[fso301]

Ike should have give the fuel to Patton to drive to the Rhine, and told Monte to clear the Scheldt. But Ike let politics outweigh military judgment.

The difference is that two years earlier, Ike first heard shots fired in anger. Patton on the other hand fired shots in anger 28 years earlier.

[PAR35]

Let’s give Ike some credit. He was the best clerk that MacArthur ever had.