What were the key reasons that Market Garden failed?

Question

I know market garden fell on it's *** for many reasons. I personally think the biggest was the unforeseen amount of troops in the Arnhem area. If there were less, the British might have been able to hold out longer for XXX Corps to arrive. But then again the road was defended heavier than they expected it to be. Why do you think it failed miserably? The bridge at son blowing up? Nijmegen? The radios?

Answer 1

Think it was due to the large number of enemy troops trapping allied forces.

Answer 2

according to Eisenhower Patton Bradley and Montgomery



Operation Market Garden was an 85% Success we only Missed one Bridge and Lost Thousands of troops for Nothing trying to take Arnhem



It is ludicrous—and disrespectful—to believe that Allied commanders in the autumn of 1944 needed to be reminded that "war's objective is victory, not only the Victoria Cross." Operation Market Garden did not take place in the strategic vacuum such words imply, for Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's scheme had to fit into the grand design dictated by his boss, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. Indeed, Ike approved Market Garden because he believed it held great strategic merit and had the potential to solve several problems the Allies had created for themselves owing to the speed of their advance after the Battle of Normandy.



the Only reason we did Not storm across all the Bridges we took was lack of supplies we had about a 350 Mile supply line Going all the way to Normandy



The whole 'tanks stopping for tea' thing came about due to US Paratroopers witnessing tanks stopping and making a brew after Nijmegan.



the real reasons for the halt - Lack of adequate infantry support, ammuntion re-supply and a lack of fuel.



If we had the fuel we could have Continued But Pattons arrogance and the fact he disobeyed orders and Ran out of Fuel he had to be resupplied at the cost of the advance of the British Tanks



General Patton’s offense came to a halt on August 31, 1944 as the third army literally ran out of gas next to the Mosselle River just outside of Metz, France. Patton expected that the Theater commander would keep fuel and supplies coming to help the successful advantages.



the Bridges from Liege Herstal Meers Venlo to Nijmegen got us into Germany I know i have driven across several of the Post WW2 Bridges still standing



the Bridge at Arnhem was destroyed but has been Rebuilt to look the same



there is a Place called Goch where there is still a Large wooded Area where the Nazis had several Panzer Divisions On R & R kept in reserve they Prevented us from taking the Bridge at Arnhem



I was stationed in Germany Bear Goch at Weeze to be exact and you could almost throw stone at the Bridge at Arnhem from Weeze the Inferior Sherman tanks were No Match for Tigers and I used to Go to Nijmegen from Germany nearly every pay week end and we did in Mraket Garden Take Nijmegen and used it to advance into Germany



once Operation Market Garden was Over we took the Deep port at Antwerp and the US built a Highway from the Coast to Brussels then on to Antwerp later Built a Giant Runway at Eindhoven all this was only done after we Took all the Bridges south of Arnhem



and as a Result of all this Build Up the Germans had to try and stop us crossing into Germany Over the Rhine and Instigated the Battle of the Bulge to try and take Antwerp thus splitting the allies and preventing them crossing into Germany over the Nijmegen Bridge



Failure is totally Inaccurate Please don't Judge Operation Market Garden on the Movie I judge it on the Facts i was told when I was posted to germany after WW2 and Drove from Arnhem to Luxembourg through Antwerp and Bastogne



and the Only reason the Germans Lost was on the 27 dec 1944 Germany ran out of Fuel

Answer 3

The failure of the US 82nd Airborne Division to capture the Nijmegen bridge before XXX Corps arrived to help them.



Had they captured the bridge on schedule,XXX Corps would have been able to roll right over the bridge and on to Arnhem,arriving almost 2 days earlier than they did,which would have been while Frost was still holding out on the Arnhem bridge.The operation would then have been entirely successful.



So,failure to capture their primary objective on schedule by the 82nd Airborne.Montgomery's plan was bold and caught the Germans completely by surprise,and he can hardly be blamed for the failings of US combat troops on the ground.

Answer 4

Though I might phrase it less harshly than the other responders, but I would also attribute the bulk of the blame to Montgomery and the British command, who overlooked their own military intelligence to press ahead with a campaign that was ill-advised from its whole conception. The overreliance on exposed paratroops based on a too ambitious, unrealistic timetable for the land advance by the main army has made some military historians consider the whole operation as virtually a political decision to appease Montgomery and the British, who wanted the opportunity to deliver a decisive blow against the Germans before they folded up (which, unwisely, many Allied leaders presumed would happen by the end of 1944).

Answer 5

First of ALL...Monty wasn't a real Military General in any sense...



He was a Political appointee as were most British Officers...

from the House of Lords etc...with a Super big EGO !!!!



The plan was Flawed from the beginning...

He ignored all common sense...in most cases he

got thousands of Troops killed for "0" gain and

just pro longed the War...

He ignored his own intelligence officers...



The British Troops, because of their Valour and Tenacity

fought Bravely in spite of poor leadership..

(He didn't give a damn for his Troops...ever)

(Especially those from the British Colonies as they called them)

(Canada/Australia/India)







and





The plans for the attack fell into enemy hands so the German's knew were the next landing location was. Many Allied troops were killed even before making it to the ground. But maybe more important than that was that the 1st British Airborne were not able to keep Arnhem bridge before reinforcements arrived and so the bridge, Arnhem its self and everything else feel back into German hands.



The 1st British Airborne Division evacuated the Arnhem Area