I was thinking Churchill would have seen that early on.
Churchill would have swallowed his pride and put up with whatever general FDR inflicted on him. He was in no position to do otherwise.
I was thinking Churchill would have seen that early on.
Ah... that is a interesting detail. The things I have forgotten as I age. Did I visit the bathroom a minute ago?![]()
"But why male marshals?"Now I am picturing all the World War II generals walking a runway and being judged.
"and here's Dougie 'the Mac daddy' MacArthur, look at the way he throws the scarf one way and swirls the jacket in the other direction, its breathtaking isn't it Derek?"
"That's right Hansel, and now he ends it with what all the fashionista this side of Signal have dubbed Eye of the Dragon!"
"Goosebumps Derek, goosebumps."
♪♫ Set to Soul Coughing's Super Bon Bon ♪♫
Europe would have to be at least... 3 times bigger.For that matter is Europe big enough for the egos of MacArthur and Montgomery to be on that continent at the same time?
His political prestige in the GOP means that he has to be given some job, somewhere. Preferably somewhere far away from the American press. He would be the perfect Ambassador to say Spain or Portugal (close enough to Europe to actually analyze things) and something tells me he would get along reasonably well with Franco. Although a devious and somewhat mean part of me would want him to take the place of General Stilwell
Churchill would have swallowed his pride and put up with whatever general FDR inflicted on him. He was in no position to do otherwise.
In 1942 he was. His favored project, the Gymnast>Torch operations became the center of Allied strategy for the latter half of 1942. In January 1943 at the Symbol conference he backed Brooke & got Roosevelt to direct the US Chiefs of Staff to go with the British strategy for 43. As late as December 43 he was able to order the execution of the Shingle operations and get it rolling despite the objections of US Gen Clark & Marshal. Eisenhower objected as well, but removed from SACMED & distracted by leave in the US from taking up the control of SHAEF he lost that battle.
In 1944 Eisenhower had solid backing from Marshal, Roosevelt, & quite a few others & was able to ignore Churchills worst. Also Brooke was in a good enough position he could undercut Churchill as well.
Are you sure no US generals were 'tossed' because Churchill disliked them?![]()
I'll dig around & try to find some source material on this. My memory is aging as well. Fredendall as commander of US II Corps in the UK had already gotten crossways with the Brits. He had a good service record in the US, but after a few months in England was seen as a Limey hating ass unsuitable for joint commands.
Lucas? Fredendall? My aging memory is betraying me here!