Why Montgomery Captured Antwerp But Refused to Open It
Автор: WW2 Legacy
Загружено: 2025-12-22
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On September 4th, 1944, British forces captured the Belgian port of Antwerp completely intact—the second largest port in Europe, capable of supplying the entire Allied advance into Germany with 40,000 tons daily. But Field Marshal Montgomery never cleared the 60-mile Scheldt Estuary approaches, leaving the miracle port useless while he prioritized Operation Market Garden instead. For 85 days, Antwerp's empty docks sat idle while Allied armies across the front struggled with crippling fuel and ammunition shortages—Patton's Third Army halted, Hodges' First Army rationing supplies, and the entire Allied momentum from the summer breakout dissipating. Canadian forces finally cleared the Scheldt in brutal fighting through November, but the first supply ship didn't reach Antwerp until November 28th.
Drawing on Canadian War Museum records, SHAEF operational files, and post-war German testimony, this documentary examines how Montgomery's decision to pursue glory over logistics extended the war through winter—giving Germany the time to prepare the Ardennes offensive that cost 80,000 American casualties in the Battle of the Bulge.
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