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topdawgnc
topdawgnc Member Posts: 7,841
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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.
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  • unfrozencaveman
    unfrozencaveman Member Posts: 2,303
    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
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  • PurpleBaze
    PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,567 Founders Club
    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
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    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
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  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 15,478 Founders Club
    Who?
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    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.
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  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325
    RaceBannon said:

    So it was your grandpa who got slapped in the face

    He slapped some privates...grandpa was a captain.
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  • RaccoonHarry
    RaccoonHarry Member Posts: 2,161
    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"...
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