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Monty raced south through the Ardennes to save the surrounded US troops in 44 and if only he had himself put on a parachute and jumped out of a dakota then market garden would have been won.

I knew THAT already. LOL !

...so stay on board old chap.

I certainly intend to but I'm just not sure of how much I'll be able to intelligently contribute to non-Oahu subjects.

Wtid45 will fill in any knowledge you may lack on the Brecon theatre of operations. Thats a place in Wales the Welsh invented to make the English tough enough to win world war 2.

My mother is English and I've been bodily THROWN out of two pubs in Haye-on-Wye so that should count for something, shouldn't it ?