“Holy shit. I can’t believe you posted that.”
Really? Well then you’ve never read a biography of Ike because they all comment on the irony of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, having never participated in a battle and certainly having never commanded a field army in battle.
Ike commanded a stateside tank unit during WWI, never going overseas. He was in no battles in the interwar period. He was a staff officer, the supreme staff officer, in WWII.
General George Patton wrote “it’s too bad that Eisenhower has no personal knowledge of war.”
General Omar Bradley wrote that Eisenhower “had little grasp of sound battlefield tactics.”
Historian Adrian R. Lewis wrote that because Eisenhower lacked combat experience, he did not have the respect of his colleagues given to those who served in battle.
Well. his role required a handler of staffs- not a combat General. His opponent was our allies, not the enemy.
Ah, you made my point.