Re: XXX Corps was too slow and for Ted
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Posted by Brad Sallows from Burnaby BC Canada on April 12, 2021 at 13:04:06:
In Reply to: Re: XXX Corps was too slow and for Ted posted by Michael A. Dorosh on April 10, 2021 at 00:32:19:
After 6 weeks in Normandy, any formation was probably as experienced as it could
hope to be. The commanders and staffs all had a pretty good grip on their jobs,
and owing to turnover due to the high casualty rates on the left flank of the
bridgehead it's hard to believe the troops' experience level could've increased
much more.
When I refer to "cream", I'm not trying to simply infer something about troop quality,
although the SS divisions had remarkable cohesion compared to other formations, even
other German formations. One must consider also the large number of panzer divisions
squeezed into the ground facing the British/Canadians and the fact those divisions had
significantly better equipment and logistical priority than their infantry divisions,
particularly the SS formations.
The Mortain counteroffensive was against the Americans, not the British/Canadians,
and it stalled out pretty quickly. One must note that the best formations the Germans
could possibly hope to muster were concentrated south of Caen and they failed to ever
achieve anything decisive while they were fresh.
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