General Patton's Death - Accident or Murder?

[@dustyroads5753]

A local man who recently died of old age once stopped Patton's car at a checkpoint at gunpoint. The car wasn't marked and he had no idea the General was inside. Patton defended the then young 17 year old private to his superiors saying "I wish I had another hundred boys just like him. He's a damn fine soldier who was doing his job." Patton recommended his promotion to corporal, which he recieved, written recommendation I read for myself from the man's scrapbook.

[@daviddigital6887]

You watched the last days of Patton movie

[@AbtinX]

That's an awful story lol. Now this child is a corporal in the us army.

[@dustyroads5753]

@RogerwilcoFoxtrot his name was "Pepper" Martin. His father served as a private in the confederate army under General Sterling Price, and later as our circuit court judge

[@dustyroads5753]

@@daviddigital6887 no I didn't know about that movie. This man was my neighbor. His name was "Pepper" Martin.

[@dustyroads5753]

@RogerwilcoFoxtrot yes ol "Pep" said that they had orders to not allow anybody through, and that Pattons car was unmarked for some reason (I've forgot why, or if I ever heard why tbh)

[@meaders2002]

*[**1:40**] "Patton...was not slow in stating his opinions..."* This is British understatement working overtime.

[@cwf081166]

@bartley butsford The English have always great manners. That is what makes "Our American Cousin still funny to this day.

[@QuantumPyrite_88.9]

patton had what was called his "Wagon Train" . Train cars , busses and large trucks where movie stars and celebrities could visit for photo ops . Far , far behind enemy lines and the action . My dad and uncle were 101st Airborne at the time and knew all about "Ole Blood and Guts " - "His guts and our blood" . Don't believe the movies and BS .

[@scrappydoo7887]

Agreed

[@scrappydoo7887]

@@QuantumPyrite_88.9 spot on 👍

[@joshuagibson2520]

His #1 trait, in my opinion, was the fact that he wasn't a pu$$y.

[@kickingmustang]

There is a fine line between genius and madness that is often precariously walked by the most powerful characters in history.

[@burnstick1380]

Genius or not he was still a POS towards a) his soldiers b) other soldiers (e.g. italian POW)

[@THE-ge9wi]

Yeah but the line between sane and deranged is very clear.

[@bengtbaron2574]

@kickingmustang good on you for repeating fake MSM cliches.

[@MrWolfstar8]

@@burnstick1380 Patton would have fit in the pacific war. Unofficial American policy was never to take Japanese prisoners alive due to Japans abuse snd murder of American POWs.

[@burnstick1380]

@@MrWolfstar8 do you have a source on this? But still doesn't excuse his behaviour

[@kaymuldoon3575]

My uncle served under Patton and was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. He was only given about 5 years to live after his injury. He died in 2008.

[@HomerSaints-lo7zf]

Cool story now delete it and move on no one wants to see your cringe lies

[@Magicpickle5]

Precious

[@seankelly1366]

My Uncle as well served with the 101st Airborne @ Bastogne...

[@mikechevreaux7607]

@kaymuldoon3575 - Same as my WW2 Combat Vet Dad, Wounded In The Battle of the Bulge.

[@thewonderfulwizardoftheweb1053]

That’s because Patton lied about his size, I’ve also heard that he was a top, so it’s unlikely he was under him.

[@ethanmaldonado7327]

My great grandfather (on my moms side) was a tank commander for Patton. When Patton got mad at him, he would rip his patches off, then would apologize and give them back. A crazy story is that my grandfather was having a lunch break sitting outside his tank when he noticed that there was an allied plane being attacked by an axis plane. My grandpa told his men to shoot down the enemy plane, and when they did that, the allied plane saw my grandfather and waved. Later my grandfather found out that he was my grandmother’s brother who he saved.

[@jerrysanders9101]

Wow.

[@DaveSCameron]

Sounds very erratic for a 3 star General! *

[@dorian4373]

Patton was in Washington 1932 killing war veterans from world War 1 how does that sound karma is a beautiful thing

[@arnoldgood1]

an amazing story.

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

Sounds like a nut job.

[@oceanexploration]

My wife's grandfather (Emil Bongiovanni) was a medic with the 117th. Normandy through the end, including Bastogne. He says that Patton saved his life. Emil's best friend was the first attending medic to Patton's "accident". The anti-Soviet rhetoric was well-known. Emil said that Patton said, "We are here, we are mobilized, we are strong. They will be the next problem. Let's take care of them now while they are weak". Emil is still alive as of this comment. He is 98. Update: Emil passed away at 99 years old, about a year after this comment, just short of 100. To his deathbed he maintained that Patton saved his life and the Russians had Patton killed, which the first responding medic also was certain of in his own words. My wife's late grandmother Gloria also knew this medic well. Sergeant L. Ogden I believe. They were all close friends and good folks.

[@irvingnerdbaum7256]

God bless your wife's grandfather!

[@haraldhimmel5687]

Not that they were weak. The Soviets had the biggest standing army in the European theatre by far, about 500 rifle divisions and roughly a tenth of that tank divisions. It was a good thing to call it a day.

[@WarInHD]

@@haraldhimmel5687 they’re leadership was broken and they just lost 8.6 million men. We supplied them a lot and we were technologically way ahead of them. Our military was at 16 million compared to their 11 million, so uh we could’ve easily taken them if we wanted

[@WarInHD]

@rian marky nah, they would’ve had B-29’s take off from Japan and drop Atomic bombs on Moscow

[@qtig9490]

@@WarInHD and we had nukes on the way which they didnt. That the US left some lands such as in Czechoslovakia that later fell under Stalin is horrible. Imagine that suffering going from being under the Nazis to then being under the Soviets.

[@deadlycuber4974]

Mark Felton: Was it an accident or murder? History Channel: Def Aliens

[@miguelpereira7934]

ahaha yep....

[@Autechltd]

YFW his death prevented the initiation of the XCOM project

[@stenbak88]

Hahaha seriously

[@mikemontgomery2654]

Aliens, tryin to survive in the mountains.

[@mauriceetal1426]

Ancient Aliens were never reported as NOT doing do, so what makes you think the modern ones WILL? (Off screen: "what am I talking about again?")

[@charmyzard]

"We defeated the wrong enemy." Those words sealed his fate.

[@dann5480]

Imagine speaking in favour of Nazi Germany 😂😂

[@yvngxnightmare]

⁠@@dann5480he meant the Soviets were worse. He never said anything in favor of the Nazis

[@Yourmothershouse34]

​@@dann5480 Nazi Germany wasn't trying to conquer the world and kill everyone fool

[@E_Clampus_Vitus]

@@dann5480Imagine being a tool who believes all the lies he’s been told.

[@cx2900]

@@dann5480 imagine reflexively calling someone a nazi sympathizer in 2024. the point is obviously that our actions essentially meant the communists won the war

[@truthofthematter2892]

I find it odd that a drunk soldier joyriding in a military vehicle was not charged for killing one of the most famous generals in US history.

[@jharback]

There is a huge difference in public attitude about driving drunk then and driving drunk now. The first drunk driving laws were not even implemented in this county until 35 years earlier in the State of New York. Drinking and driving was very common right up through the 1950's and pretty much acceptable by the public. I can remember being a little kid and driving home with my dad drunk as hell. Happened all the time among "The Greatest Generation."

[@joshmcdonald7472]

@@jharback still ignoring the part where he killed the general. Even if he wouldn’t be arrested for drunk driving, he killed a general. Edit: General not his commanding officer

[@charliekrips6533]

Maybe it got swept under the rug because Patton spoke out that we fought the wrong enemy.

[@joshmcdonald7472]

@@charliekrips6533 I think he just thought we should’ve invaded both not an either or

[@markoverfelt805]

@Charlie Krips They should of listened to Patten. They should of allowed Patten run them out of Europe back to atleast Russia. Patten was right. They took over half of Europe. But more aptly put. The Communists enslaved half of Europe. Communism is nothing more than a Satanic form of government.

[@stephenketcham4179]

My initial reaction to hearing Gen. Patton speak...”He doesn’t sound anything like George C. Scott.”.

[@fish.161]

bruh i thought he sounded like trump for some reason

[@mkvv5687]

Yeah. I read a while back that he had a higher pitched (his enemies would say "pipsqueak") voice, so I was prepared.

[@stevenm6922]

His son, also a genera,l had the same reaction when he first saw the movie. That in reality, his real voice was kind of high pitched, not like GeorgeC.Scott.

[@jimdavis8391]

George C Scott was the real Patton, the other one was a phoney.

[@cliveedwards2958]

George C Scott had more panache! :)

[@richardlecomte6839]

They didn't want Patton coming home and getting into politics.

[@jumpkickman8524]

((They))

[@hondaxl250k0]

Don’t forget right before his “ accident “. He publicly stated we fought for the wrong side..

[@masamune2984]

No one did. Thank god.

[@mysticthesauce]

@@jackandblaze5956 yeah cause trump was infamously known for being tough and aggressive on american enemies

[@casebarreoltt5990]

@@jumpkickman8524 Thoy

[@rexray3530]

My father served under Patton who was know as 'Blood and guts'. Some said, "His guts and our blood." Patton wanted to declare war on Russia. He said they were more evil than Germany. He said the Russian supplies were gone, and they would surrender in two months. The truck that crashed into his jeep only wounded Patton. In the hospital he was getting better, but died. There was no autopsy!

[@JEWNITED-SNAKES-OF-WEIMAR]

My dad's dad served in the battle of the bulge and apparently Patton too was present then. Everything you said was truth. We know what happened.

[@Relayzy1]

​@@JEWNITED-SNAKES-OF-WEIMARhe outlived his usefulness.

