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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 17 points 1 month ago

Explanation: In WW2, there was some amount of tension between several of the major leaders in the Western Allies. Many of the leading generals were... divas, honestly; self-important, temperamental, and unwilling to share the 'spotlight'. The British Field Marshal Montgomery (right, known as Monty) and American General Patton are two of the more famous such divas. Poor Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of Allied forces, was a very even-keeled man, and tasked with reining all these weirdos in!

... Market Garden was one of Monty's plans that consisted primarily of feeding Allied paratroopers to entrenched Nazi forces.

It was not a success.

[โ€“] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

In response, Monty then spends months planning a meticulous crossing of the Rhine to be as safe as possible. Then Patton YOLOs and successfully crosses the day before the planned Allied invasion.

[โ€“] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

At least we got a good movie out of it. Free on tubi if you're in the US: https://tubitv.com/movies/100001274/a-bridge-too-far