Episode 155 - Battle of Hurtgen Forest Part 1: Courtney Hodges Hates His Own Soldiers
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
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The Impossible Command Structure
Of the 13 core or division commanders relieved in the entire 12th army group during the entirety of the Western theater of war, 10 were fired by Hodges. As you can imagine, this led to an incredibly slow over complicated command structure that absolutely could not work. "A general is not going to command an army down to a platoon. It's fucking impossible"
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