Most commentators point to Clark's ambition to be the first to arrive in Rome although some suggest he was concerned to give a necessary respite to his tired troops (notwithstanding the new direction of attack required his troops to make a frontal attack on the Germans' prepared defences on the Caesar C line).
Većina komentatora ukazuje na Clarkovu ambiciju biti prvi koji će ući u Rim iako neki sugeriraju da je razmišljao o tome da da potrebni odmor svojim umornim postrojbama (novi smjer napada zahtijevao je od njegovih postrojbi izvršiti frontalni napad na njemačke položaje na Cezarovoj liniji).