XIX Tactical Air Command and Ultra

<p>During World War II General George S. Patton Jr. was one of the most successful and feared commanders in the European Theater. Clearly his August-September 1944 rapid drive across France can be considered one of Patton's greatest campaigns. Early histories detailing Patton's campaigns frequently attributed his successes to his outstanding tank corps and interesting stories of his sixth sense. The declassification of ULTRA intelligence XIX Tactical Air Command reports and post-war German interrogations provide additional contributing factors to his victories. These documents support a more plausible justification for Patton's apparent omniscience and the rationale behind many of his decisions. Students of history who stood in awe of Patton's sixth sense or wondered in amazement of his ignorance/disregard of logistics and flanks or marveled at his ambitious offensive drives may find this study thought-provoking. This paper shows that Patton's chances and risks may have been a little less sixth sense or ignorance and disregard and a little more ULTRA intelligence and tactical airpower.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>