Comments by "" (@lyndoncmp5751) on "Who to Blame? John Frost on Operation Market Garden's Failure WW2" video.

  1. Brereton was the wrong man to command First Allied Airborne Army. Browning and Urquhart were not the best choices for their respective roles either. Same can be said of Taylor of the 101st. First Allied Airborne Army was rife with wrong command choices.
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  2.  @johnburns4017  Correct. The operation was killed by wrong planning by the air commanders. Monty handed the idea over to the air commanders Brereton, Williams, Hollinghurst, Gavin, Taylor and Urquhart as he had zero jurisdiction over any air units.
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  3.  @johnburns4017  Indeed. And Monty only came up with the idea because earlier that same day, September 4th, the SHAEF intel summary assured him the Germans facing his 2nd British Army were "disorganised, demoralised and short of equipment and arms". Monty immediately sent communication to Eisenhower to get his idea approved but it took the best part of a week for Eisenhower just to get back to him. What on earth was Eisenhower doing?
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  4.  @johnburns4017  Yes we know what Eisenhower was doing in the Bulge. He was running to Montgomery for help.
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  5.  @johnburns4017  Correct. The 508th PIR of the 82nd dropped at 1.30 pm and was assembled by 3.00 pm. Pre drop Gavin verbally instructed Lindquist of the 508th to move without delay on the Nijmegen bridge. Lindquist didn't. At 6.00 pm Gavin again ordered Lindquist to delay not a moment longer and move on the bridge. It was another two hours before they got going at 8.00 pm and then one of the companies got lost. This mess up within the command structure of the 82nd had NOTHING to do with Browning. That was an 82nd mess up.
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  6.  @johnburns4017  That just about settles it. Good link.
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  7.  @johnburns4017  I didn't know that either. I wonder where the train came from/went to?
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  8.  @johnburns4017  Id like to know this. Very interesting. I'll try and research.
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  9.  @johnburns4017  Shock horror. Beevor goes light on American failures. Surprise surprise. Wouldn't want to annoy readers in his most lucrative market would he? What a cowardly hack.
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  10. Browning was 'persuaded' to leave quietly and was out of the Airborne and shunted off to Burma in an administration position before the end of 1944. He didn't remove Sosabowski. How could he? He wasn't a part of First Allied Airborne Army at the time Sosabowski was removed.
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  11. Chris Excellent post. Very well put. 👍
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  12. ​ @Duke-i3u Brereton backed Williams of the USAAF Troop Carrier Command though and Brereton also rejected the RAF's proposal to carry out double glider tows and double missions around Arnhem.
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  13. This was because the SHAEF Intelligence Summary of 4th September 1944 assured him that the German forces in front of his British 2nd Army were "disorganised, even demoralised isolated groups short of equipment and arms". Blame the SHAEF Intel.
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  14. Not only multi nation but multi branch. The commander of First Allied Airborne Army, Brereton, was not an Airborne general but a USAAF general.
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