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Patton aspired to be the Commander at West Point after the war ... IIRC ...

General "Beetle" (?????) (Patton's nemisis as seen in the movie) was "not" invited to Patton's funeral ...

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Patton's chief contributions in World War II ?

1) Patton led a defeated and demoralized American Army to victory against Rommel in North Africa

2) Patton pulled a brilliant tactical move against the Germans in Sicilcy ... which ...

3) Caused the Germans to FEAR Patton so much that Eisenhower was able to (successfully) use Patton as a Decoy for the Normandy invasion ...

Honestly, had not Rommel's genuis and his armored divions been (foolishly) been left behind at Calais ... Normandy would have been another Gallopi ...

4) Patton's brillant (again) Blitzkrieg attacks against the Germans (after Normandy) paved the way to an Allied victiry ...

5) Finally, Patton's guts and genius saved the 101st Airborne's (glorious) behinds at Bastogne ...

6) Last, but NOT least, Patton was the ONLY World War general with the "brains" and non-PC attitude to write and mass-distribute the famous "Bastogne Prayer" ... whose successful clearing of the skies allowed the US Army Airforce to decimate the German forces ...

General Patton "clearly" acknowledged the Lordship of The Almighty in this event ...

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General Patton was the kind of man that Americans will "always" want to follow into battle ...

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I agree. To some Patton was a pain in the ass because he had the audacity to observe that the king wore no clothes. In other words he spoke openly about things he didn’t agree with.

That said, from everything I’ve read most of the heat to get rid of Patton came from the press (sound familiar) which for one reason or another had taken a disliking to him. I suspect it was because he didn’t treat them like WWII was all about them. The media dogged him for “gotcha” moments or created them out of thin air.

Patton was America’s best fighting general and, despite the “Blood and Guts” label hung on him his units took far fewer casualties than did Bradley’s—or any other general’s— units. Moreover, soldiers who served under Patton come across as being proud of the man and their accomplishments when interviewed.

But Bradley was a politician first and a soldier second. Because of his sycophant association with the media, the scribblers awarded him the title of a “Soldiers General”. Interestingly, I’ve not observed the same level of enthusiasm for Bradley from folks who served under him.

I’m sure there was plenty of envy from other generals because Patton’s skills as a leader, tactician and fighter were so much better than theirs. I’ve always wondered whether or not the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) would have happened if Patton was in charge and not Bradley.

In anyh case, I don’t believe that envy or his criticisms would have been sufficient to have him murdered. That’s a big step.

Patton’s military career was pretty much finished at the end of WWII because of his political views and outspoken attitude. There was no need to kill him.

In reality, Patton was a war hero to many, and combined with his political views and outspoken attitude, that would have made him a serious contender in political circles.

He'd have had to watch his language in that day and age, but he'd have had a following. He and MacArthur were serious warriors who would have been (and in MacArthur's case was) a serious thorn in the side of the politicians, and who would not have tolerated well the policies of limited warfare versus kicking a$$ and winning unconditionally.

No, they would not have played well with the UN and the globalists, but Americans likely would have agreed with that. It has taken nearly three generations of programming from elementary school up to get a following for this globalist crap.