[schu]

The purpose of war is not to die for your country, it is to get the other bastard to die for his country."

Not sure of the historical fact, but my Dad, who was there, said he heard Patton say just this. He was in the 5th Armored, fought in the Hurtgen, ended up twiddling his thumbs on the Elbe for 2 weeks at the end of the war.

For those who insist that we should have gone after the Russians, maybe so. The the argument has some serious flaws including the will to win, the practicality of using Nukes and the destruction of the German logistics systems.

FWIIW, schu

[spanalot]

I have been googling eye witnesss reports and came upon this troubling report.

Go to page 72 - this contradicts most of what is published.

http://pattonhq.com/pdffiles/magazines.pdf