Affentitten Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Patton fired less commanders and lost less men than Bradley but I always think that this kind of data in isolation means nothing. In the case of the former, a commander (or manager) may fire less staff because he doesn't let them do anything anyway and micro-manages. Another leader may fire a lot of staff because he gives them loads of responsibility and then gets rid of those who can't handle it. As for casualties.....depends who you're facing and what your objectives are. Losing 300 men to take a prison camp unecessarily is not better than losing 3000 men to take a vital beach-head. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 One anecdote I always remember about Patton is how he lost an aide he was close to in Farica - he had het guy set up an observation post & had him report by radio for a few days. then the LW bombed it and killed the Aide. Patton blamed the air commander (Conningham) for "letting" the german a/c through - although he had been advised not to leave such a post up for so long, and that it was well known that German airpower was still capable of isolated raids (and no it's not the incident from the movie.....) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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