On Fri, 05 May 2006 16:58:31 -0400, Vince wrote:
Follow-up to set to sci.military.naval

But it is very difficult to find cases of equal strength
forces where they were outfought.

I suggest you read _When the Odds were Even_ by Bonn, about the Vosges
campaign. Little known here in the US, because 7th Army didn't get the
press that the Patton-Bradley-Monty triumvirate got, but a quite effective
assault, across excellent defensive terrain, with little air support,
by essentially even troop strengths.

Why is it difficult to find out information on this campaign? The popular
understanding of the 1944-1945 campaign is badly skewed by the
emphasis on Anglo-American rivalry. As H.P. Wilmott pointed out, most
English-language accounts of that campaign make it seem that the Americans
and the British are the chief antagonists. Because of that focus, the
operations of 6th Army Group, critical as the were, are only lightly
touched on, usually just in a "FDR vs. Churchill: Dragoon vs. Italy"
context. The importance of Marseilles is ignored so that the blame game
over Antwerp can be played, and the attention focuses on the twin failures
of Huertgen and Market Garden, rather than the success of the Vosges.

Chris Manteuffel
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