GRGR(7) Discussion Opener
RICHARD ROMEO
RR.TFCNY at mail.fdncenter.org
Fri Dec 13 13:48:00 CST 1996
14.) "And she is gone. Crossed over the English lines at the salient
where the great airborne adventure lies bogged down for the
winter[...]"
What is the adventure referred to here?
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Must be referring to Operation Market-Garden, late '44, essentially
Montgomery's idea to use airborne troops, British and American, dropped
behind German lines in Holland. Attack bogged down because some SS
Panzer divisions were on R & R, at sites where landing zones were
targeted, unbeknownst to Allied intelligence. Many of the targets were
the same ones Germany used airborne troops for when they invaded the Low
Countries in '40.
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Richard Romeo
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