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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Wednesday, September 17, 2008


Hello, guys. Sorry for not posting since the sixth of september, but I was kinda busy. Anyway,

HAPPY START OF OPERATION MARKET GARDEN DAY!

So. Today's the 17th of September, 2008. Sixty four years ago Montgomery sent his British First Airborne Division [Gen. Roy Urquhart], the American 82nd Airborne Division [Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin], the American 101st Airborne Division [Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor] and the Polish first parachute brigade [Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski or summat like that.] to attack Arnhem, Njimegen and Eindhoven respectively. [Polish attack Arnhem too.] The plan was to take the bridges so that the XXX Corps could run over all of 'em, cross Arnhem Bridge and the rhine, and take the Ruhr, the industrial heart of Germany. It was all supposed to be finished by the end of three days. The result?

Out of 10000 odd Brit paratroopers that went only 2000 were evacuated when the operation ended 9 days later.

Bloody hell, I say. Monty was quite a bit of an idiot on this one. Junior officers offered him evidence that two Panzer Divisions were residing at Arnhem [they were] but Monty ignored this vital piece of information and made 'em continue.

Anyway. Today we played softball. Or rather, uh, "super ultra papaya face man"'s type of softball.

Rule number one of his softball game: Tag nothing but the home base.

Rule number two: Bat with a tennis racket.

Rule number three: Do not be stupid and [when you're fielding] put someone at the home base. You need her to run around.

Excuse me, but it's the exact opposite of softball. Or even baseball.

Today I had one of the most fun maths lessons ever.

See, Fanny was playing with some string, and Lemon scolded her. He went on about not being biased and whatever crap. So I decided to test him. I took out some string [Leftover from Geog Test], tied a paper clip to it and attempted to fish my pen from the floor. He didn't notice. It didn't work, either.

So I tied my G2 around the string instead, and tried to throw it around the table leg. It finally hooked on and I had a long time getting it off. I made a racket and everyone was staring at me, but he carried on droning.

Then I tried to lasso my water bottle. A dismal failure. And still he didn't look. Weird guy.

And when Fanny took up the string again, he immediately started blasting her. And he says he isn't biased.

If that's true, I'll score a hundred for my Chinese review test.

~Today in History~
1944: OPERATION MARKET GARDEN STARTS!

~Quote of the Day~
"I not only approved...I insisted upon it. What we needed was a bridgehead over the Rhine. If that could be accomplished, I was quite willing to wait on all other operations..."

- Eisenhower, about Operation Market Garden. Sounds like he's trying to blame himself from giving the go-ahead for the operation.


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