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What Patton Said When Eisenhower Gave His Fuel to Montgomery

August 31st, 1944. General George Patton's Third Army sits motionless—100 miles from the German border with 400 miles of conquered territory behind them. His tanks didn't stop because of enemy fire. They stopped because the fuel trucks never arrived. What happened next would cost 80,000 American lives at the Battle of the Bulge alone and add six months to a war that might have ended by Christmas. On September 4th, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower made one of the most consequential decisions of the Second World War: he gave Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery priority on virtually all fuel and supplies for Operation Market Garden—an operation that would fail catastrophically, kill or capture 17,000 Allied soldiers, and achieve none of its objectives. Meanwhile, Patton's Third Army—the force that had just executed the fastest armored advance in military history—received just 25,390 gallons of the 400,000 gallons requested. That's 2.4% of requirements. An army moving 40 miles per day was now moving zero. The pause gave Field Marshal Walter Model exactly what he needed: time. Time to consolidate the fleeing Wehrmacht. Time to man the Siegfried Line. Time to plan Operation Autumn Mist—what Americans would call the Battle of the Bulge. This is the story of how a logistics decision in a headquarters tent shaped the final nine months of World War II—and why soldiers who survived Normandy, survived the breakout, and survived the race across France died in battles that might never have been necessary. 📍 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — August 31st, 1944: Patton's Tanks Stop Moving 0:53 — The Brutal Numbers: 400,000 vs 25,390 Gallons 1:44 — Why Patton Ran Out of Gas 2:43 — The Red Ball Express: A System Eating Itself 4:00 — The Antwerp Problem 4:41 — Patton's Philosophy: "Speed Is Security" 5:21 — Late August 1944: The Germans Are Disintegrating 6:34 — September 4th: Eisenhower Chooses Montgomery 8:00 — Third Army Immobilized 9:30 — Operation Market Garden Launches 9:47 — "It Was a Disaster" 11:17 — Rhine Crossing Delayed Six Months 11:53 — Field Marshal Model's Gift: Time 14:43 — The Lorraine Campaign: 109 Days of Grinding Combat 15:33 — The Siege of Metz 18:03 — December 16th, 1944: The Battle of the Bulge 19:08 — The True Cost: Rhine Delayed 6.5 Months 20:47 — The Final Tally: 152,000 Casualties 22:00 — Eisenhower's Decision in Context 23:39 — "Speed Kills" 📚 KEY FIGURES: General George S. Patton — Commander, U.S. Third Army Dwight D. Eisenhower — Supreme Allied Commander Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery — Commander, 21st Army Group Field Marshal Walter Model — German Commander, Western Front General Omar Bradley — Commander, 12th Army Group General Otto von Knobelsdorff — Commander, German First Army 📚 SOURCES: Patton's war diaries and personal correspondence Eisenhower's memoirs, "Crusade in Europe" Third Army official records and after-action reports German post-war testimonies and interrogation transcripts Martin Blumenson, "The Patton Papers" Carlo D'Este, "Patton: A Genius for War" Max Hastings, "Armageddon: The Battle for Germany" 📋 ABOUT THIS VIDEO: This documentary examines the August 31, 1944 fuel crisis that halted General George S. Patton's Third Army during the pursuit across France following the Normandy breakout. The video covers Eisenhower's September 4, 1944 decision to prioritize Field Marshal Montgomery's Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in history with 35,000 paratroopers, which launched September 17, 1944 and failed at Arnhem by September 25, 1944 with approximately 17,000 Allied casualties. Analysis includes the Red Ball Express logistics system consuming 300,000 gallons daily, the Lorraine Campaign from September 1 to December 18, 1944 resulting in 55,182 Third Army casualties, the three-month siege of Fortress Metz, Field Marshal Walter Model's defensive consolidation along the Siegfried Line's 18,000 fortifications spanning 400 miles, the December 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge with 80,000 American casualties over 32 days, and the Rhine crossing ultimately achieved by Patton at Oppenheim on March 22, 1945—six and a half months after he claimed it was possible in two days with adequate fuel. 🎬 ABOUT THIS CHANNEL: Arpad's War Stories brings you meticulously researched World War II documentaries that reveal the human decisions behind history's greatest conflict. New documentaries every week. Subscribe and hit the bell to never miss an upload. #WW2 #Patton #Eisenhower #BattleOfTheBulge #WorldWar2 #WWII #OperationMarketGarden #Montgomery #MilitaryHistory #WW2Documentary #ThirdArmy #WesternFront