Word: generalships
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April 25: "Hugh A. Fulton, the lawyer who worked with President Truman when he was heading the Truman Committee, is persistently reported about to get the Attorney Generalship when Biddle resigns...
...Mistake. In spite of their ultimate superiority in manpower and weapons, bad generalship on either the east front or the west front might have lost the war for the Allies at any time up to the final campaign...
Although Allied generalship did not create the vast advantages in manpower and in potential weapon power which won the war, it did exploit those advantages decisively, converting potential victory into actual victory...
There was more behind the sudden shift than the ditching of an unsuccessful commander for one who bore a somewhat overblown reputation as a "stonewall" defender in Italy. To Allied minds who know the Nazi mind best it appeared likely that Kesselring was chosen not primarily for his generalship, but as the commander who might best-from the Nazi point of view-take the Allied knockout punch or throw in the towel...
...Flying Days. Rundstedt had achieved a big initial victory. The German victory might, by skill of American generalship and G.I. fighting qualities, be turned into a defeat. But if Rundstedt were able to hold the initiative, could consolidate his gains, he might already have won his minimum objective...