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To: dfwgator

“And later Rommel said, “Patton, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!”

Rommel wrote Infantry In War about the use of infantry in battle.
Guderian wrote the book on the use of armor for the German military.
Patton seems to have taken the best from both and blended it with his own ideas.

After his death Pattons widow donated his library to West Point.
He had made notes in the margins of each book.
When typed out his notes in Rommels book equaled 20 pages, single spaced, front and back.

He was once quoted as saying amateurs borrow, professionals STEAL.


37 posted on 09/03/2018 11:20:46 AM PDT by oldvirginian (American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me)
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To: oldvirginian
He was once quoted as saying amateurs borrow, professionals STEAL.

LOL, truer words were never spoken.

44 posted on 09/03/2018 11:52:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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