in article 41b3ac7b.2052401@news, Michil$(D??(Bn at micheil@shaw.ca wrote on
12/6/04 9:50 AM:

> On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 05:40:40 +0900, Ernest Schaal
> <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> 
>> in article 41b36779.11196529@news, Michil$(D??(Bn at micheil@shaw.ca wrote on
>> 12/6/04 5:23 AM:
>> 
>>> Who can forget the disaster created by American overconfidence at the
>>> Kasserine Pass?
>> 
>> Who can forget the disaster created by British overconfidence at Operation
>> Market Garden?
>> 
> 
> Not quite true. It could have been saved, but supply errors, such as
> parachuting in the wrong radio crystals, created an irreparable
> situation.

British supply errors.