Eisenhower, prodded by Montgomery, had then agreed to a bold plan to seize a bridgehead over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem and thus obtain a position from which the Siegfried Line could be outflanked on the north.

• 在蒙哥马利的催促下，艾森豪威尔这时同意采取一项大胆计划：在莱因河下游的阿纳姆夺取一个桥头堡，以此为立足点，从北面包抄齐格菲防线。