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Originally Posted by Torplexed
I'm sure that charge could be leveled against Patton in many ways, but in the pantheon of US WW2 generals, Douglas MacArthur is far more richly deserving. The man presides over a disaster in the Philippines much of it his own making, is plucked from the middle of it as his command crumbles and made a national hero over night. Go figure. General Dmitry Pavlov of the Soviet Western Front should have been so lucky.
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Fully agree.
As to Patton he was overrated even during the war as the Germans feared him. Had the whole fake army prior to D-Day as a ruse. What I do like about Patton which can not be be said of his peers is he lead from the front this is why most men under him respected him and his enemies feared him. Rommel was similar in this respect.
When comes to history often it is hard to judge where truth ends and myth begins.