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Originally Posted by Charge_7 Thank you for your insights, AussieJohn.
One point however:
"There air superiority had crippled the German attempts to mount a counter-attack; in the approach marches, the formation for attack, and the attack itself. The only hope was to bring in sufficient infantry to hold the line, thus releasing the panzer forces for another more concentrated effort. If the attack was to be mounted it should be against the weaker Americans".
By "weaker" it could just as easily mean weaker in that specific area of the battle, and not mean _anything_ about the Americans as a whole. Without the full context that observation is just conjecture. |
On June 10th, Rommel considered the Americans to be the weaker of the allied forces at that stage. He was hoping to be able to direct most of his armour at the Americans but was unable due to the reasons I and others have already stated. I think Rommel had it right.
Obviously the American strength changed dramatically from early June to mid July, 1944.