Lessons Learned From Operation Market Garden
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Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer B. Fox
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Lessons Learned From Operation Market Garden - Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer B. Fox
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Lessons Learned From Operation Market Garden
by
Jennifer B. Fox, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
ABSTRACT 5
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 6
Introduction 7
PRELUDE TO Market Garden 7
D DAY MINUS 17 10
The Operation. 17 September. 1944 15
The Quest for the Ruhr: the Ill-fated Market Garden 17
The Final Analysis 19
Lessons Learned 23
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 27
BIBLIOGRAPHY 28
ABSTRACT
Operation Market Garden was the largest paratroop drop of the Second World War; It was also one of the worst operational failures. What strategy could have led the Allies to such an incredulous failure and what lessons can be learned for future military operations? Several timeless lessons are apparent from an analysis of the operation: (1) at the strategic level, military planners must never lose sight of the political reasons which fostered the initial conflict; (2) at the operational level, total coordination and planning with all elements of an operation remain critical to the successful execution of any plan; (3) logistics shortages caused the troops to be ill prepared; (4) most importantly, at the tactical level commanders must learn to read the troops,
watch their collective behavior and be ready to step in