>Patton had the right idea regarding the commies.
He did. Nor would it have been all that hard of a war. Without American aid, Russia was out of most basic supplies like food. And they’d run out of new manpower in 1944. Russia had a lot of divisions but most were 1/2 to 1/4 strength.
A few choice mushroom clouds would have sped it up a bit.
I would hate to think he was sacrificed for commie appeasement. Accidents happen too.
Patton did have the right idea.
Unfortunately, the troops would not have gone along. They were willing to undergo wartime life and death to defeat Germany, and nothing else. My own father is a good example.
McArthur asked for his army engineer regiment by name for Japan occupation duty shortly after the Japanese surrender. This was the most experienced regiment in the army at building airfields, having worked their way across the Pacific from Hawaii to Okinawa since 1942.
The enlisted men had a meeting, and sent a delegation of senior NCO’s to the Island commander, saying they refused to go to Japan, and would go home one way or another instead. McArthur had to settle for a green regiment.
More than one ship, civilian and navy, was seized by troops desperate to go home ASAP. The same sort of thing happened in Europe.