Victor Davis Hanson | George S. Patton: American Ajax

Victor Davis Hanson, the Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College, is also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of classics emeritus at California State University, Fresno. He earned his B.A. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his Ph.D. in classics from Stanford University. In 2007, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal, and in 2008, he received the Bradley Prize from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. He has written for numerous publications, including the Claremont Review of Books, The New Criterion, and The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of several books, including A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War and The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won.
Xenophon wrote that a successful general “must be resourceful, active, careful, hardy, and quick-witted; he must be both gentle and brutal, at once straightforward and designing, capable of both caution and surprise, lavish and rapacious, generous and mean, skillful in defense and attack.” This third CCA of the 2019-2020 academic year will consider the lives and characters of some of America’s greatest generals.

[@John-jl9de]

My dad, who was with the 101st Airborne and was a 1st Lieutenant, met Patton in Bastogne during the battle of the Bulge. Patton told dad, who had been freezing for two weeks with subzero conditions, to shave. Remember, no electric razors in 1944 and lots of frozen water. He didn't appreciate the comment. Dad had a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, 2 Purple Hearts, and the Legion of Merit from France, and other accommodations to numerous to list here. Dad also served in the Korean War and Vietnam at the same time as my two brothers, who were grunt Marines, served in 1967/68. He retired in 1973 after 32 years of service as a Colonel and is in the Infantry Hall of Fame.

[@marksmith9176]

Enjoyed the story. You have a proud family tradition.

[@arthurmarymuehling3559]

Try Menards or Lowes. Not Van Dyke!

[@kbarnhart8400]

Patton was an extreme by the book guy. Mainly cause he was true believer in the Military Code of behavior. No excuse for not shaving, no excuse for being out of uniform and not wearing spats or no tie when in uniform. He was a believer in soldiers who don't look like soldiers won't act like soldiers. I am sure your dad deserved a pass for not shaving given the circumstances. But Patton was a disciplinarian and didn't accept excuses only expected results. The bad part you have to sometimes have to take for good parts. Sorry Patton did that to your dad. But I understand why he did it. People I have known who were under Patton during the war loved the success of their units and hated Patton for being so demanding getting the results. Patton didn't care people hated him, he cared about his units being successful and it was his entire focus as being a General. Just how he was.

[@JulieAmoss-oh4tt]

Your dad was quite a soldier, I am grateful for his continued service above and beyond! All of us know what an ass Patton could be. I am sorry he demonstrated that with your dad.

[@mtw9393]

God bless your Dad

[@dr.jamespizzadili8833]

My uncle was in Patton's Third Army and fought his way all across Europe. He was one of those depression-raised civilian "amateur" soldiers Dr. Hanson described facing the war-hardened Germans. Uncle Bill never once spoke to me about it, but there were always rumors. I did learn some facts from a short article written about him in his church newsletter. He said he liked the army because he made a lot of friends and, probably for the first time in his life, he had plenty to eat. He reported that after the first two weeks of fighting he quit being scared because he simply assumed that he was going to be killed. A devout Christian, he found reassurance in Psalm 91: "A thousand will fall at your side, and ten thousand will fall at your right hand, but it (death) will not come near you." Under Patton's command he killed a lot of enemy soldiers and won a Bronze Star for bravery. He was deaf the rest of his life from the noise of guns and explosions. Uncle Bill was pretty restless after the war and hitchhiked and rode motorcycles all around the USA, eventually settling far from home. He married and raised a nice family, worked hard, was a stalwart in his church, and was always kind to everyone. An old friend of his told me that he suffered terribly from PTSD but no one would have known. Uncle Bill passed at 95 a couple years ago and took most of his war stories with him.

[@ddorn04]

This is a very often repeated story of those who served on the Front line. My wife's grandfather was a sniper, knowing the precision and abilities he had this was not a surprise. Never discussed this, we have no knowledge of what he went through. He killed many Germans in World War2, saving many American lives. Became an Aeronautical engineer at Langley. Always regretted the people he killed, even though he saved countless lives. Much respect for those who served or are serving.

[@ericsoesbe3004]

God bless your uncle Bill and all of his fighting comrades - they all were responsible for this country’s next half century of its great growth to be the world’s leader of democracy.

[@stewartritchey7602]

God bless him and countless others like him.

[@randallscheer1178]

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[@deejaye2647]

My father fought in WII in the South Pacific stationed at Wake Island and New Guinea, as a tank driver. He saw quite a bit of action, I think. He never talked about the war and my mother told me a few stories she knew. They were not good and said the worst for him was losing men with which he had become friends. It affected him greatly the last couple of years of his life, hallucinating that we were being attacked by the Japanese air forces. He took lots of photos of Wake Island and the native people that I still have today.

[@jamisonmaguire4398]

It reminds me of the quote by George Orwell: “We sleep soundly in our beds, because rough men stand ready in the night to do violence on those who would harm us".

[@lurking0death]

No. We sleep soundly because we can be the rough men if we have to be. And, we can turn off the roughness when it is not appropriate. Many great Amercan Generals loved peace with a passion. Robert E. Lee, William Sherman, Joshua Chamberlain, George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower to name some.

[@jamisonmaguire4398]

@@lurking0death If you say so ace.

[@jamisonmaguire4398]

@@lurking0death You have a collosal hubris in believing you speak for everyone.

[@anthonyparkinson5820]

@@lurking0death The point of the quote is that most people can't turn into rough men and we should be thankful that there are some among us who are rough men.

[@Adam-rv1ue]

We need rough men todo violence on those communists who harm us innocents!

[@cpollner]

Decades ago when I was young I was on a flight hoping whoever sat next to me would not be a talker. An older gentleman sat next to me, smiled and started talking with me. I began grumbling internally that I would not get to read my book. (The young can be so self centered). Turns out he was General Patton’s driver and he spent the trip regaling me with story after story about Patton. He was the most entertaining person I have ever flown beside and he was definitely a fan of the General’s. I have never forgotten how that flight flew by and have never ignored my flight partner again because who knows what interesting lives they have lead.

