Right,one more point,that,as this is PF is highly relevent.
The vast majority of the Poles were not "abandoned " by anyone. The Poles,the ones who hadnt managed to join the main British force north of the rhine were on the south bank. The british Wessex division,Dorset regiment( dorset again eh Franek :) ) reached the south bank and most of the Poles got clean away,sheltered by British troops. So,for a Pole to moan about being abandoned is just that, more factless whinging,happily ignoring historical fact.
One does not fight King Tiger tanks with Enfield rifles.
There were no King Tigers in the Battle, Tigers yes but not Koinigstigers. What the Allied airborne at Arnhem did fight the german (and Dutch nazi) armour with was ; PIATs, 6 pounder (thats 57mm for the Yanks) anti tank guns and also a smattering of 17 pounders.
Lets also look at the reasons why the germans were able to counter almost all allied moves,including being in the right(wrong) place for the follow up drops. Yep,sorry to say,an American officer in bOY Brownings HQ staff made the ultimate mistake of taking the full plans of Op Market Garden,times,units,orders etc, into battle with him. This was contrary to all orders,when his glider was shot out of the skies these plans fell into german hands with the obvious results.
This was all ignored. By whom?? The American High Command
Thats about the crux of it isnt it Franek,the lads on the ground,British,American,Poles,fought like tigers only to be let down by their high commands.
