Adinnieken said:
"Heck, the whole reason why Patton wanted to get to Berlin before the British was so that Montgomery wouldn't surrender to the Germans."
You honestly thought that was serious? You don't have to know me to know my sense of humor, you just have to read that in order to see how ludicrous and over the top it is!
You'd have to be thick to think it wasn't a joke or at the very least question if it was meant as a joke.
To go all pedantic...OK.
As for what you said, Churchill didn't have any real say in the matter other than as an advisor. The decision on how to proceed militarily was in the hands of General Eisenhower as he was the Supreme Commander. The only person who had greater control would have been President Franklin Roosevelt, who as President was Commander in Chief of the US Military. So what Churchill thought and whether or not Patton agreed with it mattered very little. Patton agreed with Churchill because Patton believed it was militarily important for someone other than the Russians to get to Berlin first. He agreed with Churchill because with his all, he believed the Russians to be dangerous. In fact, for Patton to concede such a prize to Montgomery who was Patton's rival throughout the US involvement in the war, demonstrates how important Patton felt about it.
I'm not expanding on what you copied from Wikipedia, I'm putting it into context.
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Another schoolyard dig? Not only do I not share my nations natural ability to detect sarcasm and show grammatical naivete I'm also thick. I'll apologise for not realising you was being sarcastic but I won't apologise for calling you out on your overly aggressive and chidlish attitude.
I agree with you totally on the the situation regarding the final push to Berlin, Churchill was just a figurehead at that time, a fact that sent him into numerous bouts of depression, and you're right that one of the reasons why Patten wanted Montgomery to get there was because he was only a few days away and might have beaten the russians to it, I've never said anything contrary to that, so I don't understand the need for you to post it twice.
I'm also not entirely sure why you persist with this belief that I quoted from Wiki when I just told you I didn't, If you drop the condescending attitude I'll give you links of the various sites and books I've read.
