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So what did American World War Two generals think of Allied and Enemy Generals? 0:00 - Intro0:12 - Dwight D. Eisenhower about Douglas MacArthur1:26 - Eisenho

https://www.historynet.com/patton-the-german-view/
G eneral George S. Patton Jr. died on December 21, 1945, as a legend, praised even by his defeated opponents. German general Günther Blumentritt, a key planner of the invasions of France and Poland, wrote in a study for the U.S. Army after the war, "We regarded General Patton extremely highly as the most aggressive Panzer General of the Allies, a man of incredible initiative and lightning

https://www.hoover.org/research/german-view-patton
Harry Yeide. Fighting Patton: George S. Patton Jr. Through the Eyes of His Enemies. Zenith Press. $30.00. O f the allied world War II generals, George Patton may be considered the most "German." He had carefully studied the early Blitzkrieg campaigns against Poland and France and shared the conviction of the Wehrmacht commanders that that a war of movement — short, sharp, and furious

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/10-generals-invasion-germany.html
The Supreme Commanders on 5 June 1945 in Berlin: Bernard Montgomery, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Georgy Zhukov and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-14059-0018 / CC-BY-SA 3.0. In the final months of WWII, Allied forces invaded Germany from east and west. The vast military enterprise relied upon the leadership of good generals.

https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/military/eisenhower-patton-bradley-wwii-generals/
Read the Transcript. Brett McKay: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, three great U.S. generals that led the Allies to victory in Europe during World War II.But World War II wasn't the first time these three men met. Decades before they forged friendships and rivalries with one another that would influence their path to leadership.

https://www.livescience.com/history-of-war-issue-103
At times German troops mounted stiff resistance, and on March 1 the Third Army commander, General George S. Patton, Jr., received an order to bypass the city of Trier.

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/greatest-army-generals/
Recently my uncle sent me an article by Michael Peck from back in June titled, " The 5 Greatest U.S. Generals in History .". Overall, the list isn't bad: George Washington, Winfield Scott, Ulysses S. Grant, George Marshall, and Matthew Ridgway. It could, however, be a lot better. All five Peck selected have their own merits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the

https://www.historyonthenet.com/d-day-generals
Eisenhower was reelected in 1956. He left office in January 1961, succeeded by another World War II veteran, John F. Kennedy. Finally retired in fact as in name, he lived in Pennsylvania and wrote three more books, including the popular At Ease: Stories I Tell My Friends (1967). Eisenhower was portrayed by Henry Grace in The Longest Day.

https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2021/11/30/reviewing-the-folly-of-generals-how-eisenhowers-broad-front-strategy-lengthened-world-war-ii
November 30, 2021. The Folly of Generals: How Eisenhower's Broad Front Strategy Lengthened World War II. David P. Colley. Philadelphia, PA.: Casemate, 2021. From the execution of the Schlieffen Plan in August 1914 to Douglas MacArthur's drive to the Yalu River in November 1950, the quest to turn tactical opportunities first into operational

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/who-fired-terry-allen-and-ted-roosevelt-jr-the-best-combat-generals/
By Walter Holden. During World War II, Terry de la Mesa Allen and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,were "relieved" during a victorious campaign. These two men commanded the lst Infantry Division of the United States Army, which, even their strongest critics admitted, under the two generals' "inspirational leadership," was by far the best division fighting against the Germans in North Africa

https://www.npr.org/2012/11/01/164096479/ricks-firing-generals-to-fight-better-wars
Ricks is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He covered the military for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal for many years, and was part of two teams that won

https://www.history.com/news/eisenhower-wwii-battle-kasserine-pass
He reorganized his forces to work together in a more cohesive fashion, shook up his intelligence operation and brought in the brash, aggressive Gen. George S. Patton to shape up the U.S. Army's

https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour-extras/churchill-and-his-generals-the-tasks-of-supreme-command/
April 15, 2014. "Churchill exercised one of his most important functions as war leader by holding military calculations and assertions up to the standards of a massive common sense, informed by wide reading and experience at war….His uneasy relationship with his generals stemmed, in large part, from his willingness to pick commanders who

https://www.historynet.com/man-on-a-mission-the-courageous-general-who-led-the-way-to-d-days-first-successful-assault/
When Brigadier General Norman "Dutch" Cota landed on Omaha Beach at 7:25 a.m. on June 6, 1944, he saw death, destruction, and defeat.From the bluffs overlooking the shore, German machine guns and rifles raked the beach, and artillery and mortar shells added to the mayhem.Dead and wounded American soldiers lay sprawled on the sand and floating in the water.

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/pattons-fateful-verdun-meeting/
By Kevin M. Hymel. On the morning of December 19, Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr., prepared his Third Army for a battle raging north of him—the Battle of the Bulge. Three days earlier, three German armies had burst out of the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg and smashed into Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges' First Army.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery
There was a strong sense of crisis in the Allied command, as the Allies had advanced only about 15 miles (24 km) inland, at a time when their plans called for them to have already taken Rennes, Alençon and St. Malo. After Epsom, Montgomery had to tell General Harry Crerar that the activation of the First Canadian Army would have to wait as

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Leven Cooper Allen. Roderick R. Allen. Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr. George R. Allin. Edward Almond. John B. Anderson (United States Army officer) Clift Andrus. Charles Morris Ankcorn. Thomas Seelye Arms.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/masters-the-battlefield-the-five-greatest-us-generals-11541
When Scott landed at Vera Cruz, Mexico in March 1847, he was conducting the largest American amphibious assault until World War II. But where Eisenhower at Normandy could land 150,000 men backed

https://historycollection.com/seven-american-generals-shaped-wage-war/
George S. Patton. U.S. General George S. Patton served in the Mexican-American war, then in the new U.S. Army Tank Corps in World War I. In his role in the Tank Corps, he developed a strong understanding of tank warfare. He is most clearly remembered for his involvement in the Third Army in World War II, particularly the Battle of the Bulge.

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Throughout the year, despite the enemy's intensified air offensive, German factories--unlike their Allied counterparts--remained on a single daily shift and had no need to hire women. With Speer's approval, priorities for critical raw materials and essential machine parts were quickly reassigned, when necessary, from one plant to another.

https://www.thecollector.com/most-talented-generals-of-word-war-ii/
Here are seven of those leaders, the greatest and most talented generals that took to the stage of World War II, shaping its course through victory and defeat. 1. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, via Britannica. Born in 1887, Bernard Law Montgomery was a British general who served in the First World War and

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/world/europe/biden-trump-debate-europe.html
Camille Grand, a former assistant secretary general of NATO, said that in a second term, Mr. Trump would be surrounded by people "who want to turn his instincts into policy rather than saying

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._general_officers_and_flag_officers_killed_in_World_War_II
This is a list of United States Armed Forces general officers and flag officers who were killed in World War II.The dates of death listed are from the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, when the United States was officially involved in World War II. Included are generals and admirals who were killed by friendly or hostile fire, suicide, or