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re: Gen. George Patton wanted to wipe out the Soviets after defeating the Germans
Posted on 2/24/22 at 11:10 am to weagle99
Posted on 2/24/22 at 11:10 am to weagle99
Patton would have had a mutiny on his hands, supported by the families back home. The army in Europe nearly did mutiny at plans to send them en masse to the Pacific. Having been told they were fighting to liberate Europe from Nazism, they weren't going to turn around and fight a former"ally" without extreme provocation. Patton understood the strategic picture, but he misunderstood, or chose to ignore, the social and political realuty.
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Posted on 2/24/22 at 1:23 pm to Jim Rockford
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Patton would have had a mutiny on his hands, supported by the families back home.
Wouldn't have been popular. BUT if framed properly and correctly, it could have been sold. The MEDIA controlled and manipulated popular opinion then -- same as today. And...taking out the Soviets back made sense and WAS very do-able. IF everything was on the up and up (it wasn't).
Taking out the Soviets wasn't in the cards because the State Dept and other Comm-Symps within had already rigged this game, supplying Uncle Joe during the entire war WHILE rewarding him with Eastern Europe AND a bonus: A-Bomb plans.
Posted on 2/24/22 at 1:41 pm to Jim Rockford
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Patton would have had a mutiny on his hands, supported by the families back home. The army in Europe nearly did mutiny at plans to send them en masse to the Pacific. Having been told they were fighting to liberate Europe from Nazism, they weren't going to turn around and fight a former"ally" without extreme provocation. Patton understood the strategic picture, but he misunderstood, or chose to ignore, the social and political realuty.
This. A lot of people may not realize that even in a war that has clear purpose and objectives and what was supposed to be a "good" war had started to become unpopular due to its high costs.
There was a great article about a photo published in Time that showed dead American soldiers for the first time. It was used to re-rally support back home... and this was only in 1943.
LINK
This post was edited on 2/24/22 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 2/24/22 at 3:41 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:bingo
Patton would have had a mutiny on his hands, supported by the families back home. The army in Europe nearly did mutiny at plans to send them en masse to the Pacific. Having been told they were fighting to liberate Europe from Nazism, they weren't going to turn around and fight a former"ally" without extreme provocation. Patton understood the strategic picture, but he misunderstood, or chose to ignore, the social and political realuty.
Not to mention that russia had more troops in europe at that point iirc
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