We can revisit this issue again in December during the Battle of the Bulge. It then becomes a military necessity to use the Ardennes as a dividing point in the line. Ike appoints Monty command of US 1st and 9th Armies to conduct operations on the northern half of the bulge, and Bradley becomes superfluous as he only commands Patton’s 3rd Army south of the Bulge. Devers is ordered to thin and lengthen his line to free troops for Patton’s counterstroke.
The obvious solution would have been to appoint Bradley to command 1st and 9th Armies in the north, and Devers to command 3rd and 7th Armies in the south.
But noooo.....
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