If I had been Eisenhower When Patton had said give me and army and I will give you a war with Uncle Joe I would have smiled at Patton and shook my finger at him and said don't you dare, then told him I am going to be out of contact for awhile here is your Third Army back George now (wink) stay out of trouble.
Your thought is great, however, Eisenhower was a politician more than he was a soldier. He didn’t have the balls.He was the beginning of political correctness and Brad took it to extremes. Ike became far too much of an anglophile for starters, and he ignored Patton’s good advice in order to play up to Montgomery—the spoiled brat of the war. Patton said Market Garden wouldn’t work, but Ike listened to Monty.
He and Omar Bradley, who owed every thing he knew to Patton, used Patton and tried to control his genius. I cannot tolerate false friends and Patton was used by Ike and Brad.
Monty never got the blame for the fiasco at Dieppe either. The entire plan was Monty’s. He was transferred to Nortth Africa before it was put into play, but nothing was changed from his planning. A MONSTROUS failure as the Canadians found out.
Ask anyone in France from Normandy to Lorraine who was the greatest American general of WWII. Patton wins hands down!
He wanted to take the German army and tech the Soviets a lesson. Too bad he never got the chance!