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Who was the American general in Vietnam?

Who was the American general in Vietnam?

William Westmoreland
William Westmoreland commanded U.S. forces in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He treated the conflict as a war of attrition, which diminished domestic support.

What was George S Patton’s nickname?

Bandito
GeorgieOld Blood and GutsThe Old Man
George S. Patton/Nicknames

What rank was George Patton when he died?

commander
Patton, commander of the U.S. 3rd Army, dies from injuries suffered not in battle but in a freak car accident. He was 60 years old.

Was William Westmoreland a bad general?

In his view, it isn’t just that Westmoreland was “a good general fighting a bad war”, it’s that he was a perfect paragon of a general constantly disappointed by the shortcomings of those around him.

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How would you describe General Patton’s command personality?

In mid-June, another detachment report described Patton as “an energetic and responsibility-loving command personality”—a passing comment on one of the numerous Allied commanders. Patton simply had not yet done anything particularly noteworthy in their eyes.

Was Patton the most aggressive panzer General of the Allies?

German general Günther Blumentritt, a key planner of the invasions of France and Poland, wrote in a study for the U.S. Army after the war, “We regarded General Patton extremely highly as the most aggressive Panzer General of the Allies, a man of incredible initiative and lightning-like action….

Were Patton’s attacks under II Corps hesitant?

Those reports show that ground commanders considered II Corps’s attacks under Patton to have been hesitant, and to have missed great opportunities.

What did the Germans think of General Patton?

The Germans did not track Patton’s movements as the key to Allied intentions. Hitler does not appear to have thought often of Patton, if at all. The Germans considered Patton a hesitant commanding general in the scrum of position warfare. They never raised his name in the context of worthy strategists.