[@JEWNITED-SNAKES-OF-WEIMAR]

@@Relayzy1 Who, my dad's dad and Patton? Definitely. My dad innerstands that now, we defeated the wrong enemy. We fought hard, sure, but all in vain, very un-Christian.

[@nicksambidesjr]

Hitler said they'd surrender in 6 weeks. How did that prediction turn out?

[@deano6912]

The fact that he wished to be buried amongst his men rather than Arlington deserves credit.

[@africanlipplateandbonenose3223]

Assassinated because he did not want to fight the Germans + had a dislike for jews

[@JoeCitizen-gp3gf]

Hum well Arlington wasn't what is today especially before JFK.

[@JoeCitizen-gp3gf]

Arlington was originally done so Lee had live results of his actions.

[@jacktattis]

Yes it does and in that he was great.

[@patrickcork9358]

Yes

[@jeremyparsons9152]

A drunk AWOL soldier kills a 4 star general and no charges filed!? Hmmm

[@leezaslofsky4438]

He didn't kill the general. The general was injured and was taken to a hospital. Such minor accidents were common in the Army. If they filed charges every time some soldier bumped his truck into another vehicle, they would still be holding trials today.

[@clivebaxter6354]

@@leezaslofsky4438 But he was drunk (no test) in a truck he should not have been in and rammed a 4 star generals car, who then dies, not an ordinary minor accident

[@SciFiGrinch]

@@clivebaxter6354 And did you see the picture of the damage to the car? That was not a bump. It likely was an accident but no charges? The driver of the truck was lucky Patton was injured and passed out cause he likely would have shot him right there in the street.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@@CovidIslandDiscs You are upset because the young impaired driver had caused a non lethal road accident (Patton was injured; he died later in hospital) was not thoroughly investigated? You are upset because no one thought there was any kind of conspiracy behind the accident? You would have ordered a thorough investigation? This is what conspiracy thinking leads to: endless suspicion, endless calls for investigation, endless complaints that "they're hiding something". And in the end, nothing is clarified, nothing is revealed, it was all a big waste of time. (Think: Benghazi or Whitewater). In those days, they had better things to do than sit around "investigating" a road accident to see if someone was "behind" it.

[@dx1450]

I highly doubt there was anything sinister about the accident. I mean, sure the driver of the truck screwed up and turned right in front of the car, but that's no guarantee that Patton would be killed in the crash. There are certainly better ways to assassinate someone. Poison their food and then claim they died of a heart attack, for example.

[@f4ust85]

Here in the Czech republic he is a legendary and respected figure to this day for his anti-soviet stance and attempt to push eastwards and liberate the country before Soviets do. Of course his role and the fact that he got all the way to Pilsen, refuting the idea that Central Europe was liberated entirely by Russians, was covered up and virtually illegal to say for 45 years. During the communist era, there was even a widely known underground rock song that goes "I insist that Pilsen was liberated by Patton".

[@r.menzel8020]

My father ended WWII in Pilsen. I'm guessing he must have been with Patton after reading your comment. He was a 2nd lieutenant. He had an indian head insignia patch on his shoulder.

[@petergorman361]

@sambankman-Zelensky …

[@iwanttosleep5053]

​@sambankman-Zelensky🤦🏽‍♀️...

[@franceyneireland1633]

@f4ust85 You might want to consider looking up Operational Unthinkable which wasn't released till 1998. Winston pushed for this in about June 1945 ( a square deal for Poland) likely to enforce at the time the recently signed Yalta Agreement. There was Polish and Czech fighter pilots who helped defend Britain in the Battle of Britain who had escaped their own countries when they had fallen to Germany. In June 1941 Hitler ordered Operation Barbarossa to invaded the Soviets, Stalin turned to the allies for help, Stalin agreed to release the Polish military Stalin had in prisons since Stalin invaded Poland to fight under British against the Germans, Stalin agreed then there would be an independent Poland. Only when Germany surrendered when the Polish men who returned to Poland were persecuted, jailed and killed by the Soviets. The Soviets couldn't be trusted then, the same for the Russians today.

[@f4ust85]

@@franceyneireland1633 I am of course well aware of that and find it equally bizarre and hilarious. The sheer idea that he (Churchill) could have any kind of military success against the Red Army machine in mid-1945 when he had one third of the forces on the continent was absurd. Moreover, the Poles that Stalin still mentioned in political talks were long burried in Katyn or dying in forced-labour farms in Kazakhstan, he simply didnt want to admit that he wiped them off, read Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder for details. But the idea that "hot" conflict is inevitable and approaching has been actively promoted in Central Europe until mid-1950s by Western media such as Radio Liberty/Free Europe/Voice of America and even led to various unfortunate excesses and local uprisings that of course in turn recieved zero western support and were destined to fail. People in early 1950s really expected its a matter of months. A good example are the Mašín brothers who set up an underground network and literally blasted their way into West Germany with guns in their hands and joined US special forces, wanting to soon return on an American tank - only to be bitterly disappointed that no such plans or eventuality ever existed and it was all just propaganda and empty posturing. They havent returned to this day.

[@marcotelli1601]

One thing for sure is hes the only person that died from an accident in back seat of a Cadillac at 20 mph.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Come on. Convenient train. Convenient army truck that swerves conveniently at the convenient time. Convenient ambulance nearby. What do they say again at the American agencies? Coincidences dont exist? How about 4 of them in a matter of minutes. JFK died under less suspicious circumstances.

[@nicksambidesjr]

Not surprising when you consider how cars were made in those days and what his car ran into.

[@VolkerGoller]

Cars at the time were not very safe

[@Kristoffceyssens]

When you drive into a 4 star general killing him, and no futher charges are made. You know whats up.

[@Shepard_AU]

Imagine this exact scenario but on the German’s side. Wouldn’t end well for the person who caused it.

[@steveh156]

Patton told the MP's not to charge the driver.

[@cwg9238]

this is what happens when you dont wear seat belts (or when they dont even exist yet)

[@trooperdgb9722]

There were a staggering number of deaths and injuries from vehicle accidents in WW2... as already mentioned... no seatbelts... fatigued drivers ... little lighting at night etc. Sometimes accidents just happen.

[@mattmopar440]

@@trooperdgb9722 Thank You some sense in the comment section

[@hornetIIkite3]

I wish my grandfather was alive to see your channel. He would have loved the clear explanation and details of your stories

[@strelok5581]

So he was literally getting better, then dies with no autopsy. Big think.

[@Gargatul0th]

Once people start suspecting an assassination conspiracy an intelligence agent comes out with a story so ridiculous that it couldn't be true. Then the press, that never coordinates with intelligence agencies, elevates the obviously false story, thus disproving the entire theory of an assassination conspiracy. Brilliant analysis!

[@HW-sw5gb]

This happens all the time even today though. It was especially common back with 1945 medicine.

[@cyberdemic]

@@Gargatul0th It's just a coincidence, everyone knows that the good side won the war, look at the world now, everything is okay *-*

[@seanehz]

@@Gargatul0th Indeed. Look into Gareth Williams of GCHQ.. died in suspicious circumstances to say the least and then the media publishes a story about his activities based on likely falsified information provided by his previous employer.

[@aldofitla6657]

@Derek Jackson Why Orwell's death is shaddy? I found nothing on Google.

[@MojoWrangler]

This was a common talking point for my Grandmother. Her husband was a pilot associated with Gen Clark and the European, North African, and Italian campaigns under him fly reconnaissance missions. They both met and were friendly with Patton although I am not aware that he had actually ever served with them directly. I cannot recall who he was flying for (command) for the invasion of Germany proper. She was absolutely convinced that his accident was actually murder and would argue a case for it till just before she died.

[@FFEMTB08]

Patton wasn’t wrong about the Soviets... look how out of control they were at the end of and after WW2.

[@lawsonj39]

They were also traumatized by Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union, and America's heavy involvement in Europe after the war aroused a lot of very understandable paranoia on the part of the Russians.

[@patrickmorrissey3084]

@@Diabetic_Chicken69 Had it not already been agreed upon that Greece would fall under the American and British spheres of influence?

[@lavillablanca]

Winston Churchill tried, to no avail, to make FDR see the threat of the Russian Commies. After an all day meeting with Stalin, Churchill asked him about starving the Ukrainians and Stalin shrugged it off. See Churchill: A Life by Martin S. Gilbert.

[@white-dragon4424]

@@lawsonj39 Stalin and his Commies were WORSE than the Nazis. They murdered many more millions in the gulags than the Nazis did in the death camps. Stalin was also more unhinged than Hitler was. The only difference were their victims.

[@Safelanding2]

@@white-dragon4424 yeah and if Hitler got his holding in Soviet territory like he wanted the genocides there would be far worse than that is I would say the nazis were worse by a lot except for Stalin we was quite close for the atrocities

[@matthewjay660]

Dr. Mark, I have never heard Patton’s voice before. Thank-you for this! I’ve only ever had to image his voice like George C. Scott’s portrayal.

[@BadWebDiver]

Yeah, his real voice is quite a revelation. A little more high pitched and nasally than what I imagined.

[@lallen4999]

His voice sounds effeminate

[@briankistner4331]

@@BadWebDiver George.... HE IS Patton!! (sorry!!) I find the real one a bit of a disappointment. His voice and his stature just don't measure up to George C. Scott.

[@stevearno100]

sounds a bit like Donald Trump - even has the same lip movements

[@andygossard4293]

It was reminiscent of cartoonist Mel blanc and absolutely nothing like gcs

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

You don't just end up 50 miles from where you are supposed to be when you are on duty. I think allegations of foul play are at minimum warranted.

