
Target: Patton
The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton
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Lynn Benson
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Robert K. Wilcox
The death of General George S. Patton is shrouded in mystery. While officially the result of an unfortunate car accident, the evidence points to a far more malevolent plot: murder. So says investigative and military journalist Robert K. Wilcox in his book Target: Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton.
Written like a WWII spy thriller and meticulously researched, Target: Patton leads you through that fateful December day in 1945, revealing a chilling plan to assassinate General Patton. Backing up this shocking story with facts, photos, and eyewitness statements, Wilcox reveals long-hidden documents and accounts that explain how secrets Patton knew - and his strong anti-Soviet views - may have cost him his life.
Not only does Wilcox reveal how, why, and when, he also names names, exposing little-known stories and secrets of such key players as General "Wild Bill" Donovan, the storied head of the OSS (the predecessor to the CIA); an OSS assassin; an Army intelligence agent; and even Josef Stalin himself.
Target: Patton challenges readers to look at the evidence and question the conventional wisdom. After reading it, few will think of General Patton or the circumstances surrounding his death in the same way again.
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Patton was the greatest general America has ever produced. The Germans were mortified by him as were the Russians. A must read for all WW2 /Patton/Stalin history buffs!...Also the reader was excellent...five star *****-Fascinating History - also well read.
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Gripping and Fascination
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Extremely Important Book!
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Target Patton plausibly deniable
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Outstanding Book Marred by Narration
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend to a friend, and also a Congressional Committee.What was one of the most memorable moments of Target: Patton?
The most touching moment was Pattons last leave in the United States, where he said his last goodbyes, as he knew he was going to be assassinated by his own government. I guess you could say Russia was after him to, but there were no Russians involved in his murder.What does Lynn Benson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I believe Lynn believed what she was reading.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, that's plain silly for anyone to do that with any book.Any additional comments?
When Germany surrendered, Patton wanted to push the Russians back to their border, with the Third Army, as they were there for the taking. They had no supplies, plus they are the worst soldiers in the world, and remain so. He told a Russian General just that, and he complained to the US, and they thought Patton was out of order . Churchill agreed with Pat tons mindset, but Eisenhower, the most overated soldier of WW11, knew Patton was resigning, and might have run for President, making Patton a target, and the rest is history. While in the military in 1969, there was still talking about Patton being taken down, and now these books are written about it, and that had everything to do with the Freedom of Information Act, but Eisenhower even ignored that Russia still held 15,000 of our POWs, when he agreed to Stalins demands in carving up Europe. Some of these POWs never were released.The Iron Wall was built by Eisenhower, and he was no soldier, along with Marshall who took great pleasure in humiliating Patton, for speaking the truth. Patton wanted 3 weeks to push the Mongoloids, as he called the Russians to push them back to their border, but they thought Patton was insane, thus we lived with the Iron Wall for 50 years, but make no mistake about it, General George S. Patton was most certainly assassinated. He knew to much, as he told many of his friends on his last stateside leave.What a travesty this was, but there will be no hearings on this. Powerful folks still run this country, and Obama is trying to get around them, but he will fail.The Iron Wall Was Actually Built By Eisenhower
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One of the best books I've ever read
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Robert Wilcox does a solid job presenting his theory that Patton was murdered. He lays out the theory and backs it up with either personal testimony, evidence, or circumstantial evidence. It is well written and documented.Wilcox concludes, there isn't enough evidence for a jury to say "guilty" but there is enough that a grand jury would have issued an indictment. I agree with that assessment.
There is a certain case for motive from the Soviet side. The NKVD needed little motive to murder anyone, so that is not hard to assume. If Stalin wanted to prep for a potential war, he wanted to kill the US's best general. Roosevelt & Truman were certainly very deferential to the Russians, but I am not sure they would join in a plot to kill him. Patton was already removed from a position of influence, which he dutifully followed. If he quit, went home, and "told stories" critical of Marshall or Ike, he would have a following, but it's not like everyone would believe him, since he already had a tenuous relationship with the press. Bottom line, is that I don't think anyone in the US really had a motive.
The weakest link is the Douglas Bazata story. It is the testimony of a credible operative who was in country during the period. That much is true, but how he did it seems too hair-brained to be true. If someone was going to commit and assassination, even to look like an accident, Bazata;s method, seems way too risky. First he follows the car, jams the window at a stop, then shoots him with a low velocity projectile right as the car crashed into the truck, through the open window, assuming Patton was in the right line of fire. It seems too complicated where too many things could go wrong. Why not dress up in German uniforms and pretend you are some lingering Nazi partisans? Why not ram the car, instead of pulling in front of it?
Wilcox makes a credible case
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