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

Nice feedback on what you invented happened. No - dude - that is nothing but a fantasy of yours, nice for you - but please don't waste others time.

[@JulieAmoss-oh4tt]

I am glad you get it.

[@Rtg5637]

​@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kpDon't automatically assume that. 15 years ago I took a flight from US to Europe. Former president Jimmy Carter was on the plane too. Moments before takeoff he walked through the aisles and shook hands with everyone. I had a chance to exchange a word with him.

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

@@Rtg5637 Good for you if the highlight of your life was having shacked hands with Jimmy Carter, better known in Europe as "Carter the Farter" - the dude who held the title of Worst Ever President until Brandon showed up.

[@jrdeckard3317]

My father, a tech sergeant, worked in Patton's Bad Tolz office. Patton liked him because his typing had a good rhythm.

[@danielwyvern8892]

I went to radio repair school at Bad Tolz back in 1972. It’s a beautiful setting. Not sure how they expected me to learn when I was looking out the window at the majesty of the foothills of the Alps. While stationed in Germany with the 1st Armored Division, I worked for Major O’Meara, who was an aid de camp to General George Patton Jr. In Vietnam.

[@rosaoddin4338]

@@danielwyvern8892. That is a beautiful part of Germany. There was a large SS training facility there back in the day, well known and respected.

[@SJM6791]

Two of my Uncles served under Patton in WWII. They said they hated his guts over there. He was ruthless and relentless in his pursuit of victory. However, they spoke fondly of him to me and credited him for getting them through the war alive. I believe that they would’ve served and laid down their own lives for him if they had to do it again.

[@jimmontgomery3230]

I have an uncle , deceased, that fought under General George Patton

[@ronniebishop2496]

Patton believed he was reincarnated to fight in wars and believed he had been in wars throughout history, and after reading that great poem he wrote, I’m convinced he actually believed that. He was like several very successful people I’ve known, especially football coaches and leaders of big sales companies, he did step on people that bucked him and cussed everyone out within shouting distance, and just like the men I mentioned when you win, all is forgiven. The reason I liked working for people like Patton and even had leaders like him in Vietnam and other places, is because I like to be successful and be part of the best there is. Everyone I’ve heard interviewed in that Band of Brothers documentary kept saying that too, if I’m going to war I want to go with the best, and Patton was, this Vietnam vet salutes you!!!

[@paulmicheldenverco1]

Vietnam was the the most thankless war ever. Nobody that fought that war asked to go there and the vast majority of that group served honorably. Thanks for serving.

[@ronniebishop2496]

@@paulmicheldenverco1 Well I was 19 years old and of course didn’t know anything except what I was told by the government and our commanders, but later I realized how crazy that war was and unnecessary, but it wasn’t my fault, that we were put in that situation, and it made a lot of us lose our minds and some never recovered. The military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about in his farewell address, has been escalating wars ever since.

[@donaldhuffman4149]

I think that's why Kennedy was assassinated cause he was ending it with Vietnam and was not happy with the military complex industry and actually wanted to disband the CIA

[@ronniebishop2496]

@@donaldhuffman4149 You are exactly right.

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

Great analysis. Right on the nail. To make it even more focus - such behavior can be a blessing for the world if a) such a Alpha Dog has the charisma and the talent to have others following him and work as a member of a motivated team to accomplish - a common goal that is benefiting all of its members and not b) a person who is abusing his talent to motivate others and supporting him in his attempt to gain power for one and only one reason - his own egomaniac and financial interests.

[@peterleverich1149]

My father was in Bastogne. He was in the 101st Airborne. He often spoke about WWII but rarely about Bastogne. He did say that many soldiers did not like Patton...but they loved seeing him roll in with all those tanks thr day after Christmas. He said it was the best Christmas gift he had ever received.

[@garythomas3219]

Not according to the 101st account of bastogne

[@paddy864]

Yeah, "A day late and a dollar short" as the saying goes. The battle of Bastogne was effectively over, his arrival meant very little and the real focus of attention at that time was at St. With, not Bastogne.

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

​@@garythomas3219Because the weather finally cleared? The 10th Armor was there first. Reassigned from Patton. They stopped the German advance cold. Without them, the Screaming Eagles would've lasted about 2 days.

[@garythomas3219]

@@nomadmarauder-dw9re . The Germans were in retreat by the time Patton got to Bastogne. The 101st had been resupplied the day before. Patton did nothing to stop the Germans at Bastogne.. just myth

[@jag136]

Dr. Hanson is a true historian who I could listen to everyday. His knowledge of Patton is fantastic and he shares it in this presentation. As a follower and fellow Californian I have always enjoyed reading and studying General Patton. I've visited the Patton Museum in California, I met his son in Germany as well as Manfred Rommel when he was Lord Mayor of Stuttgart. I worked in 1973 @ 130th Station Hospital, Heidelberg where General Patton died in 1945. I believe General Patton would have been a better President than Eisenhower, especially in dealing with the Cold War and the early events in Vietnam. Well done Dr Hanson, well done.

[@kenrichards6457]

Very interesting..I'm curious, were you able have a good conversation with both Patton's son and Rommel's? That would be an incredible experience.

[@stephenmccartneyst3ph3nm85]

What's your view of the US Army study of his Lorraine campaign?

[@thomasgregg2367]

He is second to none in the ability to convey ideas to an audience in a fascinating and captivating way. Never seen an educator like him. He’s a national treasure

[@karencarter8292]

I wonder if Hanson read Farago's biography of Patton, Ordeal and Triumph. I read that as a teen in the late 60's, early 70's. A great book that even goes back in Patton's heritage.

[@grantjaneway132]

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[@philipsmith6424]

I disagree . The best ever is Dr. Joseph P. Farrell . A historical genius !!!

[@imperialmodelworks8473]

An true educator doesn't let their own bias and dislike/political views alter a factual presentation. Unlike this man.

[@scifipinlac]

how do you captivate an audience without music/powerpoint/canva etc.?

