Just speculating that instead of Courtney Hodges assuming command of 1st US Army after Omar Bradley takes over 12th US Army Group that George Patton is given command of it with Hodges commanding 3rd US Army?
What does that mean concerning the breakout after Cobra and the dash across France but more importantly, what does that mean concerning the Hurtgen Forest, Aachen and the Bulge? Is the Battle of the Bulge even attempted if the Germans realize they will be against Patton (who all the leadership in the Wehrmacht believed was the USA's best field commander)?
I don't know about the Bulge not happening but I don't believe Patton would have wasted his troops in the Hurtgen like Hodges did.
What does that mean concerning the breakout after Cobra and the dash across France but more importantly, what does that mean concerning the Hurtgen Forest, Aachen and the Bulge? Is the Battle of the Bulge even attempted if the Germans realize they will be against Patton (who all the leadership in the Wehrmacht believed was the USA's best field commander)?
I don't know about the Bulge not happening but I don't believe Patton would have wasted his troops in the Hurtgen like Hodges did.
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