Comments on: Operation Market Garden – Part 2 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/operation-market-garden-part-2.htm All things military history! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg http://www.armchairgeneral.com/operation-market-garden-part-2.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8617 Greg Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:59:13 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=3654#comment-8617 It seems to me the article fails, as do most on the subject, to deal with the primary actor in the operation, the XXX Corps. Airborne operations were secondary to the ability of the ground troops to traverse the distance with appropriate speed. The answer to the previous question is that the American air support coordination teams sent into Arnhem had non-functioning sets, and one was killed due to direct hit by a mortar round. Since Browning ordered that pilots do not attack without requests from the ground due to expected confused situation on the ground, they followed orders, and did not, hence no air support. It seems to me the article fails, as do most on the subject, to deal with the primary actor in the operation, the XXX Corps. Airborne operations were secondary to the ability of the ground troops to traverse the distance with appropriate speed.

The answer to the previous question is that the American air support coordination teams sent into Arnhem had non-functioning sets, and one was killed due to direct hit by a mortar round. Since Browning ordered that pilots do not attack without requests from the ground due to expected confused situation on the ground, they followed orders, and did not, hence no air support.

]]> By: Richard Ross http://www.armchairgeneral.com/operation-market-garden-part-2.htm/comment-page-1#comment-444 Richard Ross Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:10:57 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=3654#comment-444 <!-- spamk : Used HTTP_VIA header. --> <!-- spamk : Comment on VERY old post. --> <!-- spamk : KARMA: -4 --> <!-- spamk : Treatment: purgatory --> In studying Market Garden, even with some bad weather it does not explain why there was so little Allied air support, against visible German tanks for example. Does anyone know why, was it not effective or practiced by this late point in the war?



In studying Market Garden, even with some bad weather it does not explain why there was so little Allied air support, against visible German tanks for example. Does anyone know why, was it not effective or practiced by this late point in the war?

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