the allies got most of their supplies through the port of antwerp. is plan was if you could capture that port it would upset the ally timetable, basically push back the allied invasion of germany from the west for months maybe even a year. during that time what he was hoping for was while the western allies were reorganizing themselves, he didn't swing his attention towards the russians coming in from the east. that's what the battle of the bulge was so important. it was his last chance to change the course of the war. >> the events leading up, i think where to start back all the way to june 6, 1944. at that point prior to june 6, we really only had two major fronts, the russians coming in from eastern europe and then you had the americans and the british coming up through italy. as you know was a lot of ground the russians had to take to get to basically the heart of germany. so the allied commanders mainly in the west, eisenhower, churchill, roosevelt said the easiest way to get to germany is through northwest france. if you look at the map it's th

in his overall goal was to get to the city of antwerp.most of their supplies through the port if he could capture that port. it would upset the alley timetable. what he was hoping for was while the western allies were reorganizing themselves he could then swing his attention towards the russian coming in from the east. and that's why the battle of the bulge was so important. it was his last chance to kind of change the course of the war. >> i think we really had to start back all the way to june the sixth. at that point. we really only had two major fronts. they come in from eastern europe. and then you head at the americans and the brits coming up through italy. and as you know there was a lot of ground that the russians have to take to get to the heart of germany. the commanders mainly in the west they said the easiest way to get to germany is through northwest france. is the shortest distance. they decided to land on june 6, 1944. they land for about a month. they are able to keep them kind of lodged up there in northwest europe but th

his goal was to get to the city of antwerp. the allies got most of their soprano -- supplies through, but his plan was that if he could capture the fort, it would upset theallied timetable from west for months, maybe even a year. during that time what he was hoping for was that while the western allies work reorganizing themselves, he could swing his attention towards the russians coming in from the east. that is why the battle of the bulge was so important. it was his last chance to change the course of the war. leading up to the battle of the bulge, we have to go all the way back to june 6. at that point you only had two major fronts. the russians coming in from eastern europe. the americans in the brits coming in from italy. as you know, there was a lot of ground that the russians had to take to get to basically the heart of germany. from thed commanders west, eisenhower, churchill, roosevelt, said that the easiest way to get to germany was through northwest france. , it's the shortest distance. month or, for about a so. the

resources thatof could have been more useful in relievingut and antwerp. thank you very much for your book club. i have also written a book on napoleon, by the way. [laughter] ago, at 15 years monumental book of writings of george marshall. there was an extensive introduction on that and i read part of it. in that book, which is his greatest compilation, is there regard to your theory about -- volumes. all six biography that he wrote, several volumes he wrote on marshall. i have found absolutely no evidence whatsoever to back up my theory. i promise you i would have mentioned it. [laughter] >> thank you for a wonderful talk. why did eisenhower abandon his supporter when he got into a position of power? trade.tics is a filthy astonishing pretty -- successful this appalling it is so surprising, come to think of it. nonetheless, politics and and now was a dirty business and it in the lowest point political career of otherwise a very great man. just beis friend attacked without coming to his defense. if he had defended him at that stage, he could have really m

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