Patton in Korea

SACEUR was always going to be a US post because of the basic military command rule of "whoever brings the most toys gets to be the boss". The US military commitment was always going to be the most significant and so one of its Commanders was always going to be in charge.
 
Right. Monty was never going to be SACEUR. And if we're talking about WWII British commanders, from a seniority level, Alexander would be a far better option than Montgomery given his Theater-level command experience. I can't be bothered to look it up, but what was he doing in 1950?

Not that it matters, because SACEUR was going to be a US post, period, end of story.
 

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The British committed 63,000 to the Korean War, The United States committed 480,000.
It had to be an American general.

General Alexander was Governor General of Canada at the time.
:)
 
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