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.
History proves that Patton was the better general and had it not been for him the attack by the Germans would have succeeded and we possibly would have to negotiate with the enemy. Think about the 250,000 troops that would have been cut off by the attack. Bradley was well out of his capability. I’m sure that Ike knew it.