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His Superiors Hated His Methods - But His Men Never Lost a Battle

Discover how a commander whose instincts unnerved headquarters became the man his soldiers trusted when everything began to collapse. In December 1944, as German armor tore through the Ardennes and reports lagged behind reality, Courtney Hodges kept his headquarters close enough to hear the guns and acted on what he saw, not what paperwork allowed—decisions that frustrated superiors but steadied a front on the brink. Across months of relentless fighting, from the defense of the Bulge to the Rhine crossing at Remagen and the final link-up on the Elbe, his record quietly answered the question of how his superiors hated his methods, but his men never lost a battle, revealing that proximity, speed, and trust in frontline judgment could matter more than perfect procedure when wars are decided in hours, not memos.