"Colonel, there are 50,000 men on this island who would like to shoot that son of a bitch."
:-))
“but unlike some commanders he did not waste lives in futile operations.”
Oh he sure as heck would. One example would be the raid on Hammelburg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_Baum
Essentially he found out the location where his son in law was a prisoner and launched a raid to spring him. It had nothing to do with the main attacks.