From the online excepts I read, that looks like a really interesting book, and one I’ll put on my library list. The one part that really stuck out was Ike’s order to Monty of September 12 (today) to place priority on clearing the Scheldt Estuary. However, Monty put it at the bottom of his agenda, and gave the job to Crerar’s 1st Canadian Army. He then told Crerar to put it on the bottom of his agenda, and clear Bologne, Dunkirk and Calais first. Monty thought he could pull off Market-Garden without Antwerp.
Monty disobeyed orders, and in pursuit of his own glory hampered the operations on the entire western front. And that cost how many lives? I think a good many British mothers might have reconsidered the prevailing British public opinion of Monty.
Wow. I didn’t know that. I had read that Ike had ignored the Scheldt Estuary issue.