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Why Patton Was Almost Fired Before D-Day

April 1944. Six weeks before D-Day, Dwight Eisenhower cabled Washington that he had reached the end of his patience with George Patton. At a small ceremony in Knutsford, England, Patton spoke about the destiny of Britain and America to rule the postwar world. He claimed he included Russia in his remarks - the reporters claimed he didn't. The version without Russia spread across the Atlantic. Congress exploded. The State Department panicked. The press demanded Patton's removal. Drawing on Eisenhower's correspondence, Patton's papers, and SHAEF command records, this documentary examines the controversy that nearly cost America its most aggressive commander weeks before the invasion of France. What saved Patton when everyone wanted him gone? Why did Eisenhower choose to keep him despite the political firestorm? The decision made in those critical weeks would shape the entire course of the war in Europe. Sources: Eisenhower Presidential Library - "Correspondence with George S. Patton, April-May 1944" (Pre-Invasion Command Records) Carlo D'Este - "Patton: A Genius for War" (HarperCollins, 1995) Ladislas Farago - "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" (Ivan Obolensky, 1964) Martin Blumenson - "The Patton Papers: 1940-1945" (Houghton Mifflin, 1974) National Archives - "SHAEF Records, Personnel Decisions, Spring 1944" Image Credits: German headquarters meeting courtesy German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), CC BY-SA 3.0