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Originally Posted by mmarsh Patton could be daring, but his ego could make him extremely reckless. For example his entire 3rd Army ran out of gas at Meuse because he wouldnt wait for his supply lines to catch up. Had the Germans counterattacked he would have been a sitting duck. He was generally a abhorrant person distrusted by by the enlisted personnel and the senior staff.
Ike was right to put him in a broom closet, personnaly I prefer Omar Bradley. | And Bradley took many of his strategies and plans from Patton,often Bradley conversed with him about the war and what should be done,Patton gave him a couple of good ideas and he made them his own.
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