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To: Michael.SF.

Bavaria was the only region of Germany that had its power, water and sewer infrastructure restored within four months of the surrender. He had the lowest starvation death toll, and no looting.

Not bad for a warhorse.

He was prescient about the Russians, and had Ike followed his plan, the frontier of Russia would have started East of Poland somewhere.


25 posted on 11/18/2005 11:35:55 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: RinaseaofDs
He was prescient about the Russians,...

I considered saying that if Patton was in charge in Iraq, that once he got to Baghdad, he would have then set his sites on Tehran.

26 posted on 11/18/2005 11:42:33 AM PST by Michael.SF. ('That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together,' Cindy Sheehan")
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