Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "Times Radio" channel.

Liverpool has been waiting over 40 years to have its metro finished. Leeds which only has buses is still waiting for a tram network. These cities have suffered. So HMG said to them, here is another fast line to London.
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Market Garden was not to end the war by Christmas. It was to set up the northern point of a pincer on the Ruhr. The US First Army was to be the southern pincer point. The British Second Army under Dempsey was to consolidate at Arnhem in preparation for the advance on the Ruhr, which was not a date yet fixed as the US forces were static struggling around Aachen. Market Garden was a corps above Eindhoven, far too small an operation to run off to Berlin.
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One third of equipment was taken back to England.
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@jim.franklin 1. General Browning ignoring intel about German forces in the area, He never, do not go by the film 2. Officers failing to tell Monty that they lacked sufficient aircraft to launch the attack as he planned, needing multiple drops. Monty never planned it. RAF offered to man the aircraft to do a second run. FAAA refused. _3. The Radios issued not working _ They worked. High iron content in the area affected radios. Also many were out of range. 4. The weather in England caused the delay in the drops for 4th Brigade (My Grandfather) and the the Polish Brigade (General Sosabowski). That the weather did. 5. The 4th and Polish Brigades being dropped so far from Arnhem they were unable to provide practical support They were only on the rescue mission. 6. The US failure to secure the Nijemgen Bridge was THE major failure, Correct. 7. Failure of the RAF and US to be allowed to provide air cover to aid the ground troops and stop the free movement of German forces, especially armour. Correct.
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@mootedtols4865 The RAF defeated the Luftwaffe over the Dunkirk pocket. The Germans army was successfully kept at bay by the British and French while the evacuation was going on. The Royal Navy controlled the Channel. The British won the Battle of Dunkirk. All equipment losses was made up by September by new designed arms.
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@mootedtols4865 A battle emerged called the Battle of Dunkirk. The British achieved their aims the Germans never. British won.
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Did you also vote for Trump the last time as well?
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@lyndoncmp5751 101st forgot to defend the 26 km long road between Veghel and Grave. It is exactly where the Germans counter-attacked and interrupted the supply lines. Horrocks when advancing saw no US troops on the road forming this airborne carpet, only Germans. He communicated with 101st telling them to put men there. They replied that have no plans to.
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@lyndoncmp5751 Ike stayed there as the under sea comms line to London was there.
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You got number 6, right many of the others were off mark. Monty never planned it. See my other posts on this vid.
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@jim.franklin My post still stands. I knew four men at Market Garden, one my uncle. But that is meaningless.
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I am voting Labour.
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@chrisdyer6370 Most of HMGs spending is printed money
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@nickdanger3802 Rambo, a quiz. Name the bridge the 82nd failed to seize? 20 points for the correct answer.
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There as no German armour in Arnhem on the jump day. The two SS panzer divisions, 9th and 10th, were greatly depleted in numbers with no armour, being mainly infantry. The British had destroyed their armour in Normandy.
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After phase 1 is completed the times from London to Manchester is 1 hr 30 mins. Is that slow! Then as the Liverpool, Glasgow, B'ham and Manchester trains are off the WCML and onto HS2 there is more capacity on the WCML. Why all the whingeing?
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@Jeremy-y1t You need some facts... WW2 ♦ 60 to 65 million people died; ♦ 27 million Soviets died at the hands of the Germans; ♦ The only war in which more civilians were killed than military men. 80% of total - 48 to 53 million; ♦ The only war where the losers killed 75% of the people; ♦ The USA lost 419,000 people military & civilian; ♦ Britain lost 450,000 military & civilian; ♦ 75% of German soldiers were killed by the Soviets - 5 five million;
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@roodborstkalf9664 Beevor's book is garbage, not homing in on the 82nds failure at Nijmegen.
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@roodborstkalf9664 Give us the page focusing on the 82nds failure, and the reason for the failure, to seize the Waal bridge on the 1st day?
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Dunkirk was not a defeat. Tobruk was strategically useless - only Churchill insisted it be retained. Gazala? please!
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@OldWolflad Browning was not there to micro manage proven generals.
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@Jeremy-y1t Suez a defeat? Where?
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Not really.
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He is better at being a comedian.
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The Labour government did not start it, it was Cameron and the Tories. Sharpen up! Listen to the vid!
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Oh no, he mentioned Patton. Moved 10 miles in three months at Metz.
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@roodborstkalf9664 No, coffee and donuts.
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@Jeremy-y1t Since when was Suez a military defeat?
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@Jeremy-y1t Again... when was Suez a military defeat?
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@johnfisher697 He pays to get in.
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Sunak is seriously considering cancelling Phase 2 HS2. After Phase 1, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester will have far faster trains to London. Manchester to London to be 1 hour 30 mins. What are they whingeing about?
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The cities on the east coast have two mainlines, ECML and MML. These need ugrading to 140mph. The cities on the west coast have only the one mainline, the WCML. Having HS2 from Old Oak Common to Lichfield evens it up. The rest of it, phase 2, is economically not worth it. NPR Liverpool to Hull is worth it.
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They were punishing the working and lower middle class. Class war.
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@nickdanger3802 Rambo, a quiz. Name the US units that failed to seize the Waal bridge? 20 points for the correct answer.
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The expensive tunnelling is green tunnels. Tunneling under cities is cheap as no land grabs.
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@Jeremy-y1t He must be an Aussie.
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Monty was the finest commander in WW2. Not once had a reverse moving thru 9 countries.
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@andywilliams7323 A Bridge Too Far is accurate? My oh my! Hollywood history. Good entertainment that is all.
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@andywilliams7323 Most the advisors regretted dealing with the film company as they ignored all they said.
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