[@chinggiskhuree5748]

Absolutely! BTW if you're related to Heidi & Andrea, I went to grade school with them! 💝

[@LesSharp]

I don't know. I thought quite a bit of malarkey was tolerated, with the war just being won and all.

[@brentfarvors192]

More than that, car accidents typically don't cause pulmonary edema, or heart failure...Especially when it was not even present at the time of the crash; Immediately diagnosed with only a Stethoscope...Literally the FIRST LESSON in medical school! MURDER! What DOES cause pulmonary edema/heart failure; POISONING!

[@brentfarvors192]

@@LesSharp Not "that" kind of malarkey; He realized the TRUTH; Banksters, and crooks start wars to send OTHER PEOPLES KID'S to DIE for a PROFIT! That's why the "fools" comment...Mothers get their children back in boxes( If they are lucky), and a few very rich men, get even RICHER off of their blood! Name a SINGLE modern POLITICIAN that carried a rifle in the war that they started? NONE!

[@chinggiskhuree5748]

@@brentfarvors192 You've nailed it squarely, Brent. I always said "The CFR only plan wars; they never fight in them." I'm guessing you are familiar with the Council on Foreign Relations, hmm? 😭😒🐍

[@safarygirl]

My mom was in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Payton’s Army liberated. Her name is listed in a book written by another surviving prisoner who was a lawyer educated enough to write it “Greek Women in Nazi Camps” What she described in that book is what my mother described.The only difference is the author was taken out of the camp in a Death March while my mother was left behind.They tried to gather and remove the prisoners but left because Pattons Army was just about there. My mother said they all got up from bed and looked out the window and saw the last German solder the older or oldest one she said he was, leaving the camp with gate open. The first thing they all did was run down to the kitchens to get food. The author of that book was on that march and survived by escaping while on that march.

[@MarciaDurkee]

Oh wow! Your mother is a survivor of one of the worse concentrazione camps In Germany.And she survive to tell the stories!I admire ppl like that.

[@deborahkelly1489]

My dad was a pilot and served in three wars . WW2, Korean and Vietnam. He served 33 years and loss many of his friends. He was on the corner of the street when General Patton funeral procession passed by . He had several stories of Patton , several of the same things this professor has talked about. I love the work this professor does. Everything he puts out is interesting. I love history especially European history and WW2 history. My dad is 94 and is still taking care of his own business.

[@ken_caminiti]

Does your dad know we fought the wrong enemy?

[@deborahkelly1489]

@@ken_caminiti I have no idea.

[@zaramby]

@@deborahkelly1489 I hope he's doing alright! Fighting the wrong enemy or not, he was defending his country.

[@deborahkelly1489]

@@zaramby Thank you very much he is doing great. I hope to go down to Florida when I get back on my feet from surgery. You have a good day/ evening.🙂

[@extzy7851]

@@deborahkelly1489 your dad is still alive????

[@tedtimothy9074]

My Dad was in the Army during WW2. He was in North Africa. One day he was sitting on the ground with his back against a tree. General Patton approached. My Dad started to get up. Patton said, don't. By the way, my Dad was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. He very rarely talked about it, but I read the citation. He was a hero. This was before cell phones.They communicated by wire. My Dad laid the wire. From the Citation, his unit was under heavy fire. The enemy kept shooting out the communication line. His unit was , in effect, isolated. They were in a forward position, under heavy fire with no outside communication. My Dad found a way around the shooting.. He laid the wire and was able to restore contact with the main unit

[@kubaAk47]

Im a hero too

[@Hosidius]

@@kubaAk47 your generation is cut from a different cloth... is it because you came out of the closet? So heroic

[@kubaAk47]

@@Hosidius Everybody who is wearing uniform in this country is automaticly a hero. Dont you know that? Dont you wach fox news?

[@soundinsight1076]

I was in ww2 as well full stop.

[@williamweir2744]

@@kubaAk47 say who

[@Dan-gg8fk]

My late uncle Adrien Gagnon from New Hampshire is buried in the same small American Cemetery in Hamm Luxembourg that Gen. Patton is buried in. I visited the cemetery in 1975 as an American US Army soldier. My uncle died in action on January 1, 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge. May God grant peace to the fine soldiers buried there.

[@Ellecram]

I went there this year. Very calm, beautiful place.

[@Dan-gg8fk]

It is a nice resting place for those brave men. Local families 'adopted' gravesites and placed flowers on them regularly as thanks to those who died liberating their country from occupation.@@Ellecram

[@Ellecram]

@@Dan-gg8fk Very interesting to know. Thank you for your reply.

[@BillMcSwain]

20 miles an hour, a broken neck, and a huge laceration on his head? Sounds a little fishy to me.

[@dikferrari1396]

Have you ever hit your head while going at 20 mph? 😅 I guess not.

[@peaceonearth351]

Patton ordered the medical staff to pull the plug on the ventilator that was keeping him alive. In 1945 they did not know how to fix a broken spine and with Patton being a General, he knew the injury was untreatable. Shortly after a Doctor figured out a way to fuse the spine of someone with a SCI (Spinal Cord Injury). That's why there are paraplegics and quadriplegics today.

[@cutterpatterson6368]

Remember this was before the days of seat belts and air bags. A minor car accident today was no laughing matter back then. Also, coming to a sudden stop even at 20 mph can launch people.

[@BillMcSwain]

@@dikferrari1396 yes

[@happilyham6769]

What's fishy is that no one was charged and the accident was considered a fender bender. In reality a drunk driver destroyed a car carrying a 4 star general. Eventually resulting in his death.

[@Gl6619]

I can never get over how Patton actually sounded..especially after having George C Scott’s portrayal embedded in my mind.

[@AlphaFlight]

Omg I know. He had that old new York tang lol

[@craigthescott5074]

George C Scott was a better Patton than Patton was.

[@Frip36]

You could not possibly get more hard nosed Yankee than Patton. @@AlphaFlight

[@CJArnold-hq3ey]

@@craigthescott5074 ease up son hahahaha

[@Matt_History]

​@@Frip36he was literally an ethnic and cultural southerner. His accent sounds nothing like a New Yorker or a Californian from the era despite growing up in California

[@cyberpimp29]

The sound of the Mark Felton Production has become like a pavlovian bell - it fills me instantly with joy and makes any day better

[@adambotha01]

I love how in a span of a few years Patton's views on the Russians went from being an embarrassment to being the norm

[@arealfpsdiehard]

People were pissed about communism but they tried to be diplomatic about it. Patton was just too straight to the point.

[@afkorey2151]

The Bolsheviks created what we know as the Soviet Union, very few if anyone knows it wasn't 'Russians' who overthrown the Russian Empire in 1917 and even created the 'Red Army', I wonder why that is? Maybe it's due to that 'influence' in the media that Patton spoke about, which is still very much alive today.

[@warrenmilford1329]

Most people in the west, including the politicians and top brass from the western allied countries, always knew exactly what the soviets were like, but they had too be diplomatic about the delicate situation they were now faced with. Patton definitely wasn't.

[@paixducoeur]

@@afkorey2151 And who created the Bolsheviks? who financed them and so on. you have to dig deeper and you realise thats still going on today.

[@thechekist2044]

@@afkorey2151 The Russian Empire that kept the country of Russia was overthrown by Russians and not only the Bolsheviks had the vast majority of Russians supported the Bolsheviks the Bolsheviks themselves were majority Russian indeed, however they were ethnically diverse.

[@welshwarrior5263]

Tell the full story. There was more than one so-called accident. They tried and failed to kill him before.

[@aamir.vision]

Can you explain more please, I would like to look into this

[@benpoke]

Did you find out? I'm curious too​@@aamir.vision

[@leanderrowe2800]

Oh wow

[@undermygarage]

Where is this listed?

[@andymckane7271]

Whose the "they"? Andy McKane, 10 February 2024, Maunaloa, Hawaii.

[@DeltaV3]

If ever a man deserved to have over 1 mil subscribers it is Felton. A living legend.

[@billyc9707]

I always refer him whenever I watch any war documentaries. Nobody complained or said a bad word yet. I'm so glad I discovered this channel. Made quarantine easier for sure

[@tashahatzidakis5680]

I’ll be back

[@JiveDadson]

So it's not Pewdiepie. Interesting.

[@mohammadfarooqi6255]

Nazi lover he is loving Himmler and Goering etc.

[@mohammadfarooqi6255]

He loves Nazis Felton

[@tomek9966]

As a Pole I have to agree with Patton - we have lost the war...

[@istoppedcaring6209]

The way the Poles were done in was unacceptable and the way we put remembrance over history has to end

[@japeking1]

If the Germans had won, you wouldn't be a Pole. You wouldn't be. And nor would I.

[@paulcoleman5512]

@@japeking1 Hear me out on this but perhaps the op was referring to Patton's statements as being defensive of Western (European) civilization and vehemently anti communist. Look at the state of the US as well as Western Europe, especially with the mass migration and changing demographics. These people are no longer hiding their hatred towards us.

[@japeking1]

@@paulcoleman5512 "These people are no longer hiding their hatred towards us." Which people? And who are "us"? Throughout history all societies have grown, flowered, then faded. Demise always feels sad but is in fact just a stage in an ongoing process which we can do little to direct. And so far the attempts to direct society have been disastrous ( Sparta being a prime example, but Fascism, Communism, Xianity, and Nazism being other more recent glaring failures.)

[@paulcoleman5512]

@@japeking1 Which people? I'm pretty sure you know what their ethnicity and religion is. I'll give you a hint 'Bergs, Steins' etc. Every anti white article I've read, as well as NGO's whom promote and actually bring migrants from the third world are of that tribe. Also the West is currently being murdered shall we say. Diversity isn't a strength by any means, it has completely destroyed any and all cohesion that once used to exist. In order to get a better picture of what's coming and the future these 'elites' want try and watch a KZbin channel titled "Way of the World".

