Originally Posted by Pooka

It will likely be years before we know the truth.

An example....

Patton slapped a Private and was relived of duty.

I have been told by those who shoud know that this was a ruse and never really took place. Eisenhower wanted Patton back in England to train an Army for the D-Day landing and did not want the Germans to know why he was really being pulled back to England.

Then the Allies made sure the Germans heard this story.

Patton was then put in charge of thousands of men who did not exist. Lots of paperwork and radio traffic when flying around and in this case the Germans were fooled into thinking that Patton was training a mighty army and they sent troops to prepare to meet them.

These were German troops that were in the wrong place on D-Day and that was what Eisenhower wanted.

Anyone else know if this story is true?