[@capt.stubing5604]

Thank god for people like your uncle Bill. My neighboor and fishing buddy Jack will turn 99 in April. He was also with Patton. He seems to feel similarly about Patton to how VDH describes him here, somewhat crude but extremely effective. Jack still suffers from PTSD but never talks about it. I occasionally get snippets of his experiences. But he would much rather focus on the positive and the here and now. We owe a debt we can never repay to these men.

[@johnandrobinmccoy8305]

I stayed at the Patton hotel in Germany, a US military MWR facility, which is no longer there. Above the fireplace was a huge painting of General Patton, and I stood there and looked at the portrait, and tried to absorb the history of the man. What a complex and brilliant General, thank God we had him. I'm proud to have served in the US Army as he did.

[@jacktattis]

You had Hodges Bradley Simpkins Dempsey all generals as good as Patton and without the colossal ego .

[@knoll9812]

​@@jacktattisPatton was a good general amongs many poor too average generals. Us army during in Europe nhad many generals that should have replaced byand others given a chance. Similar for British. Payton was excellent in pursuit of a retreating enemy. This good because too many times the germani managed to get away.

[@terpfen]

@@jacktattis Bradley had such an enormous ego he wrote two autobiographies to have "the last word" of the WW2 generals. Hodges was stodgy and had no problem sending men into meat grinders. Dempsey and Simpkins weren't anything special. Patton is more well known than them all for good reason.

[@jacktattis]

@@terpfen If you say so. 1. Patton did waste time in the Lorraine Metz Campaign 2. He was late to the party by 2 months 3. He did widen his sector so much at the Falaise Pocket that 10000+ Germans escaped The Brits and Canadians had their sectors as tight as a drum

[@paddy864]

Yes, the "good reason" being the large Press Corps he always had in attendance eager to hear the latest colourful utterance from this over-rated, under-achieving windbag.

[@johnprice3443]

Just another example of what a history professional should look like and how much they can do to inform and inspire.

[@edwardlobb931]

Looks have nothing to do with professorial skill.

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

A GOP fanboy who works at public state funded university ( Fresno State ). LMFAO!!! LIKE I SAID HE'S FULL OF SH*T!!

[@johnprice3443]

@@richardalvarado-ik9br stop it hippie

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

@@johnprice3443 GOP charlatans like him always avoid talking about ( The Great Depression, Vietnam, Watergate, and recently the 2008 Recession ) pretty sure has no book about any of these events......LMFAO!!!! Kind of like the Catholic church doesn't want talk about the pedophile scandal or The Inquisition. YEP HE'S DIARRHEA SPEAKER AND AUTHOR.

[@jamy8575]

Victor Davis Hanson is a parrot and maybe he doesn't even realize a revisionist

[@tiamatxvxianash9202]

As a Cold War veteran, one of my highlights of touring the battlefields and cemetaries of Northwest Europe was paying homage over Patton's grave in Luxembourg where he rests with his 3rd Army men. Thank You for the lecture. Very informative.

[@jamestiscareno4387]

Thank YOU Sir, for your service to our wonderful country 🇺🇸

[@Aladan57]

If you supported Trump, then you're not a real patriot. Will remind you of that for the rest of natural born life.

[@yuno1781]

@@Aladan57 lol

[@johnseeriley3779]

Cold war veteran

[@janetmarmaro8269]

True.

[@virgilius7036]

Patton was certainly a tactical genius, but what people ignore is that he had studied military history very thoroughly and was well acquainted with all the tactics employed by his predecessors! He had noticed that pursuing the adversary prevented him from starting to fight again and that unnecessary deaths were thus spared!

[@michaelgronlund547]

1:11 😅😊 1:26

[@petergriffiths1900]

He was an unrivalled ge eral for speed

[@user-wp5ou4tk1d]

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[@JK360noscope]

The Germans were genuinely concerned about his tactics of constant attack. They weren't used to others that knew Blitzkrieg!

[@WyattEarp-gc7wy]

And was a devout anti semite

[@heatherspark8483]

You , Victor , are the most Common Sensical , Academic that I have ever had the opportunity to listen to, learn and enjoy in my lifetime . Loved Patton .

[@anon4932]

"Break incase of emergency." This is what Patton and other fighting men like him are, shunned and feared during peacetime, but yearned for in wartime, by the same people too cowardly to fight.

[@terry4137]

The Rock From Brockto, Yes,Sir!

[@eddiewillers1442]

"shunned and feared during peacetime, but yearned for in wartime, by the same people too cowardly to fight." Rudyard Kipling said it best (as he always does) Tommy I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here." The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die, I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I: O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away"; But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play, The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play, O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play. I went into a theatre as sober as could be, They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me; They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls, But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls! For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside"; But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide, The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide, O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide. Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap; An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit. Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll, The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll, O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll. We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too, But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints, Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints; While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind", But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind, There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind, O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind. You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all: We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational. Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace. For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot; An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please; An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

[@eddiewillers1442]

@Randy Smith ....and to Rudyard Kipling.

[@kofiadomako7523]

Thank you for the observation pal....

[@almirria6753]

And there is a lot of us like that out here too. Unfit for civil polite society, but when the war drums & bugle sounds, we're the first ones to called upon to do what polite people find very distasteful [break things & kill people on a mass scale]

[@AKAKiddo]

"We have people that have pretensions about human nature, but who are not subject to the ramifications of their ideology." So true.

[@jag136]

Those are the men, many having been President's from the Democratic Party who are so stupid and would be wise to have educated men like Dr. Hanson to consul them.

[@toserveman9265]

Liberalism is a mental illness and goes against human nature.

[@fredgarza8975]

So true!!!

[@ronkrate609]

True, like rich heads of Big Biz who never go to prison for their crimes..

[@thomasmills3934]

@@toserveman9265 i dont think u really know what liberalism is... hint: its not the same as being on the left.

[@barbarataylor8101]

Four years later, this video is still reaching people. VDH has a great perspective and I sight that is so clearly communicated.

[@Eric-yp9nc]

I loved his analogy between Trump and Patton...great analogy!!