[@aldofitla6657]

" I prefer a German Division in front of me , than a French Division behind me." General Patton

[@koen8185]

Not to speak about a whole Greek division behind him , the horror....

[@naj289]

" I say quotes he never said to receive internet points " Cumbrain Aldo Fitla

[@SCHMALLZZZ]

"Meme untill they cry, then make memes about them crying" -Heinz Guderian

[@dutch148]

"The NKVD send their regards" -Drunk American truck driver

[@roberthoward9500]

Which is such a dick thing to say since I think the French taught Patton how to fight in WW1.

[@erikguth4830]

While exiting the local Walmart check out with my grandson two elderly men sitting in the bench with WWII Patton hats on I walked up to them and spoke. I introduced my grandson and said I wanted him to meet men of the greatest generation who were actual war hero’s. It was summer and I had chills head to toe as the men spoke. At the end the one man said to me that they both served directly with General Patton. With a stone cold look that dynamite wouldn’t have cracked he said “They killed Patton” he then elaborated what I’ve always thought based on the works in places today. WWII and all wars is a move for control against all people. America fought 6 divisions of Germans while Russia fought 25. We didn’t win anything. The “Dulles” brothers had their puppet hand up Stalin’s behind puppeteering the proxy Cold War. Control / control / control. Patton was an American big mouth that knew what was up especially when he could have defeated Germany by himself but was continually held back for war propaganda promotion and production of the new agenda. Throughout society and history you’ll see those who spoke up and out and they are now in graves. It’s always been that way since Christ. If you can’t stand on truth then you stand for nothing and fall for it all.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Take your meds.

[@erikguth4830]

@@hoodatdondar2664 how could you make that statement? These were men who served and saluted Patton personally. What possibly could you add to a moment such as that? (Take your meds) sort of middle school bully tactics isn’t it? Can’t quite think of anything important to say so you open your mouth to expose not me, but yourself.

[@elizabethpatience6523]

My Grandfather who fought in WW1 and worked on PT boats in WW2 believed right away that Patton was taken out by the US because he was causing international issues and they knew they could never shut him up. Many of his former solider colleagues felt the same way.

[@williamcornish3175]

My uncle who served under Gen. Patton and years later the CIA in Vietnam always said the general was murdered.

[@Amadeus117]

@Steve Acho shut up tankie. We all know damn well he died because of the gov

[@johann428]

My grandfather met him and shook his hand in Stockholm one month before he died.

[@ajmpatriot4899]

Your grandfather killed Patton? Lol

[@ken_caminiti]

Does your grandfather celebrate hannukah?

[@JonatasAdoM]

Hope he didn't carry an umbrella with him

[@bramster-b9v]

My grandfather married A. Hitler and Eva Braun in the Berlin bunker.

[@davidmullan2217]

@@bramster-b9v calling bs

[@mahadragon]

On the day Patton died, he had been improving and he was due to be transferred. His nurse checked on him and he was in good spirits. She went to run some errands. When she returned, Patton was dead, having died from pulmonary edema. Very strange indeed.

[@LTPottenger]

And you would not be in good spirits with pulmonary edema and it doesn't just suddenly come on. It is a slow debilitating death.

[@wmpetroff2307]

Similar to Princess Diana. EMS at first say she was gonna survive then at the hospital some strange people came by....and then she died.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

This kind of thing happens all the time. Patient seems to improve, people become hopeful, but the improvement was temporary.

[@oregrug2201]

@Womb Raider He's here to spread left-wing rhetoric the same way I'm here to spread right-wing rhetoric. He's just too much of a sperg to pull it off. Nobody cares about your lengthy youtube essays, Lee. All of us here know the US Govt is guilty as sin.

[@ek8710]

@@oregrug2201 well said

[@Lordbigtime]

Patton was the only one that truly understood how dangerous the Soviets were. He understood that if they were not stopped while United States was on a war posture that they would dominate Europe and Asia.

[@BrianRenardDavis]

Brother When You Find The Time Look Up The Heartland Theory

[@sehu1291]

Not the only one. Google operation unthinkable

[@BrianRenardDavis]

@@sehu1291 Just When I Thought It Couldn't Get Any Deeper. Time To Pour A Drink

[@africanlipplateandbonenose3223]

Patton didn't like jews and said we fought the wrong enemy... how right he was.

[@stoopidapples1596]

Absolutely not the only one, the US was already on their way to preparing the cold war long before ww2 ended. The difference between Patton and many more political figures like Roosevelt was the rhetoric he used. Like seen in this video, he had a view of Russians that was similar to how the Nazis saw them, as inferior human beings, even elevating german citiens above russians. He saw communism as a threat not only because it would hurt people who lived there, but because he essentially saw it as a rival religion that must be crusaded against. This is where he went wrong, and it's absurd to me that I see so many people blindly defending him in this comment section with absolutely no regard to either this or the fact that he was essentially using his army for personal errands, and that he literally permitted the use of war crimes.

[@keiththomas3141]

Why do records always go missing? If there wasn't something to hide then the records would still be there.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

Nothing to hide. Missing paperwork is common in all bureaucracies.

[@mizzouranger134]

That’s just simply not true… it was the middle of a war records are not the top priority by a long shot. Also damage time and human error always account for the vast majority of lost records.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@@mizzouranger134 There were plenty of witnesses who saw the accident, who cared for Patton in hospital. If someone deliberately got rid of any records to cover up a serious crime, that person could have been severely punished if found. Why would anyone risk that?

[@oregrug2201]

@@leezaslofsky4438 You definitely have some sort of emotional attachment to this. I've seen so many paragraphs (including a massive essay of yours on an above comment) about all of this. "If someone deliberately got rid of any records to cover up a serious crime, that person could have been severely punished if found. Why would anyone risk that?" Why do people commit any crimes at all? Money. OR like in your case... ideology, the same reason you're obsessed with this comment section. Because human beings have a Will to Power and will exercise their agendas no matter what.

[@cl570]

Let me remind you that during WW2 we almost killed the president on board a battleship because the crew accidentally loaded live torpedoes. On top of this, Kennedy's brain is still missing. So is it really not that hard to say that these things just.. happen?

[@MWcrazyhorse]

note: If you are an important political/ military figure NEVER go on any "hunting trips"...

[@ashokafulcrum4795]

But if you are a young soldier on a joyride, riding an army truck 50 miles from where you actually had to travel,.. You can have as many accidents as you want. No charge will ever be filed,...

[@Ulvetann]

Reminds me of Dick Cheney. Never stand next to him if he handles a shotgun.

[@homelessEh]

basically every big wig should avoid hunting.. would You miss a chance to Hunting Accident nancy peloci? i wouldnt ..soo we dont hunt here lol safer for every one..

[@Wuestenkarsten]

@Honkler Bear: ....or never enter an Invitation to be driven in a Cabriolet, especially in Dallas....;-)

[@Jupiter__001_]

EUIV flashbacks to max stat heirs dying in hunting accidents...

[@brushylake4606]

"Nothing was said about a conspiracy until thirty years after his death." Maybe not officially, but it was a well-known and oft discussed subject amongst the veterans who served under him. My grandfather was wounded at Bastogne and believed it was a conspiracy almost from day one. He wasn't the only one. Amongst Patton's men, it was a relatively common belief. Generally, it was believed he wanted to get into politics and the powers-that-be wouldn't allow that to happen. I can date my grandfather's assertions personally to the late 1970s. I'm 50 years old and I know he was telling me this in 78 or 79. I know he'd never read the book, nor did he see the movie. In fact, the last movie he saw in the theater was "Patton" in 1970 or 1971. My mother said that he had told her this when she was a child in the late 50s or early 60s.

[@vidavuk1649]

It is really astonishing that he died after all the war operations in car accident. It is simply not to believe. Probably he was dangerous for after war situation because he was not typ that you could manipulate.

[@charlestorruella8591]

your grandfather was one of Patton's men? if so tell me do you believe he was murdered or assassinated because I'm not sure about that really Patton was a hot head and got in trouble many times for his month and anger you really think anyone was worried about him don't think so

[@brushylake4606]

@@charlestorruella8591 I don't know. I never said anything about what I believe. Read what I said. The narrator said that the "Patton was murdered" accusation only became a thing thirty years after he died because of a book. That simply isn't true. I was just adding to the information that the video was conveying. Whether or not Patton would have been electable isn't something that I know for sure. What I do know is that a certain segment of the population idolized Patton and the political and military establishment hated him. Many of the soldiers he commanded and some civilians believed he might run and the powers that be had him eliminated. I think that is certainly possible, as no one in the political establishment would have wanted Patton anywhere near D.C. So, to answer your question, I don't know if he was murdered to prevent a possible run for office, but my grandfather and many other people believed it long before the book mentioned in the video advanced the idea.

[@chrisdraughn5941]

@@vidavuk1649 Assassinating someone with a car accident is extremely inefficient. Especially when they survive and are sent to a hospital. A plot like that requires way too many people to be involved with it. It’s a preposterous plan, and I seriously doubt any professional assassin would come up with plan that would involve so many different points of failure and so many people that would increase the chances of it being uncovered.

[@monicadelano256]

It is what I alwayns thought

[@pedenmk]

We the public will never know. It would not surprise me the least if this man was murdered. After all look at all the suspicious deaths since. Thanks for sharing.

[@rtflone]

A 20 mph car crash didn't kill Patton. Whatever they did to him in the hospital killed him.

[@smc9108]

My grandfather who served in WWII went to his grave insisting Patton was terminated. By whom was one of his favorite topics to discuss

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

Gods chosen people?

