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what about the american's who fought in the battle off samar. escort destroyers and bombless fighter took on, and scared off the battleship yamato, and one of the most powerful surface navies in the world.
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grievous5226 said
Patton had balls which accounts for alot in war. Rommel wasn't scary but when Patton pissed in your rivers and tank rushed you knew to backoff lol.
Patton was an arrogant ass and if he had just kept his mouth shut he'd be remembered in a more favorable light. On the battlefield was an excellent field commander. Anything to do with politics or the press he shot himself in the foot.
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warman45 said
what about the american's who fought in the battle off samar. escort destroyers and bombless fighter took on, and scared off the battleship yamato, and one of the most powerful surface navies in the world.
Think of Taffy 3.
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Doctor_Nick said
grievous5226 said
Patton had balls which accounts for alot in war. Rommel wasn't scary but when Patton pissed in your rivers and tank rushed you knew to backoff lol.
Patton was an arrogant ass and if he had just kept his mouth shut he'd be remembered in a more favorable light. On the battlefield was an excellent field commander. Anything to do with politics or the press he shot himself in the foot.
Some people just dont have political abilities.
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MajorLufbery said
Doctor_Nick said
grievous5226 said
Patton had balls which accounts for alot in war. Rommel wasn't scary but when Patton pissed in your rivers and tank rushed you knew to backoff lol.
Patton was an arrogant ass and if he had just kept his mouth shut he'd be remembered in a more favorable light. On the battlefield was an excellent field commander. Anything to do with politics or the press he shot himself in the foot.
Some people just dont have political abilities.
Agreed
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The first dumbas who says that Patton were better than Rommel will get the MHs Forum reward for the most stupid person ever!
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Agreed Martin, Patton was mean and rude, but without him, we would of lost the war.
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If Patton never existed the allies would still have won WW2
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Well, it might of taken longer.
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Well, the thing is, they did have him. And they did win the war. Yes, he was an ass as far as being a person goes, but he was (i suppose arguably) a good general. Even had some exp. from WW1.
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I know he was already mentioned but Erich von Manstein in my opinion was one of the most brilliant military minds of WW2 and leading into the cold war. That's just what I think, and even he was loved by the Allies for his work done in West Germany.
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oops I meant Sprague, not Sprage.
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Hans Von Seeckt deserves a mention I believe. Not many people know of him but he laid down the foundations for blitzkrieg within the German army and during the inter war period modernised the German army and started to motorise and mechanise German forces. He also implemented the use of aggressive mobile defence to defeat larger and more well supplied armies which was shown on the Eastern front and which Manstein perfected, especially at Kharkov. Timoshenko and Mannerheim were also good commanders in WW2 and often overlooked Bayerlein and Balck are also of interest being commanders of Panzer Lehr division and Grossdeutschland division
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Eiserner_Wille said
What happened to Von Seeckt?
He went into politics and admired Hitler's aspirations supporting them then became a Chinese advisor. He then came back to Germany and slowly became disillusioned with Hitler and died in late 1936 so didn't have any involvement with World War 2 and the tactics he helped develop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Seeckt - if you want to read up on him further : ]
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So he was a WW1 commander?
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Eiserner_Wille said
So he was a WW1 commander?
"During World War I, Seeckt served in various high-level staff positions on the Eastern Front, including Chief of Staff to August von Mackensen while the latter commanded the Eleventh Army." I just copy and pasted that from the link I gave you :P
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Eiserner_Wille said
Sorry, I am a lazy reader.
it's reyt
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