Comments by "Big Woody" (@bigwoody4704) on "It Never Snows in September | Military History Book Review" video.

  1. Nijmegan is where the British tankers showed up late @ 1900 on sept 20 that's over 3days then sat while the GIs fought across a river and lost 48 KIA and 138 injured and some simpletons can't blamed Monty.If TIK actually read the book he's critiqueing he'd know that
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  2. Good Post though 2 yrs old I had read his memoirs also.Ramsay was as good as they came.Just a few gleanings.He had planned much of the D-Day landings and had great insight into tactical and logistical manners understanding what was needed moving forward. Much of SHAEF evidently was against OMG The Year of D-Day:The 1944 Diary of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay,p.152 - On the eve of the Arnhem Operation Montgomery had made the following entry into the 21st Army Group log: from a purely British point of view Antwerp had never been a vital necessity. The Year of D-Day:The 1944 Diary of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, p. 151 - Montgomery:"1st Army have withdrawn 6th Division - ready to launch attack to the Rhine with British 2nd Army on October 12th."(Author's Footnote p.152 - This indicates that even after the failure,Montgomery still intended to move toward the Ruhr before opening the Scheldt) Ramsay: this afforded me the que I needed to lambaste him for not having made the capture of Antwerp the immediate objective at highest priority & I let fly with all my guns at the faulty strategy we had allowed .Our large forces were now grounded for lack of supply .Had we got Antwerp instead of the corridor we should be in a far better position for launching a knock out blow The Year of D-Day:The 1944 Diary of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay p. 159 "the Army was far behind organising as I knew they would be as they entirely under estimated their task and Monty had not given the Canadians sufficient support for the work (Author's Footnote In fact ,Montgomery had finally committed himself without reservation to the Scheldt campaign in a directive issued on 16 October, after receiving 3 "hurry up" messages from Eisenhower during the previous week)
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  3. looked past it and cherry picked is more in line with the truth
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  4. the truth never goes out of date typical of a fraudulent fauntleroy attempting to twist the truth pushing a revisionist narrative. You're wrong again but hey it's something you're good at. Kershaw talked directly to actual participants,just like Ryan did before dying in 1974. His books are replete with pictures of him with the veterans,pictures - that should appeal to you. The Germans,the 101st even the Irish Guards the slow approach of the Armored column as the problem. "It Never Snows in September" by Robert J. Kershaw,page 9,Kershaw states" Heinz Harmel 10TH SS Commander was still able to give one of the most lucid accounts of the battles for Nijmegen and Arnhem I have ever heard Kershaw states "I've told the story in their own words". Kershaw also interviews 12 other German Soldiers who were present at Market Garden. Kershaw states that "offered were diaries and unpublished personal accounts for perusal that did much to paint a realistic scene".
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