For you who actually read

topdawgnc

And enjoy history.

Killing Patton

Is fucking incredible.

I've read O'Riely's other two books (Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy) ... this is just as good.

MikeDamone

I guess that leaves out OBK...

unfrozencaveman

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

PurpleBaze

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

*could have

BennyBeaver

PurpleBaze said:

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

*could have

*could've

HuskyJW

Who?

ThomasFremont

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.

He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.

After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.

As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."

BennyBeaver

ThomasFremont said:

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.

He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.

After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.

As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."

Loogit Asshat Patton Superiority Guy up in this bitch.

RaceBannon

So it was your grandpa who got slapped in the face

ThomasFremont

RaceBannon said:

So it was your grandpa who got slapped in the face

He slapped some privates...grandpa was a captain.

RaccoonHarry

ThomasFremont said:

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.

He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.

After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.

As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."

Your grandpa knew of Patton from a front line soldier's standpoint but troops at the front neither know, nor appreciate, the big picture. My dad was in the Pacific in WWII and his comments about officers were similar. My detailed reading of the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns proved many of his opinions to be wrong, and when presented with the facts he readily admitted so.

Patton was one tough SOB. He lead troops at the front in WWI and was wounded in combat (shot "in the ass", much to his disgust). Patton's rapid thrusts through France no doubt appeared reckless to his troops but, in fact, incurred fewer casualties than if he had slogged along at a slower pace. Fascinating character. If you ever get a chance to read one of several excellent biographies on Patton do so.

I know "Patton superiority guy"...

PurpleReign

My grandfather was in WWII, fought the Japs.

MikeDamone

ThomasFremont said:

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.

He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.

After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.

As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."

Scoreboard...

MikeDamone

PurpleReign said:

My grandfather was in WWII, fought the Japs.

Mine fought the Krauts.

RaceBannon

My two dads fought each other

TierbsHsotBoobs

RaceBannon said:

My two dads sword fought each other

PostGameOrangeSlices

My grandpa was in the first wave of allied troops at Normandy.

Makes me appreciate busting a nut that much more....he was one lucky dude, and I'm lucky to be here.

G-Pa had pieces of shrapnel come out of his skin years afterward.

Fuck Europe and its xenophobic war mongering.

ThomasFremont

RaccoonHarry said:

ThomasFremont said:

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.

He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.

After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.

As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."

Your grandpa knew of Patton from a front line soldier's standpoint but troops at the front neither know, nor appreciate, the big picture. My dad was in the Pacific in WWII and his comments about officers were similar. My detailed reading of the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns proved many of his opinions to be wrong, and when presented with the facts he readily admitted so.

Patton was one tough SOB. He lead troops at the front in WWI and was wounded in combat (shot "in the ass", much to his disgust). Patton's rapid thrusts through France no doubt appeared reckless to his troops but, in fact, incurred fewer casualties than if he had slogged along at a slower pace. Fascinating character. If you ever get a chance to read one of several excellent biographies on Patton do so.

I know "Patton superiority guy"...

He was a battlefield commander. Basically middle management.

He wasn't in Butler Cabin with Patton and Monty, but that wasn't really my point.

He wasn't saying Patton was unsuccessful. He was saying he was an image obsessed prick.

doogsinparadise

ThomasFremont said:

RaccoonHarry said:

ThomasFremont said:

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.

He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.

After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.

As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."

Your grandpa knew of Patton from a front line soldier's standpoint but troops at the front neither know, nor appreciate, the big picture. My dad was in the Pacific in WWII and his comments about officers were similar. My detailed reading of the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns proved many of his opinions to be wrong, and when presented with the facts he readily admitted so.

Patton was one tough SOB. He lead troops at the front in WWI and was wounded in combat (shot "in the ass", much to his disgust). Patton's rapid thrusts through France no doubt appeared reckless to his troops but, in fact, incurred fewer casualties than if he had slogged along at a slower pace. Fascinating character. If you ever get a chance to read one of several excellent biographies on Patton do so.

I know "Patton superiority guy"...

He was a battlefield commander. Basically middle management.

He wasn't in Butler Cabin with Patton and Monty, but that wasn't really my point.

He wasn't saying Patton was unsuccessful. He was saying he was an image obsessed prick.

Yeah well, SAY IT TO HIS FACE!! If anyone here has read Double Cross by Ben Macintyre, you would recall that Patton was used as a decoy leading up to D Day, both because he was the general most feared by the Germans, but also because he was a liability because he couldn't resist shooting his mouth off a la House Money. And the slapping, but idgraf about that.

unfrozencaveman

My grandpa could beat up your grandpa, wouldn't even be close

6'3", 230 coming out of high school, DE for the Dawgs

Bailed early to fight in the war, first off the boat for the Midnight Raid at Guadalcanal

RaceBannon

ThomasFremont said:

RaccoonHarry said:

ThomasFremont said:

unfrozencaveman said:

Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple

Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide

In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress

My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.

He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.

After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.

As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."

Your grandpa knew of Patton from a front line soldier's standpoint but troops at the front neither know, nor appreciate, the big picture. My dad was in the Pacific in WWII and his comments about officers were similar. My detailed reading of the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns proved many of his opinions to be wrong, and when presented with the facts he readily admitted so.

Patton was one tough SOB. He lead troops at the front in WWI and was wounded in combat (shot "in the ass", much to his disgust). Patton's rapid thrusts through France no doubt appeared reckless to his troops but, in fact, incurred fewer casualties than if he had slogged along at a slower pace. Fascinating character. If you ever get a chance to read one of several excellent biographies on Patton do so.

I know "Patton superiority guy"...

He was a battlefield commander. Basically middle management.

He wasn't in Butler Cabin with Patton and Monty, but that wasn't really my point.

He wasn't saying Patton was unsuccessful. He was saying he was an image obsessed prick.

So he didn't win the right way?