And Patton had him pegged, even before Patton showed him up in Sicily. Why Ike gave that Limey idiot the OK for the biggest Fubar before the Battle of the Bulge Dec 1944- that being "Market Garden"- staggers the mind. Ike was a good leader, but he had to kiss Limey ass under orders from Marshall and FDR- Patton would have been a way far better Commander of SHAEF--and Monty would have been sent home to play cricket with the King. Limeys-- what a bunch of snobbish fops..

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..