[@marycopeland4049]

My father was a member of Patton’s 3rd Army, Fourth Armored Division, 87th Tank Battalion. He insisted we all take ‘typing’ in high school; that ability is what he felt saved his life. Commanders needed a typist (this was after The Battle of The Bulge, Ardennes, Bastogne, and more. My Dad qualified and said this got him out of the tank. Received the Bronze Star and has official letter awarding the Silver Star but upon his death, we were told military records did not list Silver Star. My Dad developed lifelong friendships-Army brothers from California, Kentucky, Indiana, New York visited our Illinois farm. Mom and Dad were able to attend Fourth Armored conventions when we kids (8) became older. He agreed with Patton that the wrong enemy had been destroyed, that Russia was a threat. He did not believe Patton’s death was accidental. By God’s grace and wisdom and Patton’s expertise, my Dad and ‘his buddies’ came home.

[@marycopeland4049]

Make this correction: Dad’s tank battalion was *37th* not 87th.

[@cwcsquared]

Most of the fighting was done after Battle of the Bulge.

[@cwcsquared]

@@RR-pw3wj duh?

[@alanaadams7440]

Thank you for sharing your story

[@kevinweinberger8446]

I’m so impressed with your father and your gift to all of us for writing about him. My deepest gratitude goes out to men and women like your father. I would have loved to meet him and would have loved to hear the many stories he could have stood us. Lastly, I’m sorry about the mix up on the silver star. We know one thing for sure, great men like your dad don’t need awards, medals or anything else to be true hero’s!!

[@tombowers2020]

I’m from Selma Ca, and I’m so proud we are within the company of such a bright, beam of light. Not only that, he’s still a rancher at heart!

[@markleininger95]

Read his book, "Mexifornia."

[@darhorn]

Thank you for sharing him with us!

[@hirokorobertson6674]

What a place made beautiful smart professor like him to grow , I know central California farm place . He is still farmers ?

[@tombowers2020]

@@hirokorobertson6674 Oh yes, Hiroko, he still farms, and he is well admired by farmers in the area.

[@davidsnedeker8098]

@@markleininger95 His book is racist bullhocky

[@keithstudly6071]

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" I would add that there are people for the times, even when we don't necessary like what the times require. Only painful honesty will allow us to accept these people in the roles where they belong.

[@MrJohnGroot]

Great and knowledgeable speaker. I hope young people listen to him.

[@carlabroderick5508]

This historian is truly outstanding.

[@gabemccall3523]

Could listen to VDH all day! Time flies when this man speaks!

[@hunts7626]

Gabe McCall that is so true. I listen to him when I’m working out, when I’m trying to go to sleep, when I’m eating. I know it’s bizarre but his voice is equal parts captivating, melodic and relaxing.

[@mattd6086]

He truly is a brilliant intellect!

[@normanstiegler9345]

Hunts Yu u I i II I am really good ookkk I

[@spudwesth]

Ike also starved about one million German POWs to death , far more than the Soviet's German prisoners who died. FDR's Operation Keelhaul killed another one million men , murdered by Stalin.

[@jamy8575]

He is a liar when it comes to Patton, or just doesn't know truth

[@rondail5675]

Amazing, all speaking from the top of his head. No reading from a script.

It's called OFF THE TOP of his head

[@guggyp]

Ron Dail it’s not hard for people who absolutely love history

[@johnwhodat8135]

He tells the story as if he was there during the war and witnessed all those events.

[@terrymcdonnell9206]

That a great talk. Thankyou.

[@rrn3263]

Yes, felt the same. That’s what is so impressive while listening to Dr. Hanson he knows his history and knows the truth behind the scene. Love this man !

[@pastorchrisdavidson7153]

Hanson as always is on target. Always enjoy his lectures.

[@Madasin_Paine]

He garners large large audience but the utility is blunted to protect interest groups UNnamed, IMHO What dribble. But better way to fall asleep without a prescription, but it has sife effects that impair better judgement about the US and its role in the angelic American Empire. I think of more interesting important U💲 history as it was. Too predictable. The US is falling into a deep dark expensive pit far too many people don't simply deserve. Let's focus on what actually attacks U S. IMHO He has the ability to do dar more good in his emeritus setting years.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

VDH is a national treasure. Smart, quiet, reserved but full of pertinent commentary for our times.

[@kenweberg959]

Thank You Dr. Hanson from an old Vietnam vet. More people need to understand what you should do when it comes to you or them. War should be avoided at all cost and here comes the but when you are there and want to keep on keeping on you do what is necessary. Thanks again Doc

[@keithplymale2374]

Thank you Ken for your service and sacrifice.

[@tombob671]

USMC 1966 "Avoid war at almost any cost, but when so engaged kill them all let God sort them out"

[@timchapman5567]

For this octogenarian student of 20th century war and politics, Hanson's erudition, judgment and enthusiasm are a great gift.

[@lnm7276]

What i've listened on this vid merely confirms in the most damning fashion of what Victor Davis has been saying in the past 30- 40 years or more. One day when the din of Battle has subsided and been won by civilization and it is possible to review the situation calmly, It will be seen that Victor Davis is A Great Front Line General for civilization. Kudoes To Victor Davis.

[@azbdizzy4176]

I'm a Vietnam veteran. I knew two men who served under Patton. One was in the artillery and he was proud as a peacock to have served under Patton. The other had seen Patton and his only comment when asked about Patton was "he got a lot of men killed".

[@johnfoster535]

The young boy Patton would from time to time be visited on his father's estate at San Gabriel California by an elderly man who was a family friend....and , who filled Patton's head with recollections of the gallant Jeb Stuart, the noble Robert E. Lee, and the courage of his own grandfather and great uncle who were officers in the Army of Northern Virginia. Patton became inspired and determined to carry on the legacy of his forebears, and that of the old visitor who was none other than John Singleton Mosby, the "Gray Ghost" of the Confederacy and one of Lee's favorite commanders.As MacArthur followed his own father in military achievement, so did Patton carry on the honored tradition which for him stretched all the way back to Hugh Mercer, the hero for George Washington at the battle of Princeton, New Jersey. Where are these men TODAY ???.....Will our nation survive without them in this " politically correct" and " me too " society, where men with actual BALLS are DEMONIZED ??? God help us.........

