Patton seems full of excuses these days. 3rd Army needs to get the lead out and catch up with the 1st and 9th.
SHAEF’s primary objective right now is the Ruhr, which gives 1st and Ninth Armies the main show. Not to worry, you’ll soon see Third Army take off again. You can’t keep George still for long.
I don’t think so. Patton is chomping at the bit. When Patton slows down it almost always is not the enemy but the Allies in rearranging priorities and holding him up. Patton knows exactly what he wants to do to the Nazis and that “Paper-Hanging SOB in Berlin” - his complaints are much more about getting the supplies he needs to do what he wants to do.