General G.S. Patton was assassinated to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book

The Telegraph ^ | December 21, 2008 | Tim Shipman in Washington

[Daffynition]

The newly unearthed diaries of a colourful assassin for the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA, reveal that American spy chiefs wanted Patton dead because he was threatening to expose allied collusion with the Russians that cost American lives.

The death of General Patton in December 1945, is one of the enduring mysteries of the war era. Although he had suffered serious injuries in a car crash in Manheim, he was thought to be recovering and was on the verge of flying home.

But after a decade-long investigation, military historian Robert Wilcox claims that OSS head General "Wild Bill" Donovan ordered a highly decorated marksman called Douglas Bazata to silence Patton, who gloried in the nickname "Old Blood and Guts".

His book, "Target Patton", contains interviews with Mr Bazata, who died in 1999, and extracts from his diaries, detailing how he staged the car crash by getting a troop truck to plough into Patton's Cadillac and then shot the general with a low-velocity projectile, which broke his neck while his fellow passengers escaped without a scratch.

Mr Bazata also suggested that when Patton began to recover from his injuries, US officials turned a blind eye as agents of the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB, poisoned the general.

Mr Wilcox told The Sunday Telegraph that when he spoke to Mr Bazata: "He was struggling with himself, all these killings he had done. He confessed to me that he had caused the accident, that he was ordered to do so by Wild Bill Donovan.

"Donovan told him: 'We've got a terrible situation with this great patriot, he's out of control and we must save him from himself and from ruining everything the allies have done.' I believe Douglas Bazata. He's a sterling guy."

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[LS]

Exactly. It’s nonsense, and not one of the eyewitness doctors or nurses reported ANY bullet wound on Patton.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Please refer to # 26.

I went back and refreshed my memory. The movie was very historically correct in most all detail. Some of the things Patton said while in the hospital were word-for-word in the movie script.

The reenactment of the accident was also historically correct.

Logic and sanity always prevails over the Chicken Little's of the World.

[Tallguy]

I hope the author of this book is kicking back a portion of his royalties to the screenwriters of “Brass Target” — a really bad movie with George Kennedy as Patton.

[sinanju]

“Brass Target.”

Rather incoherent plot, as I recall, but Max Von Sydow did a great job as the enigmatic assassin.

[OldSmaj]

Yeah, sure.

This crap is right up there with that horse crap story about JFK being accidentally shot with an M-16 by one of his SS guys.

The human mind is certainly fertile and self-feeding; it blooms this silliness and continues growing it with the crap it continues to generate.

Does the author of this...uh, er, story actually believe that something of this nature could have happened to a person of Patton's stature and someone, someone, somewhere has not come forward already?

I truly think the sales of tinfoil are enhanced by these types of authors, if indeed they can be called authors.

I suspect they purchase a large amount of it, themselves.

[Robe]

From the article : "George Patton, a dynamic controversialist who wore pearl handled revolvers.."

This guy didn't even watch the movie ..

" They're IVORY, G__damn it!....Only a New Orleans pimp wears Pearl handled pistols

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. This story is fiction. See post 26 for what actually happened.

[STD]

Dig Him Up and have at His corpse

[papasmurf]

excerpt..."His book, "Target Patton", contains interviews with Mr Bazata, who died in 1999,..."

Mr Bazata led an extraordinary life. He was a member of the Jedburghs, the elite unit who parachuted into France to help organise the Resistance in the run up to D-Day in 1944. He earned four purple hearts, a Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre three times over for his efforts.

After the war he became a celebrated artist who enjoyed the patronage of Princess Grace of Monaco and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

He was friends with Salvador Dali, who painted a portrait of Bazata as Don Quixote.

He ended his career as an aide to President Ronald Reagan's Navy Secretary John Lehman, a member of the 9/11 Commission and adviser to John McCain's presidential campaign.

Really? Did he come back to life? Or, was he just "undead"?

[SunkenCiv]

General Patton was assassinated
to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book
The Telegraph | 12/20/2008 | Tim Shipman in Washington
Posted on 12/20/2008 6:04:53 PM PST by bruinbirdman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152105/posts

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[IronJack]

Correct. The embolisms came as a result of his inactivity. In Ladislas Farago's biography, he says that Patton's driver hit the rear of the truck, not vice versa. He also said that the impact was at such a slow speed no one could believe anyone was injured, certainly not to the degree the general was. But it was a cervical fracture and he developed problems breathing almost immediately.

In the end, the embolisms are what killed him. Ironic ending to the career of a tough-as-shoe-leather old cavalry officer.

[neb52]

“He ended his career as an aide to President Ronald Reagan’s Navy Secretary John Lehman, a member of the 9/11 Commission and adviser to John McCain’s presidential campaign.”

“Really? Did he come back to life? Or, was he just “undead”?”

You are reading it incorrectly. John Lehman was a member of the 9/11 Commission and adviser to John McCain’s presidential campaign. The author was stating who John Lehman was.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Its HOGWASH, Conspiracy Theory Lunacy! Wait for the book to reach the Dollar store shelves if you really want to read it.

[papasmurf]

Yes. I was being sarcastic regarding the authors (so called) professional skills.