Operation Market Garden Montgomery was able to persuade Eisenhower to allow him to test his strategy of a single thrust to the Ruhr with Operation Market Garden in September 1944. The offensive was strategically bold. Following the Allied breakout from Normandy, Eisenhower, favored pursuing the German armies northwards and eastwards to the Rhine on a broad front. Eisenhower relied on speed, which in turn depended on logistics, which were "stretched to the limit". Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) did provide Montgomery with additional resources, principally additional locomotives and rolling stock, and priority for air supply. Eisenhower's decision to launch Market Garden was influenced by his desire to keep the retreating Germans under pressure, and by the pressure from the United States to use the First Allied Airborne Army as soon as possible.
Operation Market Garden Montgomery was able to persuade Eisenhower to allow him to test his strategy of a single thrust to the Ruhr with Operation Market Garden in September 1944 The offensive was strategically bold Following the Allied breakout from Normandy Eisenhower favored pursuing the German armies northwards and eastwards to the Rhine on a broad front Eisenhower relied on speed which in turn depended on logistics which were "stretched to the limit" Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) did provide Montgomery with additional resources principally additional locomotives and rolling stock and priority for air supply Eisenhower's decision to launch Market Garden was influenced by his desire to keep the retreating Germans under pressure and by the pressure from the United States to use the First Allied Airborne Army as soon as possible