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To: abb

Quite likely that the more daring Patton could have prevented the partition of Germany, or at least left a smaller E Germany.

Especially if Ditka was driving.


23 posted on 06/11/2015 6:44:02 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: Ready4Freddy
Quite likely that the more daring Patton could have prevented the partition of Germany, or at least left a smaller E Germany.

Probably not. The partition of Germany had been settled at Yalta the year before.

26 posted on 06/11/2015 6:53:35 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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In another “brilliant” move, Ike would not let Patton take Berlin and gave it to Stalin. I know that it saved American lives by allowing the Soviets to take Berlin. However, the Germans would have not have put up as brutal a fight and would have surrendered much easier to the Americans than the Soviets. This also helped to ensure Soviet dominance in East Germany for the 40+ years.


79 posted on 06/11/2015 9:50:00 AM PDT by ohioman
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