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Patton (1970) A great movie about an impressive commander. Key takeaways for me were: 1. Don't assume that because someone isn't very personable that they ar
by ARandomerDude 6y ago
Patton (1970)
A great movie about an impressive commander. Key takeaways for me were:
1. Don't assume that because someone isn't very personable that they are bad at their job.
2. Have the courage to have a strong sense of duty.
3. Lead from the front.
4. Be willing to learn from people you dislike (Patton read Rommel's book on tank tactics, to his great advantage).
- redis_mlc 6y agoDr. VDH has some great lectures on WW2 leadership, including one on Patton called "American Ajax": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJsC-buIkSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJsC-buIkSE (German intelligence found it literally incredible that Patton was relieved for slapping a couple of GIs for "malingering.") The Germans learned mechanized warfare from an English book, the Americans learned stealth from a Russian paper, and the Stuka was copied from an American airplane. The USA was blessed with some of the greatest military leaders of all time in WW2, natural-born killer OG's. The only incompetents I know of were Lieutenant General Mark Clark in Italy who killed over 10,000 GIs with 3 bungled amphibious landings, and the Mark 14 torpedo mgmt. (a decade of refusal to test.) WW2 Battle of Anzio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio