Marketgarden

I think the plan for marketgarden was reasonable and a good idea. The execution of this plan was a little flawed but still a good theory. People were desperate to end the war fast and get their boys home safe. Thats not uncommon, but mistakes made it impossible to complete. The lack of communication was probably the biggest reasons for the failure. If they could have told their commanders about the conditions and was going on would have been immensiley helpful. We learned about other battles and what problems they faced. It seems that this entire war countries faced the problems of outrunning their supply lines or just running out of supplies. I think that thats just an effect of war. It happens in every war.

The presentations this week were good. I didnt know all that stuff about the photographers or pictures that we see about the war. To know that some of them were censored is amazing. It makes you wonder if out government still doesnt try to do that and we just dont see it. The battles that we heard about all seemed to face the same problems we've been hearing over and over again. Its good to hear though that the US forces learned from their mistakes in these battles.