Download Target Patton The Plot to Assassinate General George S Patton World War II Collection Robert K Wilcox Books
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Murder, He Wrote…
… And he wrote the true story. Investigative and military reporter Robert Wilcox unravels the mystery surrounding the death of one of history’s preeminent war heroes George S. Patton. Wilcox cries foul play and reveals the shocking truth behind Old Blood and Guts' untimely demise in Target Patton—the Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton.
Conflicting testimony, disappearing witnesses, missing official reports, a suspicious Stalin, and a lack of autopsy comprise the greatest unsolved mystery of World War II.
Find out "whodunit" in this thrilling account of America's most famous general.
Download Target Patton The Plot to Assassinate General George S Patton World War II Collection Robert K Wilcox Books
"As a retired military officer, this is a must read, in grasping the true depth of manipulation
of the second world war. There is much other relevant information for the student of history.
Worth the money, and usable in research."
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Target Patton The Plot to Assassinate General George S Patton World War II Collection Robert K Wilcox Books Reviews :
Target Patton The Plot to Assassinate General George S Patton World War II Collection Robert K Wilcox Books Reviews
- This is a really great book. It is both a biography of Patton an an analysis of why the author thinks that he was assassinated. He was a very good, but unconventional General. Using intelligence that he got from many sources, he formed his own plans. He didn't wait for orders from above to do something. This method earned him the dislike of Eisenhower. He frequently disobeyed orders that he knew would not work.
Some of the orders that Patton ignored was the one to only go about half way around the Falaise pocket. Montgomery was supposed to take care of the other half. When Patton could clearly see that "Monty" was not going to get all the way around his part of the pocket, he begged Eisenhower to let him keep going. He was refused. He ignored this order and kept going until he was ordered to stop a second time. If Patton had been allowed to close the pocket the war in the West would have been over. Instead, the Wermacht lived to fight another day. This time in the Battle of the Bulge. After the Falaise pocket action, Patton kept going across France until Eisenhower deliberately cut off his gas to give it to "Monty" for Market Garden, a useless operation from the start. Unlike probably any other General in World War II, Patton believed in constant attack to prevent the enemy from organizing a defense.
The thing that got Patton marked for assassination was at the end of the war was he was going to resign his commission so that he could speak freely about the command blunders by Eisenhower and "Monty" as well as the communist menace. He was independently wealthy, so he didn't need his Army pension to live on. He knew from informers how our "gallant ally" was perpetuating a reign a terror and murder in Eastern Europe. This was in direct opposition to what Truman and Eisenhower were saying.
I don't want to give away too much of the book, but Patton knew that he was marked for assassination and being the soldier that he was, he refused to hide from it. He went about his normal daily routine. There were several unsuccessful assassination attempts before the successful one on 12/10/1945. His assassination as the book points out was most likely done by a OSS/NKVD team. William Donaugh, the head of the OSS hated Patton for trying to cause what he thought would be World War III by proposing to attack the Soviets. Stalin, it was rumored, had a directive out to kill Patton. Both Donaugh and the NKVD General in charge of assassinations were both in Europe in late November early December and could have secretly met to plan the assassination. - Mr. Wilcox had done what may historians fail to do. He did his research using almost all primary sources. From interviews of the actual participants, the National Archives, the George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Museum and others. He draws from these many fascinating conclusions that, hopefully, later historians will use as a touchstone to begin their work. Mr. Wilcox admits that this is not the end of the story but may be the beginning of one of the most intriguing events of 20th Century WWII history.
It is of no little consequence that General Patton incurred the wrath of many of his contemporaries both in and out of the military. Many were jealous; many were of lesser stature militarily speaking even though they out ranked him; and some, if not all, were just simply vindictive over Patton's successes on the battlefield. It remains a truth of history however that Patton was the greatest field commander of WWII. In the distant past Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson come to mind when reviewing the life and death of Patton.
Was Patton murdered? That is the key to this work and I won't give away the plot. Nevertheless, Mr. Wilcox has done an outstanding job in his attempt to ferret out the facts, sometimes running into brick walls, sometimes not. After having read this work it will be left up to the reader to decide if he has accomplish his task. I for one, believe he has done so and done so admirably. - Excellent book, well researched, provides concrete reasons to believe that Patton was indeed assassinated, and why. This is the most thorough book on this subject I've read, and leaves no doubt about what actually happened. Wilcox interviewed many of the people actually involved in the "incident," some several times, and validates the claims made by several of them through both corroboration by participants, and by historical records, or the absence thereof. He goes so far as to drag the Cadillac Motor Company Classics Expert into the mix, and establish that the car the Armor Museum at Fort Knox advertises was the car in which Patton's accident occurred is NOT that actual car. Initially, the narrative is sticky because it concentrates on vetting the qualifications of the main assassin, but Wilcox ties that together to illustrate his character. This is a rewarding book, from historical and factual viewpoints. I liked it, and recommend it.
- As a retired military officer, this is a must read, in grasping the true depth of manipulation
of the second world war. There is much other relevant information for the student of history.
Worth the money, and usable in research. - This book offers excellent speculatives towards more than one working theory to suggest an assassination plot. There could have even been "multiple theories" happening simultaneously, once you examine this material! Another worthy note to ponder if you go to Robert Wilcox's website, you will find another, similar book which claims to speculate this theory, yet it is based upon the Wilcox material. That makes that book (unnamed intentionally, since it is an easily recognizable title and it is posted on the website as well.) appear to be a "knockoff" or repeat of previously released details and facts, already noted by Wilcox. It is as always, up to a reader's discriminating mind to decide for themselves. However, I believe I would go the Wilcox material as the first source unless it is proven to be otherwise an secondary source, which I highly doubt. Pay particular attention to book facts, such as the accident report which was lost; the auto which was in the museum which was noted as altered. These details will make sense once you read the book in its entirety.
