maybe we make mistake in the family, but according to mum (who was there, kid under the bombs, then near the tank, but who hear of the war history from local buzz) Patton decided to head somewhere ahead (not calais; Calais was an earlier secret service diversion, operation Fortitude, fantastic disinformation campaign using triple agents, dead body with suitcase, false leaks to compromised resistance networks) and did not wait for the "intendance" (fuel,food,munitions) to came, putting his courageous raid in uncertainty... headquarter did moan, but was weaker than Patton stone-head. finally he wins, get faster that the Germans, and slower than the fuel, on average...
note2: reading wikipedia, I learned that - he was the fake general of Calais invasion army, according to Fortitude diversion - he was then real general commanding 3rd US army in Normandy, and did a breakthrough at Avranches, and get short of fuel farther around river Meuse, where German could fortify Metz and Nancy... they surrender anyway, but caused losses. note that after peace, his history is more controversial... like Churchill's . thanks for making me understand mum history. 2012/1/4 Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> > Could you expand on this? I know that Patton created the Calais > diversion; but, it was intentional.
