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...theory of occupation was that an Allied commission representing all four powers could treat Germany as one country under one government. On paper, the arrangement was perfect: General Eisen hower for the U.S., and Russian, British and French members yet to be named would clear all common questions, send common directives to the four sub-govern ments. The first purpose of this technically coordinated quartering was to keep Germany impotent. Wisely applied by powers solely devoted to that aim, it might achieve the purpose. But defeated Germany was something more than a nation to be held down: it was also...
Lieut. General William Simpson's Ninth Army was so fresh and fit that it was almost going stale. Its front was jam-packed with men and supplies. Every day the Germans were strengthening the maze of defenses between the Roer and the Rhine. The Russians were waiting. Eisen hower could not wait any longer...
...four U.S. armies facing him were on the offensive and their deployment obviously was offensive. General Eisen hower could not possibly have held an impregnable line from the North Sea to Strasbourg and at the same time mobilized sufficient strength to attack the Siegfried Line and the inner defenses of the Rhine Valley...
...President wanted General Eisen hower to pick and choose the Frenchmen with whom he would deal when he got to France. This incredibly dangerous proposal has had its repercussions in the . . . quarrel between General de Gaulle and General Giraud. The reasoning of the French at Algiers is self-evident: ... It will ... be not the French Committee but . . . the French Commander in Chief who will tell General Eisenhower what Frenchmen to deal with. . . . Because Mr. Roosevelt's policy would give Giraud the initial control of civil affairs in France, General Giraud must be deposed...
...London, when he was shaping the genesis of his present command, Eisen hower's greatest achievement was a diplomatic one. As Allied commander of the European theater at a time when the U.S. had not contributed much fighting to the war, he took precedence over the British, and they came to like...