I was amazed to read about all the screw-ups in late 1944. How could so many top US generals- who for the most part had been very solid through out the war, make so many bad decisions all at the same time- from ignoring warnings from Ultra about a German build up, not issuing winter supplies, and letting themselves fall into the same position as the French had 4 years earlier?
The epilogue to Company Commander, though very brief, was one of my favorites parts of the whole book.
It was good to hear some fine information about a campaign that rarely gets attention and fit well with issue of the slowed allied advance covered in lecture- it seems questionable actions such as Metz occur more often then we realize
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I was surprised that there were so many mistakes made as well. Obviously, the whole war was a huge learning process for us but why weren't we applying more of what had already been learned?
I liked the fact that the Allies committed so many errors in historical context because the vast belief by many people is that the Allies were infallible during the war and nothing stopped them. It goes to show the Axis powers were a determined foe and would never give up under Hitler's grasp.
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