Fastest, Furthest... (Was: Red Ball)

But you did not use such specific criteria. Hence, my point stands - in the same or shorter period of time, 3rd Army moved farter, faster, than British or Commonwealth forces.

Further, I never said this was the *fault* of these forces. While there were, pehaps, some unforgivable 'slowness' in the desert battles after Alamein, fact is, 8th Army moved pretty fast in the desert trying to keep Rommel running.

And as I said 'To compare 3rd Army's progress in pursuit mode (ie from 1 August - 25 August) while other armies were still grinding through tough German defences is not of any value'. Valueless comparisons are a waste of bandwidth and intellectual acapacity.

I'm not sure if the exploitation after 2nd Alamein was unforgivably slow, or even if it was slow at all....

Mr. Clark:

The myth that was exploded is that the British had the furthest and farthest advance. The U.S. Army, based on what Mr. Velovich has shown, clearly had that distinction. You can hand the Palm to the U.S. Army too, for flexibility, as witnessed by Patton's shifting his whole axis of advance 90 degrees on short notice during the Ardennes offensive.