Posted on 12/21/2019 4:55:54 PM PST by DFG
Seventy- five years ago this month, General George S. Patton was en route to a Sunday afternoon hunting trip in the devastated region of Mannheim, Germany when his Cadillac limousine collided with a military truck parked on the side of the road. The two other passengers in the vehicle were unharmed except General Patton who was left with a massive head wound and paralyzed from the neck down.
Patton was swiftly taken to an Army hospital 20 miles away where he made rapid strides in recovery over the course of 12 days. His presiding physician had given him the medical clearance to make the gruelling trans-Atlantic flight back home when suddenly on December 21, 1945, the indestructible general who revelled in his nickname ‘Old Blood and Guts’ was pronounced dead.
No autopsy was ever performed. All the reports and investigations into the accident have mysteriously disappeared. In 1979, an American spy with a sterling reputation named Douglas Bazata claimed that he was ordered by the Office of Strategic Services (a precursor to the CIA) to kill Patton and make his murder look like an accident.
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Probably not.
Probably so.OSS was full of commies and would not put it past them
Must be a slow day at the Daily Mail.
I recall Bill O’Reilly had that theory in his book: Killing Patton
And...
Epstein didn’t kill himself ;)
Well, I think we have the whole range of options covered! Ha Ha.
I don’t see how it could have been anything other than an accident. His regular driver who had never had an accident, went home.
Patton’s new driver was reckless and drove fast. Patton loved it but he was probably responsible for the General’s death.
He died so he could be reincarnated as Trump six months later.
I will say this. There are plenty of pros in that business. Just look at the Russian dissidents and media types. If you can’t prove it then it was not a hit job.
And WWII style jeeps were notorious for rolling over.
Patton was riding in a staff car.
This nonsense pops up every other year or so. Gen Patton died of injuries received in a traffic accident. Any other account is poppycock.
i guess the other two passengers riding with Patton were just lucky as hell not to get a scratch
Don’t know about Patton but you’re right about the other guy!
That often happens in accidents.
sure thing almighty oracle
He fractured his C-spine and that is never good, even with today’s modern technology. In 1945 it’s a miracle he survived 20 mies to hospital and for 12 days.
It was a limo
Ok I stand corrected I thought remembered a jeep. Maybe I am unduly influenced by the movie.
If he was truly paralyzed, I wouldn’t be shocked if the ol buzzard wanted to die. Being reduced to a cripple is a hard thing for a tough old bird to accept. But he wouldn’t want it reported that he had offed himself so he might have actually consented to die if they could keep the death quiet so he could have a hero’s funeral.
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