From: Hobo

If you think the U.S. planning was near perfect how come the Germans
managed to attack through the same place the Brits and French thought they
couldn't 3 years before? Remember the battle of the bulge? The Germans went
through the Ardennes. They pushed right through American forces there as
easily as they had done the French earlier.

That's a lie. The Americans stopped the Germans during the Battle of the
Bulge. We didn't just crap our pants and quit because the Germans came
from an unexpected direction.

The 101st Airborne held Bastogne against the Germans even though they
were a lightly equiped paratrooper unit fighting against tanks, so the
difference between the American response and that of the French can't
just be about equipment, etc. Even when out-equiped the Americans were
willing to hold ground in a way that French soldiers never did.


Are you going to tell us the U.S. forces didn't
fight very hard?

No, I leave that to people like you.

Your conclusions aren't based on ground combat experience, are they?

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

I did not fight in WW2 or any other war. Which war did you fight in?

Bastogne is not near the Ardennes. The American forces in the Ardennes failed
to hold for several reasons. The fact that the Nazi troops even got to Bastogne
proves this. The men in the Ardennes fought to the best of their abilities. It
just wasn't enough.

It is evident to me you have not the skills for a civil debate. Further you
have no understanding of what bravery in combat is. Your implication you make
that the French soldiers were cowards proves this.

As for my combat experience I was in Viet Nam when I was in the Army. We lost
that war. Are you now going to call those of us who served there cowards?

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired