On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:29:41 -0700, Joe Pfeiffer
<pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:

>> Note that both Patton and Montgomery agreed that the best approach was
>> a spearhead across Europe into Germany.  They disagreed on who should
>> lead it, each wanted to be the sole leader of the action.  Eisenhower
>> overruled both and ordered a broad approach.  Was Eisenhower or Patton
>> correct?  Again, Hindsight is 20/20.
>
>And we do know that Eisenhower was correct "enough".  And that's what
>really counts.

Unless we were one of the casualties who might have been better off
with a "better" way.

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