[@jorgemoll5994]

Ben Gurion...

[@Hasdac]

@curtis allen Zionism is the Problem KZbin The king David's hotel bombing and The Sergeant's Affair...

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@curtis allen with all due respect, hasn't britain been a vassel of the rothschilds since the bank of london? So gods chosen people

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@Robert Freisler sabbatai zevi sir?

[@vladpavlo]

" We've defeated the wrong enemy " -- General George S. Patton Jr

[@anasevi9456]

he was an ideologue, he would have fought in the white army had he been born 20 years prior.

[@joaobordini3903]

@@anasevi9456 He would? Now I like him even more

[@davidpowell6098]

He admitted ,once the German surrendered, he wanted to re arm them, join the allied forces to them , and defeat the Russians .I wonder what this world be like if that would have happened. I will always believe he was murdered.

[@TheGravitywerks]

@@davidpowell6098 he was aware of Stalins purge of millions, prior to WW2

[@ruffkuntry2574]

@@davidpowell6098 America could have gotten the Japanese on board against the communist as well invading Russia from the east.

[@Radhaugo108]

The United States has a peculiar track record of “unlucky” undesirable leaders who pass under “totally normal” circumstances.

[@simonjohnston9488]

Nonsense.

[@KcarlMarXs]

I think you've misplaced this: Allende, Sankara, Castro (survived) etc. The US assassinates any popular movement not serving capital & racism

[@gourmetwaters6916]

@@KcarlMarXs Yeah, racism and money are the answer to everything. That's totally why the US spent all that money fighting Germans and Russians.

[@joedoe-sedoe7977]

Don’t you find it telling that we have the derogatory term “conspiracy theorists “ but no “coincidence theorists”?

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@@gourmetwaters6916 When did the US fight Russians? Never, that's when.

[@CRJines]

The chosen people didn't like him.... like he said, "we fought the wrong people."

[@lucieleimbach]

My uncle fought under Patton in the 3rd army. He loved Patton. I’ve read my things and heard many more theories about his death. There were too many of the theories not really taken seriously. There if I’m correct in my reading about the truck driver and Payton’s driver causing the accident, only the truck driver was sent out of the country. There are too many inconsistencies. If you don’t trust him recall him to the states.

[@jackjohnhameld6401]

George Patton's Diaries are compelling and honest: as ever Mark Felton does a superb job.

[@FLV.USA.CONSTITITION.2ND.]

Men like Patton are hated until you need them, then once their done with him, you hate him again!

[@jamesbrown4092]

So true.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Pretty much. Effective assholes never stop being assholes, they just increase their efficiency to compensate.

[@WestSide1207]

*they're

[@PaulabJohnson]

Exactly. Look at Bomber Harris

[@FLV.USA.CONSTITITION.2ND.]

We need more like Patton and strong military men that will stand behind men like Patton!!

[@donaldrice5281]

General Patton was murdered is without question. His history of saying what he thought with little regard for the consequences is what brought about his demise.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Says a random Internet poster with an undocumented statement.

[@billsmith9711]

My dad spoke of Patton's killing long before 1974. Many men from that time thought the same thing. no accident

[@Android3008]

Also he's being rather condescending, he usually is above that sort of thing

[@billsmith9711]

@@Android3008 - to mention first discussed in 1974 shows he is clueless.

[@partygrove5321]

@@kosmicman2011 Try being rational, you "Patton was murdered" nutz seem to forget that you lack any evidence.

[@cahg3871]

A convenient death for an inconvenient man?As for whether it was an accident or murder,I can’t say for certain.But I’m sure many of his enemies breathed a sigh of relief when he died.

[@Atti19216]

The ones that were left

[@chrishandsome4267]

@@Atti19216 he died in 1945

[@Atti19216]

@@chrishandsome4267 yes and before he died in 1945 he helped defeat a lot of his enemies. Or was enemy killing not allowed until 46?

[@sheilagravely5621]

He was a genius in war, no matter what faux pas came out of his mouth. I believe he was murdered with all my heart.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@@sheilagravely5621 How was he a "genius"? He was a charismatic war leader, that's true. But what did he do to be rated a "genius"?

[@beth6252]

I was surprised to find his snow covered grave in an American cemetery in Europe. Luxembourg, I think. Beautiful place.

[@c.b.-11]

Glad you visited his Grave.

[@bogusmogus9551]

Yes, did you happen to notice the German cemetery opposite? At least he is buried next to his friends and foe. Like he wished, and not in Arlington.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Samu Crow It seems Patton himself may have agreed if that quote tumbling around the internet is authentic.

[@ProfShibe]

@@samucrow7564 They killed our people first and declared war on us first. We obviously were supporting the communists, but they shot first when they shouldn't have. Shame.

[@LeatherCladVegan]

You'd think one would remember such a discovery, in such a 'beautiful' place, with a little more precision than 'Luxemburg, I think'.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

A drunk solider 50 miles from his post, crashes into a general, who eventually dies from his injuries, and what happened to Thompson the driver?

[@jaremaw2368]

_"I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind."_

[@michaelhourigan2599]

Brilliant

[@davesaldana7263]

So true

[@knightowl3577]

Plenty of British troops said that but replaced French with American.

[@camdenduffy8744]

Daaaaaamn!

[@waynehanley72]

@@knightowl3577 That the British got off the beaches at Dunkerque was due in large part to the extraordinary bravery and sacrifice of the French who held the line against overwhelming odds. Read the German accounts of French soldiers (not the generals).

[@TheAjs71]

Isn't it fascinating what happens to great, albeit controversial leaders when the media dislikes them...some things never change folks. Your videos just keep getting better Dr Felton, and here I was believing I knew all there was to know about General George S Patton, everyday really is a school day!

[@jondellinger3367]

May be because of this? "Gentleman I have come this morning to the inexcusable conclusion that we have fought on the wrong side. This entire war we should have fought with the fascists against the communists and not the other way around. I fear that perhaps in 50 years America will pay a dear price and become a land corruption and degenerate morals" Patton

[@leezaslofsky4438]

He was talking treason. The Germans declared war on the US.The USSR fought beside the US.

[@borismuller86]

Imagine defending the Nazis like this.

[@beatlesrgear]

Patton needed to recognize that Fascism and Communism are twin sisters. There is very little difference between the two and the US has now become a Fascist nation. True freedom has been lost, the Constitution means nothing to the US Govt (and half of all Americans) anymore, and utter lawlessness is rampant. We need Gen Patton back to fight the Socialist enemies within.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@@beatlesrgear Patton would have been a Trump supporter. He was a right winger who repeatedly disregarded his obligations as a general in the US Army. He had to e pulled from command of the 3rd Army for months because of his brutal treatment of a soldier suffering from PTSD. He was fired as Military Governor of Bavaria for making pro-Nazi comments. His only objection to a dictatorship in America would be if he wasn't the dictator. There is a lot of difference between Fascism and Communism. It was the fascists who declared war on the US. It was the Communists who fought alongside the US as an ally against fascism. Stalin was a murderous tyrant, guilty of millions of deaths. BUT he never invaded another country (except Finland, to make some border revisions). Hitler was a murderous tyrant who invaded many countries, many of them neutral. It was Hitler who started WWII. Stalin did not start any wars (except with Finland, for limited goals). Hitler was a vicious, murderous racist, who sent millions of innocent people to the gas chambers, or had them gunned down. 25% of those people were children. The Communists did not persecute people because of their "race", though Stalin did single out some nationalities for punishment (Poles, Chechens, Crimean Tartars, Volga Germans etc) for supposedly helping the German invaders. No one nowadays supports Stalin's kind of "socialism". Today socialists like Bernie Sanders support democracy and legality, and abhor violence and war. Socialist governments have been elected in many countries, from Scandinavia to Latin America, and have upheld democracy and human rights, and have handed over power when they lost elections. It's time for you to update your understanding of socialism, fascism, etc.

[@scrimmybingus4871]

"Corruption and degenerate morals" Was he a fortune teller in his free time?

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

He was murdered.

[@geeky12ful]

My uncle served under Patton in Africa; he had the utmost respect for him & said he was the greatest general.

[@Thee-bob]

Because he was. I have done multiple projects studying Patton. He is truly other than perhaps General Stonewall Jackson the best we have ever had.

[@davidhemsworth4098]

The motor accident seems neither here nor there, but the sudden deterioration in hospital could stand dilating on

[@NoNo-fy3kr]

Indeed.. And yet.. Mark here seems to dismiss the possibility out of hand.

[@djpy6574]

I believe you are right. The accident was caused by drunkeness and misfortune but why were the soldiers driving drunk not punished? He was recovering in the hospital AND PLANNED TO WRITE A BOOK DENOUNCING THE USA GIVING UP EASTERN EUROPE TO THE RUSSIAN SOVIET BOLSHEVIKS! Warmonger U.S. Pres. Truman who used A bombs on behalf of Joe Stalin against Japan twice and hoped to get the U.K. to do it again would have been hurt by Gen. Patton's allegations against his administration and the USSR wanted him dead! Poison to do him in in the hospital is a reasonable suspicion!

[@fluffy1931]

@@djpy6574 keep sniffing wood glue, sparky.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@@djpy6574 Patton's book would have been one of many produced by the right wingers in America, along with many articles and broadcasts. His opinion was not unusual. He was part of a loud but not very numerous faction who regretted the alliance with the USSR and would probably have been happier fighting alongside Hitler. But Hitler declared war on the US, so he outsmarted himself and made it impossible for the right wing to argue against fighting him. Another bold gamble by Hitler than went badly wrong.