[@bigwoody4704]

You left out Sherman who had a great deal of respect for

[@stevehicks8944]

Well stated. You have a military to kill people and break things when legitimate national security threats arise. Patton, LeMay, Ridgeway and Sherman understood this. Today, “dollar” generals, who are pseudo intellectuals, do NOT possess the courage and the pre civilization mentality to fight wars in such a way to limit the causalities and deaths to your troops, but maximize the losses of your enemy. It requires a truly dark nature that frightens too many in our overly pampered Western society. Dr Hanson’s brilliance in conveying this concept in laymen’s terms is refreshing and deeply appreciated.

[@janetprice85]

Patton believed in reincarnation and thought he had fought as a soldier in many battles throughout the ages.

[@davidsnedeker8098]

Get a life. Lee hated the Irish Union troops, denied Irish Harp regiments the right to remove their dead and wounded. The Army of N. Virginia traveled with app. 5000 starving slaves to do the heavy work. Captured Black Union troops were usually executed,as authorized by Jeff Davis and the rebel congress in writing which exists today. Fully half of the confederate troops were forced conscripts from the southern mountains where slavery and secession was unsupported. Most slave owners and sons were exempt, and rebel troops were authorized 1/2 the rations of Union troops, while greedy cotton slavers kept producing cotton they could not even export. Contemp records show over 150,000 rebel troops defected and joined the union armies. DEMONIZED? Scholarship using contemporary records and modern data analysis by SOUTHERN academics, published by SOUTHERN universities is telling the factual story of this war to try to rescue slavery. Not one state secession bill mentions ANY other state right than the right to keep on slaving. Everybody needs to read the FOUNDATION speech of rebel VP Stevens to understand the world the slavers wanted, and get rid of the fake confederate history, which melts before the data from the rebel archieves.

[@TyDomi]

There are no men like this allowed to advance through the ranks as diversity equity and transgenderism are what the US military is about

[@thanksfernuthin]

I wish he'd do a podcast. He could interview all sorts of people and we'd get more VDH!

[@Jasbalken]

He just started one this week, www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-victor-davis-hanson-podcast/the-victor-davis-hanson-podcast-episode-1-the-launch/

[@mattd6086]

DiscGolf ACE you just made my day!

[@thanksfernuthin]

@@Jasbalken, HA HA HAAA!!! I SPOKE IT INTO EXISTENCE!!!! MWAAA HAAA HAAA HAAAAAAA NOTHING CAN STOP ME!!! (thanks)

[@p0st-nutclarity]

I hope his new podcast has more consistent uploads than his The Classicist podcast

[@llewodcm20]

The Classicist is still going. Good archive of material there, and the interviewer is good at his job as well.

[@snook279]

Fantastic presentation! I really enjoyed the insight in some moments in Patton's life and wish we had another leader like him today.

[@gltthai]

My father had a SBD Dive Bomber squadron in the Pacific. Before he deployed to the Pacific he was training new USMC pilots. He was flying a training mission, when he saw several Army troops marching below and decided to buzz them. They were scattering in all directions, and he new he would be in trouble. When he got back to base, a phone call was waiting for him. He was asked if it was him leading mock attack. He confessed and the caller said, Patton said to thank you as that is exactly the type of training out troops need. My father was always fond of Patton after that.

[@1492tomato]

VDH speaks contemporaneously with more eloquence than most historians write. The Komrades infesting our universities couldn't carry this man's shoes.

[@anthonyhenry9383]

The only truth most University students and even professors know today are the lies they have been told. So that lies and propaganda repeated but such repetition to their masses of sheep-like students

[@garyfranco7827]

Amen 🙏

[@EarthSurferUSA]

"The Komrades infesting our universities couldn't carry this man's shoes." But would enjoy the smell. It is true. They think their chit does not stink, because they like the smell of it.

[@geoattoronto]

Patton did not just have excellent strategy but was an exceptional leader. He understood in a brilliant way his role as a general - to inspire his men. His bravery meant being with his men on the front lines putting his life at risk. He was a strategic genius in being aggressive, mobile and engaging in pursuit, vs fixed, safe positions. Montgomery never risked engagement or pursuit but looked for fixed positions.

[@oldedwardian1778]

Monty fought battles in which, unlike Patton, he did not have an overwhelming advantage in men and materiel. Every time Patton went into battle a chimpanzee could have won the battle. But then again Patton could never take ADVICE and tens of thousands of Allied soldiers DIED BECAUSE OF HIS GIGANTIC EGO.

[@craigbooher7578]

@@oldedwardian1778 Did you listen to the forum at all? Really?

[@davidsnedeker8098]

@@oldedwardian1778 Agree, and facts are he avoided the WWII front. In WWI he WAS AT THE FRONT. As to the WWII claim . . . where and when, you cannot back up that BS with facts. 4th Armor was the spearhead, and CCA, and CCB (Combat Command) were in front of that, and the Armored Engineers in the very front. I have studied day by day these units, and have a family connection incentive. Let's hear WHERE AND WHEN, checkable, or stop this make believe stuff. Enough is enough. Patton was a decent general, who was a personal fascist. Live with it.

[@oldedwardian1778]

Ever hear of the battle of El Alamein? That was were Monty chose a fixed position and stayed there till the end of the war. What are you talking about? Monty chased the Desert Fox all the way out of N. Africa.

[@Rhinopotamus]

@@davidsnedeker8098 Paton was consistently at the front until he was sidelined for slapping a solider, and was then used in convincing practically all but Erwin Rommel that D-Day would come at Calais. Sure, Patton wasn’t in the trench firing off his six shooter like he did in WW1, but he was much closer to the front then any of his counterparts, so close in fact it wasn’t uncommon for soldiers immediately leaving the front to encounter him. We know for example during his advance towards Bastonne, he was so close to the front, he assisted in clearing a traffic jam of vehicles to keep his armor moving. Patton was undoubtedly as front line as a general can get, and a military genius. Attempting to deny that and call him a fascist… is moronic at best, and intentionally dishonest at worst.

