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To: C19fan

It’s not about the names. It’s about their military prowess.

Should our current leaders be prevented from studying the brilliant tactics of great generals?

Patton studied Rommel. Or should we on study “nice” generals who taught how not to offend politicians?


38 posted on 07/15/2019 1:10:42 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: xzins; C19fan

Rommel’s book was entitled: “Infantry in the Attack” or “Infantry Attacks” depending upon how “Infanterie greift an” is translated. It had nothing to do with armor, but the concepts of the “in direct approach” is applicable to armor operations. The primary books on using armor that were written in the 1930s were by B.H. Liddell-Hart, J.F.C. Fuller, and Charles DeGaulle.

Both Patton and Eisenhower were counseled that continuing to write articles that supported armor tactics and as a separate branch from the infantry would be detrimental to their careers. They ceased writing, but continued their theorizing.


45 posted on 07/15/2019 1:49:25 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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