[@gyderian9435]

The guy is a historian, he makes videos about things he can verify actually happened. If he starts giving light to conspiracy theories he would lose his credibility

[@brose321]

My father was a WWII fighter pilot in the Pacific. He was a career military officer in the USN until 1959. He always believed Patton was assasinated as opposed to an accidental death. For what its worth....

[@Sniperboy5551]

Let’s be honest here though, don’t you think that part of that may be because it’s hard to believe that a minor car accident killed a man as legendary as him? I’d be in disbelief too, but that’s because it would make me think about my own mortality even more. It’s hard to believe that a man as great as him could die in such a mundane accident.

[@Foxtrot-jr5qu]

@@Sniperboy5551 It could be, since everything is possible. Some folks just are more curious than others and want to learn more if there's more, while most folks just don't care and they just bite the ''official'' story for absolutely everything and they laugh at those who are trying to find out what really happened and call them crazy conspiracy theorists. I'd rather be called a crazy conspiracy theorist, than an NPC who believes every official narrative and doesn't even try to think or to connect the events or whatever and accept it as it is. Isn't everyone who goes against the ''norm'' and what is ''accepted' called crazy? If Patton really was assassinated, what would you expect them to say? The military especially are well known for having their secrets and their favorite phrase to the public being - ''that's all you need to know''.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

My dad was a navigator in the Army Air Force, fighting in the Pacific. He understood that Patton was killed in an auto accident.

[@JoeCitizen-gp3gf]

​@@Foxtrot-jr5qu please us army known screwed killings of folks not well executed assassination . That oss or cia or nsa

[@JoeCitizen-gp3gf]

Why because army quiet effective assignations?

[@BillHarpster]

I have had trouble believing Patton’s death was an accident all my life.

[@jeddkeech259]

“Patton spoke his mind, people tend to hate that

[@SH-lb1nu]

Sounds like someone else universally hated by the elites

[@hanc37]

@@johnburns4017 About what? He was right about the Soviet Union. They should have been dealt with at that time. Would have saved Eastern Europeans and Russians 50 years of misery... and a very near miss nuclear war in 1962.

[@pop5678eye]

That is actually a requirement in the US military. Considering they are under a very rigid command structure they are subject to reprimand/punishment to undermine any superior. Even generals are subject to this strict censorship as long as they are still in service. Even MacArthur had to learn that no matter his experience he cannot undermine his superior in public. If he had disagreed with his his superior (and by that time it was only the president) then he could only say so confidentially to him.

[@warrenmilford1329]

Of course they didn't want him speaking his mind during such an extremely delicate situation, of having two heavily armed, battle hardened armies facing each other in Germany. No doubt all the politicians and generals from the west, shared his views about the soviets, but understood the diplomatic situation at hand. Remember, rightly or wrongly, the post war sphere of influence map had already been drawn up, way before the fall of Berlin. They didn't need an ego driven, war hungry US general, throwing any matches on a, worsening by the day relations wise, tinder box. I don't think he was murdered for it either by the way.

[@Screencappedhats]

@@SH-lb1nu are you referring to 45? If so I can tell you I'm not an elite and abhor the drivel trump spews from his lying gaping maw. If he's speaking his mind then all I can say is it's a mind totally bereft of an iota of morality or intelligence.

[@FlopstinReaves33]

"The difference between genius and insanity is measured only by success." - Elliott Carver

[@paulherzog9605]

or wealth

[@culturalliberator9425]

That's a good quote

[@leezaslofsky4438]

You quote a James Bond movie character? Thanks.

[@andrewmantle7627]

@@alfa-psi I think that's what was said by the commenter. Beware the authoritarian. All of them, without exception.

[@lisalida6233]

Actually, no. Many corrupt @$$h0les have purloined or suppressed the work of greater, more adept and inventive, creative people. The ones who think outside the box, or shift the inside contents of "the box" are willing to be more outre' (than the stodgily prosaic) and thus, "ccentrics, and thus also more vulnerable to exploitation and intellectual properties Scientific discovery thefts. Boo! Lisa Rae Rousseau a.k.a. Lisa R.R.McGuire-Smith, writer, mother, wife, artist.

[@Dee-nonamnamrson8718]

He wasnt wrong about the soviets.

[@TheKing60210]

Why did the German Army want to surrender to the Americans and the West and rather than the Soviets?

[@communismisadisease4498]

No but he was too farsighted so he had to be gotten rid of.

[@pokerkramer1240]

If something, he was to kind to them

[@froggystyle8270]

@@waldemarjakowlewitschoswal8235 communism and fascism are one in the same. Don’t lie to yourself.

[@pokerkramer1240]

@@waldemarjakowlewitschoswal8235 comunism aways end up in fascism. Go read some Mises.

[@nautifella]

One of my uncles by marriage was clerk on Patton's staff, from Morocco to Bavaria. During one of Ike's reelection campaign stops in Detroit in '56 , my uncle, while shaking Ike's hand said: _"Georgie was right about the russians, wasn't he general"_ Ike replied by shaking his hand again and saying: _"Yes, he was."_ Several members of my family were there along with other witnesses. One of my cousins has the picture.

[@annereilley4892]

9:30 I think he misquoted patton, this is the quote I found, "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." I couldn't find the quote Felton used.

[@archlich4489]

Really? That changes things significantly.

[@annereilley4892]

@@archlich4489 Google it, it's the only thing that comes up. I tried googling what felton wrote and that doesn't come up. It's possible he said both and what felton found is too obscure to come up.

[@cabin_fever]

lol if thats the real quote i dont think i can take anything else in these vids seriously again

[@annereilley4892]

@@cabin_fever I'm just saying that's the quote that comes up, page after page when I enter the keywords that Felton said. It's entirely possible he said what felton quoted, but is obscure and didn't come up in search. Try searching for it and let me know what you find.

[@andreialexandrunichiforel]

@@annereilley4892 You'd probably need to go to a library to find local articles from that day. Surely they would write about a general calling fallen troops fools.

[@henryopitz3254]

"We fought the wrong enemy" - General Patton.

[@danielch6662]

He wanted another war right after ww2, but against the Red Army. He was wrong. The US would have lost that one. Britain did not want to fight. The rest of Europe had been crushed and had nothing to fight with. The plan was to rearm the German army and use them to fight the Soviets. The same depleted German units that had been running away from the Soviets at top speed for a year. Germany had been reduced to using old men and young boys to try to defend Germany itself, and they were getting crushed like paper. Use THEM to fight the Soviets?

[@fannybuster]

@@danielch6662 Patton would have had the A bomb to use on Moscow

[@Holret]

@@fannybuster And how do you think those bombers would of gotten there? with Free Sky miles? The russian military had a vast air defese force.

[@fannybuster]

@@Holret The B29 could fly higher than and ground defense could shoot.Russia would have been toast

[@StylesV13]

@@michaelsmith-ec8uh We also could have attacked the Soviet Union from Japan and China. There were three million Japanese troops in China at the time. The USSR would have been fighting a war on two fronts, three if you count invading from the middle east/Iran. With the A-Bomb on our side the Soviets would have been destroyed.

[@amadeusamwater]

I find it strange that driver of the truck wasn't charges with something.

[@deanpd3402]

Grinning like a fool and he gets off Scot free

[@dustycups]

It's pretty much just the standard way cops treated drink driving back then. "Ok mate just drive carefully back home, then tuck yourself into bed with a nice Bonox. Take the back roads next time"

[@duke14616]

Story I heard from my Dad who was in Third Army during and post WWII. That Patton himself called off the MP's. That was what the story was at the time. Guess there was quite a bit of drunken unauthorized joy ridding going on after the war.

[@edwardhollon3914]

In the earliest accounts of this accident ,IMMEDIATELY following the incident. PATTON directed that NO CHARGES were to be brought against the truck driver. I believe all this hullabalou about assination is an attempt to SELL BOOKS.

[@duke14616]

@@edwardhollon3914 I agree about the book's. But again according to Dad, Patton had lined things up in such a way. Rearming the Germans and kicking the Soviet's butt. Could have happened easier than not. Was why Patton got transferred to 15th Army. The recovery he was experiencing in hospital, then not, is suspicious. Plus the NKVD was afraid of him. They pulled off the murder of Polish Officers in Katyan Forrest and it didn't come out till the 90's I believe. That it was true the Soviets not the Germans did that.

[@091461]

When Patton said “we defeated the wrong enemy”, he was a dead man. That comment/observation revealed the confederacy of the Ashkenazi Jews set in place by the Balfour declaration.

[@robertwidby2205]

The “accident” didn’t kill anyone else but Gen. Patton. That fact alone is suspicious. Were his injuries survivable? Then, he improved only to take a turn for the worse. Maybe it was a stroke of bad luck, but the missing details of the wreck add to suspicion. And all the other factors, and no autopsy. One of those things we’ll never know for sure, but it doesn’t sound right.

[@oliviersavard8676]

good riddance

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

He was a old man when he died

[@AA-ke5cu]

Ask what Patrons son thinks.

[@bluesky6985]

Poisoned just like Stonewall Jackson

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

​@@bluesky6985poor old stonewall. Fragged.

[@grc70]

The fact that he requested that he be interred with the fallen men he led in battle says much about him. he could've been given a heroes funeral in Arlington National Cemetary, but chose to lie with the ordinary soldiers he led. Much of his concerns about what would happen between the west and the U.S.S.R would be proven correct. Like most great people, he had flaws. His greatest flaw, was being right about many things that would happen in post war Europe. He was a great war time general, but a lousy peace time general.

[@david-468]

The only people I’ve ever heard say he was a “bad peace time general” were commies that have zero historical knowledge considering he was a general for close to 30 years and both world wars, also the United States never had “peace time” unless you count the years between world wars however those were anything but peaceful

[@MariettaFarley]

Patton was just a lousy politician. The world is poorer for his loss.