[@anasilva5170]

Thank you, Sir for your extraordinary service to our country. You are educating many, many people, and we are forever grateful.

[@lroberts4162]

Thank you for your dedication and patriotism VDH! May God continue to bless you. God Bless America 🇺🇸

[@kfrb1]

What a gem of a presentation. VDH never disappoints.

[@woodiethompson526]

This man will never get the recognition and appreciation he so richly deserves!

[@sealcycle2020]

God sees it and in the end that is all that matters!

[@Nello353]

I,m sure you,re right but we conservatives know he is a national treasure.

[@raoulbataller5454]

Lee BECAME the CSA, himself a country, and as such defied rabid countrymen to stop it all at Appomattox.

[@raoulbataller5454]

@@sealcycle2020 Which particular denomination taught you that?

[@alvermeil5884]

Outstanding presentation. I always learn new facts when I hear you speak. The difference in America today and when I was a boy can be seen in the schoolyard. I’m 76 years old. When someone got in a fight in the schoolyard when the flight was over you weren’t treated as a criminal. And you felt proud of yourself for standing up and most of all you wanted to win.

[@landonvermillion9207]

This man's brilliance is amazing!!! He has such an insightful way of breaking down history/figures to such a depth that you feel like an expert after listening.

[@EuSeiT]

LOVE Patton!

[@lushujka]

I LOVE PATTON TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@purebloodstevetungate5418]

I always enjoy listening to Mr.Hanson, thank you Hillsdale for sharing this great American thinker.

[@seanmaloney8794]

President Trump pardoned a turkey named Corn at the annual White House tradition. Watch the full Turkey Pardon, here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpTdi5WdZsx-g9k (Photo: AP/ Susan Walsh)

[@dalefincher9810]

I served in the 11th ACR in Vietnam 1968-1969. Our Regimental Commander was George S Patton Jr. III, the son of Old Blood and Guts, for the first half of my tour. I remember a talk he gave to our Troop after a bloody battle at Loc Ninh, near the Cambodian border aug 19-22, 1968. He said he knows it was rough. He knows we lost friends and we’re grieving. He said we are here to do a job, and this is the price we pay. He made no apologies or excuses, even though he knew the war was unpopular at home, and there in. Vietnam among the troops. I always had the greatest respect for him, even though his hands were tied by the people in Washington DC, safe inside their air conditioned offices and cocktail parties. I often wondered if 1:01:10 he felt as used as we do now.

[@michaelkearney3646]

I served in the 2nd Squadron of the Blackhorse in 1971-1972. Allons.

[@ThomasLStanley]

VDH is the most brilliant military historian we have; if Patton were allowed to close the Falaise Pocket, the European war would have ended in Sept. 1944. VDH AND PATTON ARE BOTH BRILLIANT!

[@leesadkay8282]

God, I love Victor David Hanson! He is a TRUE GENIUS... Not to mention his voice is so soothing. Every word he speaks is so profound. I believe all these things are obvious, but I had to say them.... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🦉🦉🦉

[@parkersmith7611]

Hello Leesad how are you doing today?.....his got an amazing voice...i hope you are enjoying the show?

[@TarpeianRock]

“...they have pretensions about human nature but they are never subject to the ramifications of their own ideology “

[@grahamcombs4752]

I've said for many years, the Patton film has yet to be made. My father is buried near President Zachary Taylor's mausoleum in Louisville, KY. A beautiful but relatively small national cemetery. It's surrounded by a neighborhood.

[@keithplymale2374]

VDH is a national treasure. If you able to study under him you are uniquely blessed. I hope you are appreciative of the opportunity.

[@michaelmccotter4293]

Outstanding synopsis on a Brilliant General! Thank you doctor.

[@doctorwoohoo1152]

VDH lectures are universally more insightful, enlightening & entertaining than anything on TV or OTT today. A man who speaks from a place of true knowledge & intensive study, of both Classical and Modern history. Truly World Class.

[@edwinpainter1887]

Patton was also heavily influenced by his Virginia family background. He idolized Lee and Jackson. His Grandfather, Col George S Patton CSA, was commander of the 22nd Virginia Infantry and was killed at the Third Battle of Winchester in 1864. As a boy he also came to personally know the former Gray Ghost of the Confederacy, Col John Singleton Mosby also a Virginian, and was greatly influenced by conversations with him. Going back to the American Revolution, Patton was a 3rd Great Grandson of Gen Hugh Mercer who was killed at the Battle of Princeton. Mercer was born in Scotland and came to the colonies prior to the French and Indian War eventually settling in Fredericksburg, VA. Patton may have physically been born in California, but he was a proud Virginian through and through.

[@scrappyjack1]

Interesting share.

[@scgrigsby]

VDH's talk can be reduced to "In war God and Solider we adore. In peace time God and Soldier we forget." VDH's analysis is spot on.

[@markpage9886]

Rudyard Kipling made the exact same point about 100 years earlier. Yes, makin' mock o' the uniforms that guard you...

[@007ndc]

It has always been that way in democracies. Like when a house needs a pest exterminator, uses them and forgets about them. Same as it ever was. The alternative is a nation constantly at war which is not good of course

[@jbau4985]

I knew a man that was in Bastogne; he was glad Patton was there.

[@SeatBill]

What Patton did to relieve the 101st at Bastogne had never been done before in war... and it hasn't been done since. No one thought it was possible for him to pull it off; but he did... and it was because of the way he'd trained 3rd Army!

[@Araconox]

@@SeatBill My favorite movie of all time! If I watched it once, I watched it 40 times.

[@marciaadamson7032]

If only we had more men like Victor Davis Hanson, teaching in our schools!!!

