Ladislas Farago

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

— 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…

— Ladislas Farago

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Ladislas Farago

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

— Ladislas Farago

“The striking circumstance,” Patton mused, “that, thousands of years later, necessity has again begat of invention identical solutions for identical problems is…

— Ladislas Farago

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

— 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…

— Ladislas Farago

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

— Ladislas Farago

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

— 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…

— Ladislas Farago

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

— Ladislas Farago

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

— Ladislas Farago

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

— 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.…

— Ladislas Farago

“L'audace, I'audace, toujours l'audace! “ Remember that, gentlemen. From here on out, until we win or die in the attempt, we will…

— Ladislas Farago

“Victories in battles are deceptive triumphs. They place the burden of proof not on the men who won them, but on those…

— Ladislas Farago

“History often has a difficult time catching up to the events it records.”

— Ladislas Farago

“When the Battle of the Bulge ended the war in the west had only about 100 days left. But what a One…

— Ladislas Farago

“One result of the Bolshevik conquest of half of Western Europe is that they have reduced the scale of living in those…

— Ladislas Farago

“That split second an invisible battery opened up with a salvo. Patton had to raise his voice to a still higher pitch,…

— Ladislas Farago

“Ike’s strategic plan might have been appropriate had not the outcome of the Normandy battle rendered it outdated. Hitler had committed every…

— Ladislas Farago

“In the hospital, there also was a man trying to look as if he had been wounded. I asked him what was…

— Ladislas Farago

“So thorough was his inspection that he even peeped into the latrines and fined the men who neglected to wear their helmets…

— Ladislas Farago