[@david-468]

@@MariettaFarley ya know what’s crazy? You’re so ignorant you think he was a politician

[@david-468]

@@MariettaFarley maybe before claiming historical figures are “terrible” do an ounce of research

[@jpc443]

@@david-468 One doesn't need to be an elected official to be involved in politics. When an individual occupies the military profile such as Patton did, everything you say and do has political ramifications, Patton knew that.

[@jeffsanders1609]

“There are no accidents.” -Master Oogway

[@bogusmogus9551]

Yes. That's why I'm here

[@leafygreens8624]

Based

[@tarikasis2738]

Da , no accident, a complot with russ and demo hands

[@thegrayyernaut]

@Mr. Caesar Everything in life, that happens, happens because of a series of events leading up to them, not because of accidents.

[@squamish4244]

Oogway was like 800 years old, so he knew about the Patton 'accident' personally.

[@peaceonearth351]

From what I've read, Patton was in an automobile accident that broke his neck and he was severely paralyzed. He lived a couple days and he, himself wanted the medical staff to pull the plug on the ventilator that was keeping him alive. Being a General, he knew that he was doomed because in 1945 they didn't know how to fix the spine. Shortly later a Doctor brought in a new surgery to fuse the spine and that's why we see paraplegics and quadriplegics today. Before the war, a spinal cord injury was untreatable and a death sentence.

[@raoulchapman7310]

My Grandfather served under Patton. Always had high praise for him. Told me about Patton personally pinning on his Purple Heart, then telling him to "Get up off your ass and get back to work!". Grandad always chuckled when he told that story.

[@David-yo5ws]

Your like a breath of fresh air! Nice to read some facts. All this other BS in the comments was fouling my lungs. I am living a life of 'comparative' freedom, because of men like your Grandfather and Patton. Praise to them both.

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Patton’s men HATED him. With a passion. I’m not sure your grandpa remembers it correctly or perhaps time and nostalgia has modified his opinion. His men feared him more than the enemy.

[@David-yo5ws]

@@C0wb0yBebop What a fn liberty. Telling someone you don't know, how their Grandpa (who you also don't know) just might have got his memories crossed, about a war that you never fought in. What a T.W.A.T you are!

[@thievingdisc779]

@@C0wb0yBebop ah yes so you are the representative of all the men who served under him throughout the entire war? Didn’t think so.

[@raoulchapman7310]

You'd had to have met my Grandfather. He was a bigger hardass than Patton ever could've been. I'm sure that some of his men hated him. Maybe most, I wasn't there. He certainly didn't seem to care much about the butcher's bill. But those same traits that caused people to dislike him endeared him to others. My grandfather was a hard-nosed, hard driving, often angry man. I did/do love him but his children didn't like him much.

[@GreyStreet14]

when man speaks truth, he becomes a target

[@U.S.A..]

You are 100% right. People don't care about the truth all they care about is their narrative the truth gets in their way you could be killed because of the truth

[@marknagy5892]

So true true that's why the global Elite's hated our awesome president Trump.

[@AdamMGTF]

@@marknagy5892 true Americans see you as patriotic and your comment as so. However the rest of the world has a laugh at your sarcastic comment. I wonder what's best for the USA

[@PeanutImperium]

@@marknagy5892 Not wanting to be political here, but it’s pretty ignorant of you to call any of those politicians “Awesome”

[@lsmith6378]

Glad I've seen this Patton was the trump of today the enemy never knew what was coming next. Patton and Mc Arthur were right all along to keep everyone guessing.

[@henrikg1388]

This is actually one of the few conspiracy theories I believe is true. Among other facts, he nearly avoided another car crash in the same day. He also told his wife at the field hospital: "Get me out of here or they will kill me.". It's pure Occam.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

He never said there was a conspiracy to kill him. He wanted his wife to speed up his transfer to the US, where he would get better treatment. You do him an injustice by trying to use him to push your weird conspiracy theories.

[@michaelmcgregor7374]

@@leezaslofsky4438 People want to claim that the Israelis were behind his death, but they were not - this is pure NAZI BS!!!

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@@michaelmcgregor7374 Most of the people commenting on this video are pro-Nazis. They think Patton was one of them.

[@charlesborders2893]

@@michaelmcgregor7374 TO HELL YOU SAY YOU KNOW NOTHING

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@Zardozisgood Are you Jewish? You speak Yiddish, so you must be. I respect that, but I am not Jewish myself and I don't understand Yiddish.

[@MrAce-lm8es]

General Patton, BAD ASS AMERICAN! The GOAT of American Generals.

[@aphilippinesadventure9184]

How dare he call out the Soviets for what they were...

[@abramsatwo2515]

@Nope Nope sounds like somebody's financial aid was cut off . LMAO

[@aphilippinesadventure9184]

@Nope Nope Imperialists" Maybe. Soviets? You clearly know nothing of the Soviet Union in that case. Hyperbole much...

[@aphilippinesadventure9184]

@Nope Nope Actaully, It sounds like we agree that it IS the way the US is going. Not there yet, but the commrades want total power.

[@aphilippinesadventure9184]

@Nope Nope Second European Civil War- haha, that is spot on.

[@LTPottenger]

Roosevelt handed millions of eastern european freedom fighters to them and more people died of starvation in the occupation of germany than died in the whole war. And the deaths were in the american area not soviets. Soviets were bad but the real villains were roosevelt and eisenhower the american communists.

[@johnmartinez316]

Well, he wasn't wrong on the Soviets!

[@Physwe]

Haha, murder, so fun XD

[@ingridclare7411]

@Oliver Jahnel "Incoming president'....German? Biden is Irish predominantly. He has a splash of English and French, but mostly Irish. And Trump is half Scottish.

[@itsmezed]

@Russian Disinformation And who do you think was responsible, in large part, for the famine? Your statements are either delusional or trolling (perhaps both). Either way, as a Ukrainian I find them offensive.

[@thatguy7184]

He wasn't wrong about the dems either.

[@Camcolito]

@@itsmezed There have been endless famines and droughts and diseases (!) under capitalism, but nobody ever counts the deaths as caused by capitalism.

[@Aenntw]

In 1916-17 Patton entered Mexico as part of General Pershing's detail, which had been sent to track down and capture Pancho Villa. In one skirmish Patton killed Villa's lieutenant, Julio Cardenas, but never got close to capturing Villa. A showdown of Villa and Patton would have been interesting.

[@williamcaspers7087]

Yes it would have been remembered as HASTA LA VISTA VILLA...

[@Edgy01]

I wound up meeting his son, General George S Patton, Jr. while serving as a young officer in Germany in 1977. He was very self-centered, and just, I can only only imagine, like his father. Patton was a man that the US needed at the time. He probably shortened the war, and ultimately saved many lives. He wouldn’t have ever made general in today’s army. He might have made colonel, today. Maybe. The US uses people, and then when done with them, casts them aside. I enjoyed the movie Brass Target which certainly presented some counter theories to what might have happened. And ultimately, his early death saved Harry Truman with figuring out what to do with him.

[@themightiestofbooshes9443]

I think the greatest honor you can receive as an officer in command is to be buried among the fallen you had once commanded. Not that those fallen would appreciate the man who sent them to their deaths being among them, but as a way for the commander to humble himself and spend that eternity with the men he once called brothers.

[@MartinMcAvoy]

General Anders who led the Polish II Corps in Italy, died in London in 1970 but chose to be buried with his lads in the cemetery overlooking Monte Cassino where more than a 1000 Polish died fighting in 1944.

[@QUICKIRONS]

Uh, when your meat care expires YOU get out and go home...

[@Baseballnfj]

Robert Gould Shaw Col. Of the famed 54th Massachusetts regiment was burried in a common grave with his African American soldiers. Union officers offered to return his body but his father declined saying "we can think of no holier place than where he now lies."

[@MartinMcAvoy]

@@Baseballnfj Colonel Shaw's dad was probably ḋіѕģսѕtеḋ that his son rode with a bunch of no-good ոіǵǵеrѕ and didn't want him back! Does anybody really believe that the USA would not be happier, richer and more peaceful, if all the ոіǵǵеrѕ were freed in 1865 and immediately returned tо Αfrіса. Ꮮіոсοⅼո ḣаḋ а рⅼаո tо ḋероrt tḣеⅿ and it is still not too late to carry out his wish!

[@ProudMasterMason]

Well Sir, Gen. Patton was following orders.

[@jeanc.m.a3982]

Dam Patton would slap about 90 % of the army if he was still alive

[@leezaslofsky4438]

And 89.9% would slap him right back.

[@athrowaway3487]

@@leezaslofsky4438 watch this cause a loop where they just keep slapping each other over and over

[@roskcity]

@Meiji Tatsuya cringe weeb

[@xr6lad]

@@leezaslofsky4438 no they’d be crying to mommy about being oppressed,

[@leezaslofsky4438]

@@xr6lad You are oppressing people with this idiotic comment. It is important for people who are oppressed to raise hell about it and not be silent about it until the oppression stops. Assholes who ridicule protests against oppression are part of the problem.

[@creigmacc]

When both sides benefit from your death, its not an accident.

[@johncronin9540]

Has it never occurred to you that it could be something as prosaic that automobiles didn’t have seatbelts in 1945? Accidents do happen, even in wartime, and people can die from non-combat related injuries. Just as house fires can happen in wartime also. One of the ironies of Britain in the early phases of the war (like the winter of 1939-1940) was that the largest number of casualties were caused by accidents involving automobiles during blackouts - drivers and pedestrians simply couldn’t see very well in the dark.

