The Halt on the Elbe

摘要

In March 1945, British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery stood on the Rhine with visions of a triumphal entry into Berlin dancing in his head. It was Montgomery's expectation that in addition to his own 21st Army Group, he would have command of the US Ninth Army and an absolute priority on fuel and supplies. He would then make a 250-mile dash across the north German plain to capture Berlin. Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed with Montgomery's assumptions but the supreme Allied commander, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, did not.