The striking circumstance,” Patton mused, “that, thousands…

“There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is: ‘To use the means at hand to inflict the maximum…

— Ladislas Farago

“In this orientation of his concluding strategy he followed ideas that dominated the thinking of the highest American military councils. It reflected an astounding…

— Ladislas Farago

“Patton wrote in his diary on April 15th, the morning after his departure from II Corps: “War is very simple, direct and ruthless. It…

— Ladislas Farago

“In equipment, Allied superiority was stifling. In guns it was 2½ to 1, in tanks 20 to 1. The Allies had some 14,000 planes,…

— Ladislas Farago

“Eisenhower’s tragedy was that he permitted himself to be pushed into what turned out to be a trap. He had succumbed to General George…

— Ladislas Farago

“Patton was sent on his long journey with the Psalm David had sung in the wilderness of Judah… O God, thou art my God;…

— Ladislas Farago

“When Patton now showed up on the Mary to welcome them, Sergeant Bill Pajewski punched Corporal Sam McCarthy in the ribs. “Man,” he whispered…

— Ladislas Farago

“Bradley gave several reasons for putting Third Army on “A” ration when Patton’s projected moves required more than the unlimited “C.” Vast quantities of…

— Ladislas Farago

“One of his mechanics who despaired when he could not get spare parts for the tanks once announced casually that most of them were…

— Ladislas Farago

“He lavished his affection on the dog and even had Willie, sitting up on a chair, dine with him at his table. The dog…

— Ladislas Farago

“While in the final analysis each of his campaigns was properly authorized in general terms (for not even Patton could free-lance in a world…

— Ladislas Farago

“The Battle of the Bulge is sometimes characterized as Hitler’s final desperate gamble, the last straw at which he grabbed. Nothing could be further…

— Ladislas Farago

“The trouble was that most of the time Patton was playing the role of Lazarus at the big feast of the Allied war effort,…

— Ladislas Farago

“Patton was bombed, strafed, shelled—but he thrived on it. At the summit of a badly littered road over a hill he stopped to survey…

— Ladislas Farago

“The Rhine as a barrier with the flower of the German army deployed on its east bank existed mostly in Montgomery’s imagination. His enormous…

— Ladislas Farago