Original sentence: However, the results  would be completely overshadowed by the Allied decision (unknown to the Germans) to shift fuel supplies to Operation Market Garden.Unlike the previous The Panther tanks had much greater success in the initial stages of the battle than they had in most of the battles in France.in the
Edited sentence: Finally, the area of the Ardennes was lightly defended by a combination of combat inexperienced troops and combat exhausted (from the Battle of Hurtgen Forest)troops.German efforts to negate the tremendous air superiority advantage of the Allies were crucial to the initial success of the Panther tanks in this attack, compared to the previous battles in France.However, the results would be completely overshadowed by the Allied decision (unknown to the Germans) to shift fuel supplies to Operation Market Garden.In France, the constant presence of Allied armed reconnaissance had made it extremely difficult for the Germans to effectively organize and mass their tanks together prior to the actual attack with their attacks going off separately and piecemeal.Secondly, the Germans waited until a massive storm front hit the area to launch their attack, which grounded Allied aircraft.These were not the tank crews of Patton's 3rd Army.This time, the German panzers were massed together in secret on German territory carefully shielded by heavy anti-aircraft batteries