Episode 67: Operation Market Garden - In Defense of Monty

Our 9-day, 9-episode analysis of Operation Market Garden continues! We're on Day 5, September 21, 2021. Thus far, we've spent an awful lot of time criticized British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, the architect of Market Garden. Here we bring on a Brit, retired General James Learmont, to give a defense of Monty. James' father is the Patron of the Glider Pilot Regiment, the British airborne forces responsible for crewing the military gliders. James has  deeply felt, deeply considered opinions on Monty which deserve consideration. He describes the reverence a generation of British officers had for Montgomery and places him within the broader context of his time and WWII.   Our 9-episode look at Operation Market Garden runs from September 17th to 25th, to coincide with the 77th anniversary of the operation. After that, we're back to normal 18th Airborne Corps podcast business.