I don’t dislike Bradley, I just think he was an example of The Peter Principle in action. He was great with logistics and by-the-book tactics, but owed his fourth star to the fact that, as senior to Patton, he’d have to go up a star, as Patton could scarcely be denied his fourth star after his masterpiece in the French theater. :^)
Neither Bradley nor Eisenhower fired a shot in WWI, when Patton was already commanding troops in the field. He thought a lot of both of them, but must have been frustrated with them a lot of the time.
You put it very well.
I highly recommend “Marshall and His Generals” by Stephen Taaffe. It’s a very good read and puts it all together very well.
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