[@Frostedminifirecracker]

When I was 16, a personality test administered by my school showed my closest match to be General G. S. Patton. Not something I wanted to hear at that age. It did make me curious and as in lived in Pasadena, CA, anyway; I decided to find out everything I could about him. I’m 71 now, and over my life, I’ve grown to like it-quite a bit.

[@dannebonaparte2213]

I always love to learn from Dr. Hanson, but today was a special treat! His topic is one of my favorite heroes, and he referenced my favorite movie "Patton" and two other favorites, "High Noon" and "Magnificent Seven"! (You can tell I'm an old-timer.)

[@RDO-tw4qn]

We'll use their guts to grease the wheels of our tanks.

[@robertewalt7789]

Three great movies.

[@derekspace]

OK, I'll step in it. This guy Dr Hanson should be on the Dave Rubin show with Ben Shapiro and Gordon Peterson. Am I right or what? And let's throw a favorite in there too. The awesome Thomas Sowell. And make it like 2 hours long. Yep, I'd watch that and after that, pop some salted butter drenched popcorn and watch Silverado or the Magnificent Seven. Dude, great comment!

[@judithbristley1808]

Me too

[@brendanhere.6400]

Mate, the difference between "Old-Timers" and "Young-Timers" is; "Old-Timers" remember yesterday and well know exactly what today really is. Good on you, Mate, do not fall off the perch too soon, please.

[@RKPiano-vi8fq]

A true hero. We should have listened to him, for that would have saved us so much trouble with China and Korea.

[@stanw909]

MacArthur

[@stanw909]

@Scott Joseph MacArthur ( competeng or not ) was the commander in Korea until he upstaged Truman and suggested we use the A bomb against the Chinese. Patton had nothing to do with Korea .Korea would be a free , united and prosperous nation instead if MacArthur had his way . Thousands of American and allied soldiers would have lived much longer lives . The Chinese would have hated us for using the bomb. Come to think of it, they hate us anyway . Hmmm ?

[@MariettaFarley]

@@stanw909 The Chi-coms don't have the same attitude toward mass casualties at home that the Japanese do. I doubt a nuke would have deterred them at all. It surely would have escalated the conflict, but not deterred them.

[@stanw909]

@@MariettaFarley I agree with the Chinese leadership not caring about their own people , but eventually , the average soldier would balk at being sacrificed and sent to certain death for another country..

[@philipsmith6424]

Eisenhower was at the bottom of his West Point class . He was appointed to be the lead General because he was chosen by the Deep State .

[@deelynn9932]

Victor Davis Hanson, one of California's best and true American patriots on the West coast. Fascinating individual with the unique history and honest perspective all native Californians lived generationally. God Bless!

[@rrn3263]

My husband & I watch Victor Hanson on KZbin on TV when he is the speaker. We can’t get enough of his intellect knowledge of history. 👍🏻

[@glenysdiane]

Glad I watched the whole hour. Time well spent.

[@zimatar489]

Magnificent historian and an excellent professor. A great teacher who can communicate well. He is rare and extraordinary.

[@joantimmons1655]

You were truly blessed SO GLAD YOU SHARED YOUR ADVENTURE WITH US, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS!!!❤

[@DecodingDoom]

I love historians. So different from anything you are exposed to in media--especially on this History channel!

[@richardcrane6064]

Yes I agree

[@paddy864]

I love historians too, proper ones at least, and one's who know and understand their subject matter. Not people who basically regurgitate the views of Joe Sixpack, which he got from binge-watching some crap on the History Channel over the course of a Bud-fueeled weekend. Hanson ought to be ashamed of himself for this load of sloppy, laughable, nonsense.

[@46bovine]

Dr. Hanson has always impressed me and he did it again another great presentation. Thank you, Doctor Hanson.

[@braindamaged1700]

I could listen to Dr Hanson everyday of the rest of my life,& be better for it.

[@gersonrodriguez4329]

Historical knowledge at its best. Learned so much, it is a blessing to listen to men like Dr. Hanson. Thank you,

[@eriangelino7800]

This is what I call the depth of knowledge of military history. Thank you, Dr Davis. The takeaway of the talk : "War is pre-civiliazed."

[@jmbuff1]

No one sees the big picture and lays it out so clearly like VDH. It's remarkable.

[@terryrussel3369]

GOD BLESS HILLSDALE COLLEGE. It certainly is a Blessing to U.S. If this man's lectures were offered in EVERY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE we'd make a HUGE dent in the ignorance that is a plague on our youth and threat to America's future. TRIVIA: Patton suffered from what modern medical professionals would call dyslexia, not just concussions. This condition hampered his abilities in learning to read, write and understand mathematics but do to his upbringing also help develop a drive and desire in him to excel. His family read to him a great deal from a very young age and he developed a fantastic memory. Being a soldier was a goal he trained and studied for since childhood. He had an extensive library of military histories, wrote poetry as well as books, training manuals, and papers on dozens of military subjects. Yes. The list of his accomplishments and struggles is long and impressive. And yes, he also spent more time with his men, going out regularly to forward positions; more than any other senior commander in the Army by the way.

[@bridlingtonengland75]

Over one million views. That's good to see. Thanks VDH and Hillsdale

[@etaoinbshrdlu]

As the lecture proceeded, I thought of John Paul Jones, another outsider who could barely get a command, who could simply fight better than the more politically astute guys who got put ahead of him for a ship to command. And how we almost lost from our history Jones' inimitably defiant "I have not yet begun to fight!" Ensign Dale forever! John Paul Jones forever!

[@elizabethcoleman5729]

Dr. Victor Davis Hanson is truly a great American, We need more men like him in our Universities/Collages/K1-K12 to America is loosing our great leaders and historian's, Dr. Hanson is to me a professor that I wish my Children could have had a class with.

[@nelsonwayne6997]

Hello Elizabeth 👋👋 How are you doing and how's the weather condition over there?

[@brabham74]

This is exactly the kind of man that is needed in our country.

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

NO NOTES! My God he has a mind and a half to be able to deliver this talk without referring to a single note. A very interesting talk, I loved it.

[@billconch3514]

Excellent lecture Dr. Hanson! Thank you.

