General Patton was assassinated to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book

The Telegraph ^ | 12/20/2008 | Tim Shipman in Washington

[bruinbirdman]

The newly unearthed diaries of a colourful assassin for the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA, reveal that American spy chiefs wanted Patton dead because he was threatening to expose allied collusion with Russians that cost American lives.

'We've got a terrible situation with this great patriot, he's out of control and we must save him from himself'.
The OSS head General did not trust Patton

The death of General Patton in December 1945, is one of the enduring mysteries of the war era. Although he had suffered serious injuries in a car crash in Manheim, he was thought to be recovering and was on the verge of flying home.

But after a decade-long investigation, military historian Robert Wilcox claims that OSS head General "Wild Bill" Donovan ordered a highly decorated marksman called Douglas Bazata to silence Patton, who gloried in the nickname "Old Blood and Guts".

His book, "Target Patton", contains interviews with Mr Bazata, who died in 1999, and extracts from his diaries, detailing how he staged the car crash by getting a troop truck to plough into Patton's Cadillac and then shot the general with a low-velocity projectile, which broke his neck while his fellow passengers escaped without a scratch.

Mr Bazata also suggested that when Patton began to recover from his injuries, US officials turned a blind eye as agents of the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB, poisoned the general.

Mr Wilcox told The Sunday Telegraph that when he spoke to Mr Bazata: "He was struggling with himself, all these killings he had done. He confessed to me that he had caused the accident, that he was ordered to do so by Wild Bill Donovan.

"Donovan told him: 'We've got a terrible situation with

[ichabod1]

Thank you for your service, Sir!

[PAR35]

OK, it might be another proposed operation that I’m not up on. I’m pretty good on the actual operations, but there are probably holes in my knowledge as to plans that never reached fruition.

[Quix]

Have you read even 10% of the quotes linked in my tagline?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81

[fso301]

He was replaced as driver just before the accident. Probably just coincidence as the reason he was replaced was he got to go home as the war was over.

The driver on the day of the crash was named Horace Woodring and he went on to live a long life and died in 2003

[ichabod1]

Death comes to all men, in time.

[fso301]

I saw some footage of that. Always remarkable to me how well Scott nailed the character

Patton had a high pitched voice.

[yarddog]

His original driver was Sgt. Mims. I can’t recall his first name but he was from Abbeville, Alabama, near Dothan.

[ZULU]

Alger Hiss, one of Roosevelt’s advisors and the guy who drew up the rules for the U.N. was also a commie spy. Recently released KGB documents proove it. FDR’s entire administration was full of commie sympathizers and spies.

[AnnGora]

“Death comes to all men, in time.”

To some quicker than others.

[ichabod1]

The undertakers say “the young may die and the old MUST die.”

[Brilliant]

I find the theory that he was assassinated by the Russians more credible.

[MBB1984]

Yes, indeed. Stalin had FDR duped beyond belief.

[A Strict Constructionist]

FDR was already dead.

[fso301]

'peculiar as hell'

About 20 years ago, I was on a hunting trip. I had been out that morning hunting, didn't have any luck and afterwards drove into a small town for lunch. The mom and pop restaurant was the type where you didn't have a table to yourself but rather, you had a seat at a table.

An older man sat across from me and we struck up a conversation. He said he served in the 3rd Army and in the course of our conversation told me something about the general that was 'peculiar as hell'.

[unkus]

Thank you for your service and sacrifice for our country, sir.

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting.

[patton]

And?

[bruinbirdman]

"“Wild Bill Donovan” was first a patriot. He did have some “odd ducks” in the OSS, would have never betrayed his country. He probably did have contact with Wilheim Canaris, but was always an American Patriot."

What did Donovan think about the commies in the government? Did he root them out after the war?

yitbos

[patton]

Thank you for your service, sir.

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, don't keep us in suspense!

Best comment ever on Patton, by Bill Mauldin:

Caption: "Radio th' ol' man we'll be late on account of a thousand-mile detour."

Dad knew Bill Mauldin, who was quite a character in his own right. When he was so sick out west in California, a columnist for the Orange County newspaper put out the call for veterans to write Mauldin because letters and cards from vets were the only thing that cheered him up. Dad and one of his army buddies (they live just a few miles apart) sent Mauldin a card and some old pictures.