Unbelievable how Ridgway is so forgotten today, he was literally one of the greatest commanders America has ever had.

@Patc-n6n

10 ай бұрын

Fort Bragg should of been renamed for Ridgeway.

@terpfen

6 ай бұрын

Not really. He was one of tens of thousands of infantry-centric tacticians who only knew how to concentrate firepower and stack bodies, as if grinding GIs into the dirt was the only way to win a battle. He’s interchangeable with any other Leavenworth-brainwashed commander from his generation.

I love Patton but Bradly was one of our alltime greats. He was tough as nails and his men loved him.

I didn’t see Gen Patton. He is hard to miss.

Pretty much all the senior army and army group commanders of the U.S. army in Western Europe in this video. Courtney Hodges. U.S 1st army commander, was there as well. I always get Simpson and Patch confused. One of them was there.

@AlphaFlight

16 күн бұрын

Who was standing in the doorway at :58

The Titans of American WWII History!!!

Where is Patton?

It's not difficult to tell, that Ike was a significant leader ...film says a lot

POWER HOUSES!!!!!!

This country needs another General Eisenhower to lead it. Especially its military which is a disgrace currently

Don't think I saw Patton.

@jephrokimbo9050

2 жыл бұрын

@Dale Gray near the beginning of the film clip at 0:15 - 0:35 General George S Patton is seen mostly in profile on the right side of the screen. lawton collins is also shown as well as william simpson but did NOT see matt ridgway in any of this film clip.

@thunderbird1921

2 жыл бұрын

@@jephrokimbo9050 Found Ridgway! He's at the 0:52 mark coming out of the doorway, with his trademark grenades strapped to his coat. One of America's best generals right there.

@jephrokimbo9050

2 жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 yes, that is him. matt ridgway commander of the 82nd airborne division. never met him despite him living well into his 90s. heard or read somewhere that eisenhower did not like matt ridgway and that seems somewhat odd. would like to know why and what was the issue between them?

@thunderbird1921

2 жыл бұрын

@@jephrokimbo9050 Ridgway and Eisenhower had a rollercoaster relationship from what I've read. Ike admired him greatly for his skills and talent of leading people (thus he made him Chief of the Army after becoming President), but the two men were in significant disagreement over American military strategy. Ridgway thought Eisenhower's people were being reckless in seemingly neglecting the chance of another "limited conventional war" similar to Korea (which Truman's admin was totally unprepared for). However, he WAS a big voice in stopping America from going into Vietnam in the 1950s. Ike listened to Ridgway on Vietnam, but was irritated by his complaints. I think both men were right to some extent, reading their arguments. Their disagreements aside though, Ridgway didn't give Ike near as many headaches as Patton did (as a matter of fact, Ridgway was one of the only American commanders Montgomery did not smart off to or put down, he mastered working with his ego and had enough leadership skill that Monty kept his mouth shut around him).

@jephrokimbo9050

2 жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 very INTERESTING. do you have some recommendations for some source material to conduct some further readings and research. I am fully versed in the relationship between Patton and Eisenhower as well as the relationship that Marshall had with BOTH men as well as with Bradley. It seems that George Marshall was the GUIDING MENTOR that kept these three men "glued together" in such a way that as a TEAM they were effective in the western european campaign. my background is as an Artilleryman which is an inherent bias and as such can understand the rationale of Anthony McAuliffe, Earle Wheeler and William Westmoreland. would like to read more about Matt Ridgway and his views. as I recall when the french were defeated at dien bien phu there was a great deal of discussion within the Pentagon and the Eisenhower Administration on how to respond. my instincts are that the actions taken in the 1950s were detrimental to the efforts in south east asian in the 1960s just as World War Two complicated that region with the fall of france in 1940.

@:43 I wanna know what was so damn funny