Patton was right all along.
Some think its why he died in that ‘car accident’.
The Germans respected the heck out of him. He had Bavaria clean and lit, with water running and food flowing inside of a month.
He had German officers training German troops in camps to resume law and order.
They idolized him. Ike fired him for it.
“Patton was right all along.”
It sounds like you may not have been a US infantryman in 1945, if you think a new war on the eastern front with us playing the role of the recently crushed Germans was a bright idea.
Yep! As soon as we could assemble 5-or-6 more we should have nuked the Soviet off line.
Just as MacArthur was right 6-years later...We should have taken China out...
The total casualties the world has endured continues today unabated and far exceeds what they would have been then.
Sort of like the Redskins and Kirk Cousins. The horror (albeit financial) felt by the owner at giving him a long-term contract in 2015 is inconsequential compared to the current & future horror of giving him a contract these days.