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To: kiryandil

There was a brief consideration of dropping a airborne division (maybe 2!) to support the Warsaw Uprising. Since its success hinged on Stalin attacking and breaking through to Warsaw. Allied planners quickly sobered up and realized trying on Stalin was a bad plan. It would have been so bad Market Garden would look like Agincourt!


57 posted on 07/23/2018 5:24:56 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

There’s a piece of history I never read...


60 posted on 07/23/2018 8:51:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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