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Eisenhower Had A Lot Of Baggage
Eisenhower was
promoted by Bernard Baruch, over 356 more qualified commanders.
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Eisenhower The Soldier
He first assignment was to London, where he lived in the
palatial Dorchester hotel. He was assigned a driver/companion,
Kay Somersby, a married 26 yr old model.
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Eisenhower And Churchill
Churchill was a debaucherous drunkard, whose
mother was a Jewess. He ran the show,
with Eisenhower playing the sycophant. Patton made his distaste of Churchill public.
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Eisenhower's First Battle Command Was Operation Torch
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The Allies wanted
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In the North Africa campaign, Eisenhower went to Gibraltar,
built a fortified bunker,
threw tantrums,
and blamed his generals, and his soldiers, for his battle fiascos.
Rommel annihilated a US battalion at
Kasserine Pass,
because Eisenhower didn't use reconnaissance, or provide air cover.
Eisenhower's
incompetence, his remote headquarters, and his flaunting of Kay Summersby,
infuriated the commanders.
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Patton Brought To Africa
Patton arrived and cleaned up Eisenhower's mess.
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Other Generals Wanted Eisenhower Removed
Eisenhower botched everything, blaming his generals, and US soldiers. Roosevelt had to fly over
to Tunis, and stop a mutiny over his Kasserine Pass
debacle.
After the battle, Eisenhower swaggered around Tunis with Summersby,
as he reviewed the parades.
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Eisenhower Goes Back To London
Eisenhower lives at Telegraph Cottage, a ten acre Country Estate, outside of
London. He attends dinner parties, and is an embarrassment, whipping
around London in his staff car, flags flying, with his British
Mistress at the wheel.
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Eisenhower's Fashion Model Companion
After North Africa, and Sicily, he returns with his 26 yr old
mistress.
In 1943 Eisenhower is the Supreme Commander of
the Allied forces in Europe.Gen. Montgomery considered Eisenhower
a clown.
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Ike And Kay's Love Nest
Long horse rides, card games, and snuggles
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Arguing In Public
She got hammered at a party, and told an aide about 'Ikie' and his bed habits, how
he would get a little too excited, and she got left panting. Somersby wrote a book 'Past Forgetting' on their affair.
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Patton Was A Field Commander
He was in practically ever major battle, even the Germans respected
him.
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Patton Invades Sicily
He drove up the coast and took Messina. While visiting an army
hospital he slapped a
Charles H. Kuhl, calling him a
'Yellow Belly Jew
Coward'. A reporter,
David Katz, broke the story and Patton was relieved of duty.
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Patton Was Repulsed By Stalin
Patton, who was 6', considered Stalin a 5' 6" squinty eyed Bolshevik.
He was infuriated over operation Keelhaul, and Eisenhower's death camps.
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Battle Of The Bulge -Eisenhower's Blunder
Hitler built a massive offensive, hid it in the Ardennes forest, while
Eisenhower was at Telegraph cottage, with Summersby, and his dog 'Telek'.
Patton warned Eisenhower about the
possibility of a German attack. Patton took Bastogne, and saved Eisenhower
from a real catastrophe.
If Hitler had captured Antwerp, it could have cost 200,000
American lives, and resulted in a negotiated surrender. As it was, there
were 81,000
US casualties, with 18,000 dead.
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