Patton was an excellent combat General. As was General Robert E. Lee in the US Civil War, Prussian Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Count Bulow von Dennewitz (now how would you like such a handle
) of the Napoleanic Wars. Also as Rommel was in ww2.
Patton--was what they in society would say that he is a soldiers soldier. Patton in all of his being, was always someone who was destinied to be The "Ultimate Soldier".
He lost 3rd army because he was planning on starting ww3 against the Russians using people like a certain German Count something or other and his men (which included Waffen SS Troops) to launch an attack against the Russians.
Patton wanted to be buried with the dead in the 3rd army cemetary--he wanted to stay with his men.
[ 09 May 2002, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]