Morrdh wrote:Say all you want about Patton, but remember he wasn't as bad as Mark W.Clark.
After the Allies finally fought their way past the Gustav Line they had the chance to finally trap the Germans in a pincher movement and possibly bring an end to the Italian Campaign. It required Clark's US 5th Army to drive east and flank the Germans, so instead of obeying orders he decided to go and liberate Rome thus letting the Germans escape and then dig in on the Gothic Line.
Course the day after Clark held a press conference to glorify the Liberation of Rome as a great American achievement (as the journalists dryly commented) the Normandy Landings took place.
Oh the irony.
"sergeant what else is going on then this?"
"well sir, the soviets are in Poland, allies are in normandy..."
"Normandy?"
"in France....."
"FUUUUUUUUUUUU-......"