This vital delay of forty-eight hours the bloodshed in Operation "Spring" had helped to purchase; though that operation certainly did no more than reinforce the already powerful effect of Operations "Goodwood" and "Atlantic".
Denne afgørende forsinkelse på 48 timer havde blodsudgydelsen i Operation Spring hjulpet med til at skaffe, selv om den operation bestemt gjorde mere end at forstærke allerede kraftige effekt af operationerne Goodwood og Atlantic.