Hi all, I got distracted by my reading The Battle of the Rhineland but unfortunately I don't have it handy. Why was Operation Shears canceled? I sort of thought that it was because of the German attack in the Ardennes, but it was evidently cancelled on 14 December (52 Div's anti-tank regiment recorded that it was canceled on that date), and the German attack didn't begin until 2 days later.
Master of None Master of None: The Life Enriched Reminiscences of a 20th Century Survivor By Douglas Goddard Has some info. that sounds feasible?
I believe for the same reason that the Ardennes Offensive was launched - the weather was forecast (correctly) to be so bad that the Allies would be unable to fly air cover
There's a quote here.... War Diaries For 5th Regimemt Royal Horse Artillery 1944 12th December 1944 - "News was received that operation "SHEARS" was cancelled. Without wishing to be unprogressive no-one in the Regt was sorry to hear this. NTR on our own front." Also... British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939–1945 British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939–1945 By Richard Doherty Has... With a "weather" issue ;-) Edit - And... (for the SRY) Englishman at War Englishman at War: The Wartime Diaries of Stanley Christopherson DSO, MC, TD ... By Stanley Christopherson, James Holland
