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 Posted: Fri Apr 16th, 2010 12:31 am
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 Actually, when I was watching the movie, I did think Patton seemed like a composite. I couldn't quite put my finger on any one general, but I thought at times he acted as if his armored division were cavalry. He also thought he needed to dress flashier to stand out, so I thought Stuart. Am I off base on this?

I thought that Patton realized he was going to have heavy casualties if he kept attacking. That is what war was to Patton, and he trained his men to accept it. And he kept attacking. That reminded me of Grant.

I'm not sure about this one though. Concerning the Battle of the Bulge - if he could take men out of one battle, march 100 miles in 48 hours, and then fight again - that could be any number of CW generals. Forrest came to mind.

Any other thoughts on this?