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Originally Posted by PeterG
You feel that Patton would have been the better diplomat, do you? He wouldn't have caused as many ruffled feathers as Eisenhower, possibly with Montgomery as his deputy.
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A most entertaining thought.
My god, can you imagine it... World War Three of an entirely different kind instigated within SHAEF headquarters itself...
Thank goodness the thought is only limited to our musings here and could never have been seriously considered by the Alanbrookes and Marshalls of the period.
I'm often staggered by how Eisenhower handled so many fractious parties and dangerous possibilities with that constant
public aura of calm.
The epitome of the political/diplomat General required to make such grand strategy work.
Cheers,
Adam.