Reply #9: historians have a tendency to make things more personal than they really were [View All]

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i find it extremely implausible that ike would have altered a war strategy solely out of petty personal issues. ike had a huge stake in winning the war, and wouldn't have done something that hurt his chances of victory just to tweak devers.

in fact, if his orders to devers were clearly a mistake, that would hurt his own reputation and hand political ammunition to devers.


now, perhaps it's reasonable to think he might have wanted devers, as opposed to someone else, in a more defensive position out of the limelight. but only if he felt he needed SOMEONE to stay in alsace.