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Hodges went farther than Patton, the difference was Hodges was humble and Patton had PR men working for him.
Marshall detested Patton as a blow-hard. He wanted to fire Patton and refused to defend Patton's actions to angry congressmen who also demanded Patton be fired. Because Marshall was the leader he was, he let the theater commander (IKE) make the decision. Ike (also detested Patton as a person) deferred in part to Bradley who felt he (Bradley) could control Patton. Bradley was promoted over Patton and was his superior. Patton had little to no input in the planning of the D-Day landings. His sole contribution was as a decoy, most germans had long felt Normandy would not be the main invasion site (Hitler thought it would be Normandy)
In 1932 Patton perdicted that armor would amount to nothing, the calvary was in control at that time and their was a "battle between yhe calvary officers and the pro-armor component. George knew which way the wind was blowing. Ike was considered our Armor expert, not Georgie.
Hodges went farther than Patton, the difference was Hodges was humble and Patton had PR men working for him.
Marshall detested Patton as a blow-hard. He wanted to fire Patton and refused to defend Patton's actions to angry congressmen who also demanded Patton be fired. Because Marshall was the leader he was, he let the theater commander (IKE) make the decision. Ike (also detested Patton as a person) deferred in part to Bradley who felt he (Bradley) could control Patton. Bradley was promoted over Patton and was his superior. Patton had little to no input in the planning of the D-Day landings. His sole contribution was as a decoy, most germans had long felt Normandy would not be the main invasion site (Hitler thought it would be Normandy)
In 1932 Patton perdicted that armor would amount to nothing, the calvary was in control at that time and their was a "battle between yhe calvary officers and the pro-armor component. George knew which way the wind was blowing. Ike was considered our Armor expert, not Georgie.