slvemike4u
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ORIGINAL: DMFParadox Auschwits was on the polish side of things if I recall, but Old Dad lead a strike team into it on Patton's orders. Patton tended to piss people off, he was very unpolitical about the Soviets... Ike ended up having to stop his premature rush to the 'Russian' side of Germany by making him run out of gas 50 miles from the front. That may or may not be enough detail to verify my claim, I don't really care; I know who my grandfather was, I don't want to advertise it more than this. Pattons "rush to the "Russian" side of Germany" was an attempt to liberate his son in law(John Waters) from a prisoner of war camp.He endangered serviceman's lives on an ill-advised"raid" deep behind enemy lines for personal family motivations. Ike needed to remind him that 3rd army didn't actually belong to him. I'd heard that, but I'm not sure I believe it. Pretty much the consensus in my family was that Patton wanted to keep going because he was convinced we'd win, and that it was far better for us to manage that real estate than it was for the Soviets to. I have no idea personally, but that's the version I was always told. We should all pretty much go wiith that than,seeing as that is the consensus in your family.Yep Patton sent a raid deep behind enemy lines to blunt the mighty Red Army . No need to let historical fact,nor common sense get in the way of family consensus. By the way....seems the Republic still stands.Thanks guys....I don't want to miss the revolution ;-)
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