“McNarney relayed a Soviet complaint that he was too slow in disbanding and confining several German units in his sector of military government. “Hell,” Patton exploded, “why do you care what those Goddamn Russians think? We are going to have… — Ladislas Farago Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 the scarred and scorched landscape of war—rubbish that used to be farms, fields in which the grass was burning, hundreds of stiff-legged, dead cattle. He threw out his arms as if trying to embrace the scene,… — Ladislas Farago Copy Share
“The trouble was that most of the time Patton was playing the role of Lazarus at the big feast of the Allied war effort, receiving, like the Biblical beggar, merely the crumbs of the sumptuous meal. This is an important feature of his story in World War II and a puzzling sidelight of its conduct by Eisenhower. From the beginning… — Ladislas Farago Copy Share
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The striking circumstance,” Patton mused, “that, thousands of years later, necessity has again begat of invention identical solutions for identical problems is truly arresting.” — Ladislas Farago Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
