Patton’s relief of Batstone was the finest moment of his career
“Patton’s relief of Batstone was the finest moment of his career”
The inside baseball on that is that Patton had a contact at Bletchley Park and the Ultra intercept data and did not dismiss the possibility, as others had, that something was brewing and so prepared to turn his whole army around and send them north, just in case.
“How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? I’d feel real peachy about it, except for one thing....we didn’t need to be $@*(#@! rescued by Patton, you got that?”
-Joe Toye (Band of Brothers)