[@friendlyone2706]

Remember the science fiction movie the Last Starfighter? Its premise was an advanced, highly civilized interstellar civilization needed to recruit a 20th century human teenager to help defend them against galactic bad guys. The good guys could no longer bring themselves to cause harm to another sentient, but the bad guys had no such qualms. It was easier to teach a human teenage boy to push the right buttons on a starship than to teach themselves to defend their own loved ones. Too many of the powerful in this country, as Mr. Hanson points out, lack gut-level belief in the need for self-defense. The Last Starfighter is coming dangerously close to being more prediction than fiction.

[@pannobhasa]

Similar case in the Stallone movie Demolition Man. The effete and decadent civilization was no longer capable of violence, so they had to recruit a brutal cop from the past to catch (or rather kill) the bad guy. This kind of "civilized" weakness does happen in real life also. Consider the Romans of the late Empire. They became unwilling to fight, and depended increasingly upon barbarian mercenaries who eventually took over. They were defeated by Germanic tribes that they could have beaten easily a few hundred years previously.

[@hunts7626]

88Gibson LesPaul i don’t know your situation. I’m 28, brother-I’ve met more of these types than I can count.

[@munchmacuchi7502]

Gut belief is the opposite of what I want in a leader. I want someone who uses facts and logic to guide their decisions. Its how I was raised.

[@friendlyone2706]

@@munchmacuchi7502 Facts and logic teach that predators exist. Prey animals rarely reveal when sick because the moment they do, they are singled out for the attack. That is why even the most dedicated of farmers have trouble identifying sick cows; by the time the animal's behavior changes, it is almost dead. Healthy, all wild animals are capable of fighting back. I watched a wild duck successfully fight off a pair of bald eagles who were trying to make the duck the next meal for their young. Could not believe the duck survived. After an hour long struggle---part of it the duck carried in the air by one of the eagles for several minutes---the eagles decided to seek dinner elsewhere. Over civilized people too often are slow to pick up on the clues they are dealing with someone who survived a society driven by violence. We are barnyard ducks who have forgotten the gut-level knowledge hungry eagles exist. You need both.

[@larrysnoddy4604]

What amazes me is how this man can remember all the dates names places and what people said .

[@JD5293]

“Never subject to the ramifications of their own ideology” … wow, that is as clear as he could make it. Wonderful talk and insight

[@ShovelMonkey]

Dr. Hanson, thank you for this.

[@Timothy--vb7rr]

If you enjoy WW2 or George Patton, this is a amazing Victor Davis Hanson lecture. A lot of questions I had were answered that I could not find. Awesome.

[@philipsmith6424]

Check out Dr. Joseph P. Farrell

[@luvbigiron]

Dr. Hanson's intellect is amazing. There are few people I can listen to and completely lose track of time, but Dr. Hanson is one. He is an American treasure.

[@johnhyne1666]

You have to love VDH and Patton. What a large national treasure.

[@foxyone3]

VDH is a national treasure if only the people of the USA were knowable of him as they are of inconsequential rock stars.

[@XrayxRich]

What really admire about VDH as a historian is the fact that he is not a revisionist.

[@JGalt-em4xu]

>Civil War was an existential conflict for the North >Not a revisionist Good otherwise.

[@mrob4357]

As new facts are discovered, it may to necessary to revise.

[@librarian0075]

C S Lewis referred to himself as a “rebunker.”

[@janetprice85]

I agree. The rubbish taught today is fantasy not history. Second guessing those on the scene and 80 years later based on your biases isn't history. My old history prof said leave your modern prejudices, ideas, interests, etc at the door and immerse yourself in the music, ideas, events, ecomony, customs, religion of whatever you are studying as much as humanely possible.

[@wkeckeisen]

Vdh is an outstanding speaker and has a wealth of knowledge regarding WW2. His 7 part lecture on WW2 is great. If Payton had his way, Falaise Gap would have bagged the 150k who escaped.

[@nelsonwayne6997]

Hello Warren 👋👋 How are you doing and how's the weather condition over there??

[@tlloyd9325]

Your knowledge astounds me! I could listen to you for hours. Wait! I always do whenever I see you in my feeds! God bless you.

[@stanleycates1972]

I love you tube for bringing great minds into my home.

[@fredflintstone1406]

You are lucky youtube editors are too brainwashed to understand why/how to censor him

[@stanleycates1972]

I keep urging Sam Harris (who has TDS) to interview VDH

[@johnmcgee6297]

I hope we can still say that in a couple of years? Months? Weeks?

[@marcwalker9610]

Dr Hanson, Thank-you so much for your insights in so many areas, I thoroughly enjoy learning to from you. Not to sound idolizing, but out of deep respect and admiration I say, our nation is richly blessed to have the opportunity to listen to a Godly man who I characterize as a national treasure! Thank you Sir! Respectfully, Marc A Walker US cold war Veteran 82nd Airborne Division

[@mskellyrlv]

He's an amazing historian and speaker. This was so well worth the watch.

[@LifecoachDanV]

VDH is a credit to the USA. With the Hi Tech video ability, we don’t need so many instructors when we can simply utilize the genius in front of us. Please share so that “Going Viral” will be for good reason.

[@67Stu]

👏🏻Excellent 👏🏻 I’d like to hear his take on Patton’s cousin, Marin Corp General Chesty Puller.

[@only5186]

If your interested in Patton i recommend his book: War As I Knew It: i just finished it for a 2nd time on audible. Fascinating stuff!

[@blainemcelwee2222]

This man should be heard in all colleges.

[@johnwhodat8135]

In high school.

[@jacktattis]

Not here in Australia

[@StereoSpace]

Fascinating speech, as always from Victor Hanson.

[@janetprice85]

My Dad was in WW2 and like many vets loved Patton as my Ancient History professor did. We could get him to forget pop quizes by just mentioning Patton. Lol!

[@kalyansubramani7076]

After every hour of listening to Prof Hanson, I feel like I got freshly graduated again and again :). How he finally connects to post war films is so brilliant in explaining art imitating life.