“Priority to Patton” — Eisenhower’s Real Reaction to Patton’s Unprecedented 48-Hour Move
On December 19, 1944, inside a command room in Verdun, Dwight D. Eisenhower studied a map that was changing faster than his staff could update it. Overnight, the German army had torn a massive gap through the American lines in the Ardennes. Entire units had been pushed back, others were cut off, and the town … Read more