Imagine that..
Facing a hundred thousand or more additional deaths to prevent a 40 year Cold War that we eventually won
With well over 100,000 deaths, and trillions wasted.
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Imagine that..
Facing a hundred thousand or more additional deaths to prevent a 40 year Cold War that we eventually won
With well over 100,000 deaths, and trillions wasted.
Do you think Korea and Vietnam would not have happened if we invaded Russia?
The Zero had a horsepower per pound ratio of 0.211, the P-36 had a ratio of 0.23.
You are so far out of touch with aircraft, and how they function that it isn't funny.
So instead of finishing it quick
It would not have been quick. It would have been long and bloody, especially as we would have had to cross half of Germany and Poland before we even reached the Soviet Union itself. Then as we pushed forward our supply lines would have stretched, as their grew shorter.
Communist China was still out there and both Korea and Vietnam were engaged in Civil WarsCorrect.
I have read two books on Patton, and too many to count that he was a part of.Patton was a political moron
That is why he took so long to get promoted
Pattons opinion on the USSR was idiotic
Communist China was still out there and both Korea and Vietnam were engaged in Civil Wars
I have read two books on Patton, and too many to count that he was a part of.
You are going to like this one... Patton was somewhat like Donald Trump.
Massive ego
Thought he was right about everything
Wanted what he wanted, and really didn't care what circumstances occurred as long as he could get it.
And his mouth was legendary. He simply did not know how to control it. And exactly like Donald Trump, his mouth is all he was judged by.
There was simply no one better than Patton than getting things done, and taking ground than Patton. As long as he was supplied and had superior numbers. And the reason for that was two things:
1) Patton could read an enemy. He was exceptionally good at predicting what the enemy forces would do. and plan his attack based on that. And he was usually right.
2) Unlike other Generals, Patton was not concerned about casualties if he believed he could win. Other Generals would hesitate - where Patton would only accelerate, other Generals considered the health and danger to his soldiers. Patton could care less.
Patton was crucial for the American side.
But he was also a massive pain in the ass to everyone above him. On two occasions he gave away Montgomery's position because he wanted to brag to the media about himself. "Here I am in (wherever) and old Montgomery is still sitting back in (location) waiting on the war to come to him. This told the enemy where Montgomery was, and what his orders were.
Unlike other Generals, Patton was not concerned about casualties if he believed he could win. Other Generals would hesitate - where Patton would only accelerate, other Generals considered the health and danger to his soldiers. Patton could care less.
Which shows how ridiculous Patton was
The Soviets had already taken on the best the German Army had to offer and lost millions of men, so did the Germans
Invading the Soviet Union would have resulted in hundreds of thousands of additional US casualties after we had already lost 400,000.
The US was tired of war, the world was tired of war
Nobody would have tolerated Pattons folly
He consistently had superior forces than the enemy. I am not saying he had more men than other generals. Only more forces than who he was fighting. Usually, certainly not always.Patton suffered fewer casualties than any other successful general the US had. He had fewer forces than most of them, and did more with those forces, than the other generals.
You are repeating myths about the man that have been known to be false for decades.
Would it really have been "folly" to free the USSR from the tyranny of Stalin and his nefarious brand of Evil he was inflicting on the people?
Some Americans would have died in the battles, but not as many as you might think. Most Russians back then were more in favor of freedom and less inclined to fight to remain under Tyranny than you assume.
Patton won battles, Eisenhower won warsHe consistently had superior forces than the enemy. I am not saying he had more men than other generals. Only more forces than who he was fighting. Usually, certainly not always.
Patton was critical to the American objectives. He got shit done. Period. While other generals pondered around, and talked about what they should do and plan and plan and plan. Patton would spend several hours either by himself or with one or two others and plan an attack and go with it. Just go. Do. Make it happen. And if things are unexpected, we'll deal with it - lets go!!
And that is why he was kept on the field. He flat out got shit done, faster and with fewer resources than others.
Patton would charge ahead, while other generals wanted to access the enemy... send in scouts...wait... carefully plan this attack.
Patton was already there by the time other generals got done talking. In a famous scene, that actually happened... Patton was called to a meeting with Allied leaders. They took turns talking about how they were going to take the target, who was going to do what... they got o Patton and Patton informed them he was already halfway to the target. 7 other allied leaders were sitting and planning and Patton was already half way finished. They hated him for it.
Soviet patriotism was at its high point in 1945
They would not have treated us as liberators any more than they treated Hitler as a liberator
Our Allies would have abandoned us if we invaded the USSR
Needless to say, I wasn't there.
But it seems contrary to human nature that the soviet people were that enthusiastic about having tyrants tell them what to do in 1945 that they would have fought tooth and nail to stop Freedom.
Patton would have kept fighting until their was no one left to fight.Patton won battles, Eisenhower won wars
He consistently had superior forces than the enemy. I am not saying he had more men than other generals. Only more forces than who he was fighting. Usually, certainly not always.
Patton was critical to the American objectives. He got shit done. Period. While other generals pondered around, and talked about what they should do and plan and plan and plan. Patton would spend several hours either by himself or with one or two others and plan an attack and go with it. Just go. Do. Make it happen. And if things are unexpected, we'll deal with it - lets go!!
And that is why he was kept on the field. He flat out got shit done, faster and with fewer resources than others.
Patton would charge ahead, while other generals wanted to access the enemy... send in scouts...wait... carefully plan this attack.
Patton was already there by the time other generals got done talking. In a famous scene, that actually happened... Patton was called to a meeting with Allied leaders. They took turns talking about how they were going to take the target, who was going to do what... they got o Patton and Patton informed them he was already halfway to the target. 7 other allied leaders were sitting and planning and Patton was already half way finished. They hated him for it.