. The Dutch Resistance movements did aid many of the airborne landings in Operation Market Garden, and provided valuable information (although certain British officers did not take heed of said information and thus blundered their way into German Forces) to the allies. Well by that time it had no regular army to fight with, but yeah that counts. I bet they were better than the French resistance. (sorry if I am wrong about that) |
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