[@victoriajarvis2260]

@@johncronin9540 He was snuffed out in the hospital. "Accidents do happen." and so does murder.

[@1996koke]

And how did the USA benefited from Patton's death? Sure, he give them bad press but there's no way the would want to kill one of their best generals just when the cold war was beginning

[@dutch148]

@@1996koke that the thing they want to deescalate the tension not increase it. And since he is anti-communist openly it was a no brainer.

[@1996koke]

@@dutch148 come on McArthur was also pretty anticommunist and you don't see him being killed, also Patton was just saying what a lot of people in both sides were thinking

[@MadrasArsenal]

Just imagine how differently things would have been had he lived.

[@igiveyoublue5108]

@EuropathelastbattleDOTnet- Nice website/documentary 👍

[@leonconnelly5303]

Nothing would have changed

[@axer3515]

It was very strange that the accident that killed him was not investigated throughly.

[@shabushabu5319]

Hmmmm👃

[@manonfire3642]

Reportedly, it wasn't the accident that killed him.

[@user-fs5ji1tv6l]

He was poisoned in the hospital.

[@bluewendigo672]

We defeat the wrong Enemy...... George Patton

[@1963Austria]

Hmmmmm.......the USa Government covering up something....never.......

[@haldiraser]

"We have defeated the wrong Enemy."

[@hamdankhan319]

It was the daaammmnnn small hats

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

Shows you that he was a fascist just like the Nazis. He was no hero, he was a Nazi-sympathizer.

[@iamjsams755]

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 ok little hat.

[@benjiblake2272]

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 little hat, big nose, no real heart.

[@valeriegriner5644]

@@hamdankhan319 Yes...and I KNOW who they are!

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

Can't imagine being jostled around in the back of one of those military ambulances with a broken neck for 50 minutes.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

James Dean died in a similar way. He was loaded, breathing, into a station-wagon ambulance. That ambulance got in an accident. His head slammed the bulkhead - and he (further) broke his neck.

[@Assassino275]

@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking God damn

[@MasterBlaster-nz3uv]

Don't even need to watch this to know. We've been using the same play book since 1916 or 1865, you pick.

[@vegasdano7569]

My dad’s general, 👍🏼. My dad was in the service 1943 - 1946. He admired the general.

[@PhilipFear]

I had a close friend who served under Patton in Europe after D-Day and loved his leadership.... We'll never know if the General was assassinated or not for sure.... And even if he was We'll never know by who.... Like JFK, too much has been lost to time and or cover-up to make any definitive conclusion possible.... Serfises to say, the technology did exist to make the series of events that paralyzed General Patton and put him into the hospital where he died, as an attempt on his life (as with JFK and the speculation of CIA and FBI involvement) but those who know are long since dead.... And the paper trail of such an operation would most probably be non-existent (if they were smart) and the same thing would be true for any conspiracy over General Patton if it was the case to be true....

[@vegasdano7569]

@@PhilipFear you are right 👍🏼👍🏼

[@hindenpeter2.04]

@@PhilipFear He's listed as a freemason so maybe the divil was sick of him saying half redpilling the crowds.

[@elijahwood5447]

Jews murdered him. Disgusting evil people

[@vegasdano7569]

@@elijahwood5447 that’s stupid.

[@roscoewhite3793]

"We could go on about this all day..." You make that sound like a bad thing, Dr Felton.

[@COLETHORN10]

He wasn't buried at Arlington, but with his men in Europe. A fine general.

[@ForceM1782]

I drive past his grave on the military cemetery in Hamm nearly every day on the way to work. We are still very thankful to him and the US for liberating our country from tyranny. A fine general indeed!

[@jamiestewart48]

@@ForceM1782 Medal of Honor recipient Day Turner is also there. The reason for the Medal of Honor? He commanded a 9-man squad with the mission of holding a critical flank position. When overwhelming numbers of the enemy attacked under cover of withering artillery, mortar, and rocket fire, he withdrew his squad into a nearby house, determined to defend it to the last man. The enemy attacked again and again and were repulsed with heavy losses. Supported by direct tank fire, they finally gained entrance, but the intrepid sergeant refused to surrender although 5 of his men were wounded and 1 was killed. He boldly flung a can of flaming oil at the first wave of attackers, dispersing them, and fought doggedly from room to room, closing with the enemy in fierce hand-to-hand encounters. He hurled handgrenade for handgrenade, bayoneted 2 fanatical Germans who rushed a doorway he was defending and fought on with the enemy's weapons when his own ammunition was expended. The savage fight raged for 4 hours, and finally, when only 3 men of the defending squad were left unwounded, the enemy surrendered. Twenty-five prisoners were taken, 11 enemy dead and a great number of wounded were counted. Sgt. Turner's valiant stand will live on as a constant inspiration to his comrades. His heroic, inspiring leadership, his determination and courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest tradition of the military service.

[@1000niggawatt]

no wonder smallhats killed him.

[@carlosenriquegonzalez-isla6523]

A pinche fascist too.

[@ForceM1782]

@@jamiestewart48 i’ll look for that when i go there the next time!

[@neotheone47]

It’s because he realized that in WW2 we defeated the wrong enemy like he said in HIS OWN WORDS

[@lxdead5585]

One of the very few Allied commanders, who actually respected Polish soldier and was willing to keep pushing on to kich out Soviets from allied countries. Much respect.

[@johngalt6525]

Yes , if only he was allowed to continue . 🇵🇱

[@petrucci1794]

He was a mad man who was pushing for a war that would've destroyed the allies.

[@thewildcardperson]

​@@petrucci1794no he was an american general who could have won ww2 by not playing the bankers games he knew what was going on we should have joined germany

[@micnorton9487]

​​​​​​​​@@petrucci1794.. EXACTLY,, Stalin's 8 million man army poised to occupy all of Germany would have completely overwhelmed American and British and Canadian forces,, but that's only if America was to arm the Germans and start trying to push them back, which it was exactly what general Patton was saying they should do... But that was with the atomic bomb, and even if the United States was to obtain dozens of them, it wouldn't be enough to seriously alter the flow of 8 million men, all moving West on a broad front stretching hundreds of miles... Germany and France in the low countries would have been completely destroyed,, columns going south into Italy and Greece and everywhere else would completely sweep any militarized force from in front of it... Either that or destroy it in place...... And we can't forget that for every atomic bomb dropped on the Soviet soldiers, the Russians would have sent a 2000 bomber Foce to level London... By that point the Soviets were accepting women tank crew and bomber crew,, and it's like that joke about Custer and the indians, the Russians just kept coming and coming and coming....... Did the Soviets have the oil to do this? That is questionable however obtaining the Romanian oil fields, formerly supplying the germans,, would have been a serious Mark in their favor.... Could they have done it? I don't think they would have,, if Patton would have started a confidential program to reorganize German units and start rearming them it would have been known in the United states, and people sick of war would have inundated their politicians asking why that crazy general Patton who is slapping soldiers was now wanting GIVE THE NAZIS THEIR TANKS BACK to invade our former ally? Because Patton wasn't talking about just forcing the Soviets out of Poland and other countries, he was saying that he wanted to "kick those Bolshevik bastards all the way back to f****** Moscow"... As you can imagine, general zhukov, or rather field Marshal zhukov had quite a laugh about that... The Soviet Air Force in their West was absolutely huge,, and that was still keeping at least half of it in the Eastern Soviet Union to deal with the Japanese and any other Pacific threat... Various commentators have said the Russians had an unlimited source of manpower which is obviously not true, even they had limits but stripping the industrial sector down to just the basic men who needed to be there and 4f's and wounded soldiers and women would take up the slack, the Soviet Union was able to rally vast industrial might that the United States obtained by full employment, something that has never happened before or since... The stalinist program of, in the west, throwing any able-bodied person including junior high school girls in anti-aircraft gun crews, into some form of combatant support or whatever was an unfortunate part of the seriousness of the situation,, and those in the United States then or now have to ask themselves a question, what if that happened here? (Actually it has,, from 1861 to 1865 the Union using armies invaded the Confederacy hundreds of times, basically occupying parts of it and marauding, pillaging, looting and sacking town after town, city after city.... So in a way this was like the war on the German Eastern front,, with the difference that the union didn't want to annihilate the population of the south, they just wanted the Southern politicians to give up some of their dearly held traditions, like dealing directly with English and French merchants and not going through wall street, or having a slave based economy.... Of course slavery was just changed from a chattel slavery to peonage,, and wage slavery had taken over in the North anyway,, but I digress...)

[@Pfsif]

The US had plenty of brave Polish fighting men.

[@georgequalls5043]

I think there was speculation about Patton’s possible murder much earlier than 30 years after his death. For what it is worth, I saw it in a comic book when I was a child in the late 1950s.

[@GhostRanger5060]

It's been a theory since the day it happened. Most people today are unaware that 1940s Americans were not the stooges today's troglodytes make them out to be. In fact, I would argue that people are more easily misled today due to the overwhelming addiction of post-modern people to electronic stimuli and fantasy/virtual living.

[@gregb6469]

@sosy1178 -- Yeah, Dr Felton is usually very good on history, but this time he is pushing the officially determined story. I wonder if he thinks there was nothing fishy about the 2020 election.

[@TheSuperhoden]

You were a child in the 50's? That's amazing

[@gregb6469]

@@TheSuperhoden -- Why would that be amazing? There were a lot of children around in the 50s.

[@TheSuperhoden]

@@gregb6469 yes, but not many 70+ year old people are on KZbin

[@michamuller]

It is a honour that the grave of this man is in my country. Every where in my country you will find memorials for this man. We will never forget that him and his soldiers have liberate our country. Greetings from Luxembourg

[@creepzstickz3576]

We fought the wrong army