As is usual revisionist history takes hold. Bradley had no plan for a counteroffensive and Patton came up with the wild plan to turn his armor group of tanks and mounted troops to break the German attack.
Speaking of Bradley, I was attending the Officer Basic Course at Ft. Bliss. On day we were hurrying to get Lunch at the O Club, thinking we could use a side entrance. We got stopped short. There in the Hallway the CG Ft. Bliss is standing at Attention. A minute later Bradley appears. He was having a haircut. The CG escorts him to his car. It was interesting to see that even the CG had to bend the knee so to speak. A few weeks later Bradley addressed our class with a question and answer session. Some one said hey don’t ask him about Patton, he gets that all the time. So he started with a dirty joke, which I can’t remember. About 15 min in he suddenly stops and looks at us, “ Damn, your not Going to ask me about Georgie? Well I’m going to tell you about him.”
I can tell you they were not best buds.