In 1944, the British Field Marshall Montgomery had the clever idea of taking the nine bridges in the Netherlands that stood between the Allies and the far bank of the Rhine; allowing the Allies to enter Germany from the Netherlands and end the war earlier. The plan was for airborne troops to take the bridges and hold them until ground forces could relieve them. The offensive failed at the final bridge at Arnhem over the Rhine, “a bridge too far”, as the movie about it is titled. Just as Arnhem was a bridge too far for the Allies in WW2, Ukraine was a country too far for the US and its Western allies.
Ukraine – A Country Too Far
Ukraine – A Country Too Far
Ukraine – A Country Too Far
In 1944, the British Field Marshall Montgomery had the clever idea of taking the nine bridges in the Netherlands that stood between the Allies and the far bank of the Rhine; allowing the Allies to enter Germany from the Netherlands and end the war earlier. The plan was for airborne troops to take the bridges and hold them until ground forces could relieve them. The offensive failed at the final bridge at Arnhem over the Rhine, “a bridge too far”, as the movie about it is titled. Just as Arnhem was a bridge too far for the Allies in WW2, Ukraine was a country too far for the US and its Western allies.