I thought the presentations this week were very interesting because I knew little about each of them. I had never really thought about the use of photography in WWII even though you always see battle photos in movies, books, etc. Now that I think about it, there really are few color pictures of this war. It makes sense if the film was poor quality and expensive. I can also see the need to use it in training medical personnel vs. making informational movies.
I have never even heard of the Battle of Metz. Since it was heavily fortified by the Germans, I would've assumed that it would be given more credit in history. I guess that since it wasn't a key part of the German defense it was overlooked.
Since it was important to not give one country the ability to claim the defeat of Germany, I didn't really understand why Eisenhower sided with Montgomery in Operation Market Garden. It seemed like Montgomery was all about using the British to defeat the Germans with the other Allies just backing them up. Without the other countries, England could not have been able to defeat the Germans. They just didn't have enough man power so I thought this move was a little risky on their part.
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I really liked the presentations too this week b/c they were about topics that I had no idea or heard nothing about prior to this week. The Battle of Metz as we discussed in class wasn't a glorified campaign b/c the causalities could and should of been avoided by Allied command. It seems as though Patton wanted to take the city b/c of personal whim.
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