No Patton

[TRDG]

Thanks P.m. I would think Bradly would have stepped in at some point, but he was "under ranked" for a while, even from Patton in the beginning, then he stepped it up with being truely rewarded!!

Cheers, but Bradley was no Patton, maybe a combination of the two into one would have been perfect for that time.

Tom

[Whiterook]

I think it would have been a little worse with Bradley stepping into the void with no George Patton around. Bradley was an amazing commander, but Patton's unorthodoxed style and command methodology breathed a ceratin life into the stale "That's the way it's done" mentality somewhat pervasive in the military of that era. A room full of cats isn't interesting until you introduce a rocking chair!

[Roddoss72]

Salutations All

In the end it mattered not, Germany by the turn of 1942/43 had begun to lose the war and by the time Overlord begun the rot had begun for the Germans. It would matter not that Patton was not there, any second rate general would have done the job.

Regards

Roddoss72