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To: baltimorepoet

Patton’s Army was an army of offense..rolling destruction and victory...and not defense.


5 posted on 06/02/2016 5:37:44 AM PDT by BRK
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To: BRK; baltimorepoet

There were actually walled cities in WWII Europe that armies bypassed because they were too much trouble to bother with. They could be isolated and ignored, although Saint-Malo was bombed flat.


14 posted on 06/02/2016 6:02:35 AM PDT by Pelham (Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
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To: BRK

you are exactly right - different strokes for different folks.


15 posted on 06/02/2016 6:03:23 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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