Patton was un-PC, even for his day. But our own military knew how good he was, and that the enemy feared him. If you watch the movie with George C. Scott, you will notice some fiction and "Hollywood license" if you compare every detail against the historical record.
But, a lot of that movie was accurate, because General of the Army Omar Bradley was the technical advisor for the movie.
You couldn't get more "from the horses mouth" than that. This makes that movie solid gold, historically. From that, and from many books and diaries on the subject, we know that Patton would not have put up with the PC crap that is being pushed today. Not for a minute. He was a man of ideals, but also great principle who cared about his men, victory, and Western values.
Moreover, Patton wasn't afraid to tell anyone off who he felt was wrong. When Bradley wouldn't let him exploit the German rout from Normandy in the late summer of 1944, Patton told them straight out was a mistake it was. In context, Patton was completely correct, and almost every historian will agree that had Patton's advice been followed, the German army would have been destroyed in the fall of 1944 and the war over shortly after that. Instead, it dragged on for almost another year, with untold human suffering, and the Russians snatching land and enslaving millions.
Patton knew the tank was a weapon of exploitation. He wrote in his diaries he stated flat out that other generals were "such nothings" for pushing all along the front, but never breaking out and exploiting the US Army's greatest assets of mobility and airpower.
It disgusts me to see "leaders" who peddle "diversity" Über Alles, and who have allowed ridiculous rules of engagement to paralyze our forces. These same "leaders" are now beating up combat officers who are trying to win even with both arms tied behind their backs.
U.S. commanders in Afghanistan face tougher discipline for battlefield failures
Ridiculous.
Where are the Patton's of this age?