Comments by "UzuMaki NaRuto" (@UzumakiNaruto_) on "The REAL Operation Market Garden | BATTLESTORM Documentary | All Episodes" video.

Seriously despite the mistakes made by the planners of this operation and all the real world issues that came up, the allies still almost pulled it off. The biggest mistakes that they couldn't overcome was not dropping the bulk of 1st Airborne Division on the first day considering they were the furthest from the ground forces and had to hold out the longest. The second mistake was not dropping the British paras near Arnhem and on both sides of the bridge so that they wouldn't have to march a long distance to the bridge and they could assault it from both sides. If Frost and his single battalion could hold out for 4 days, imagine how much longer they could hold if most of the brigade had made it to the bridge to defend it.
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'IMO the Allies did not have but ⅓ of the air transport necessary for Market Garden to be a success.' Even despite all the problems the plan had, in the end they were still close to pulling it off. If on the first day they had allocated enough transport to drop most or all of 1st Airborne in drop zones much closer to Arnhem, that probably would've been enough to hold an extra day or two enough for XXX Corp to relieve them. I mean if Frost's 2nd battalion on its own could hold out for so long, imagine if most of 1st and 3rd battalions had made it to the bridge with most of their supplies as well. Probably would've been enough to hang on strongly for at least a day or two or more especially if the allies could keep the Brits resupplied. Even better if they could've done two drops on the first day before the Germans could react in force that would've been even better and lessened the problem of not enough transports to go around for everyone.
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@davemac1197 The thing is why wasn't taking Nijmegen bridge the very top priority above everything else and have more troops tasked to take it first before anything else? Also wonder why they didn't drop on both sides of the bridge and take it from both ends on the first day. The bridges were of course the key to the entire operation and show taking them should've been the most important thing to accomplish on day 1. Same with Arnhem road bridge why the British 1st Airborne didn't drop troops on both sides so that they could assault both ends and take it on the first day.
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@johnlucas8479 1) That should've been the plan to begin with. Give the force being the furthest away the most help so that if things inevitably don't go according to plan, the furthest most isolated force can hold out longer more effectively. 1st Airborne being the most isolated should've have most of their forces dropped on day one as close to their objectives as possible. Its the most logical thing to do to give them the best chance of holding out being so far away from ground help. 2) The Polish brigade was suppose to link up with the Brits at Arnhem weren't they? Between the 2nd and 3rd battalions plus the Poles, if they had all mostly made it to Arnhem on the first day with their supplies, they probably would've been able to hold until XXX Corp arrived even with all the delays. 3) Why not do a second lift at night if the weather was good enough? Get as much of your forces into battle on the first day where you have the most surprise. Even if the troops dropping at night would've been more disorganized like it was on D-Day, the amount of chaos they could cause would mean a less organized and powerful German force would've been able to attack the British forces at Arnhem bridge or US forces down south when they have to send out units to deal with guerilla paratroops all around them.
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