[MEG33]

The war , like every war was not run perfectly...The media was kinder then..and we prevailed as Hitler had shot us his last best shot and lost. I received a war bond for my birthday present then..

[Terpfen]

It definitely wasn't run perfectly. It took Eisenhower forever to be convinced of the need to support a strong thrust, rather than a broad front... and then he went and put Montgomery in charge of the thrust. Montgomery was a great general if you needed to pin the enemy down somewhere (Catania, Caen), but to take land? No way. And then Market-Garden failed, predictably, and so the Bulge occurred.

[sevry]

The war , like every war was not run perfectly

Just ask the Nisei.

[JoeFromSidney]

Yes, but when did the American media concede? Surely the imbeds were livid about the poor planning by the American Commanders. I'll bet the newspapers and the radio shows were filled with angry Senators and Congressman demanding Roosevelt's head for presiding over this needless tragedy.

As it happened, I was home from school with the measles during the Battle of the Bulge (I was 13 at the time), and was able to follow the battle on a map, using radio and newspaper reports. It's sometimes difficult to remember that the news media actually supported the war effort back then. Sure a big contrast with the way the news media reported Vietnam while I was thre.