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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I agree with your "opinion garnered".  Nobody's better than us, especially when it comes to being ignorant, arrogant loud mouths. 
My point was don't sell Pershing short, he was smart enough not to continue the trench death stalemate. |
I guess we'll have to disagree about Pershing. All my reading indicates that his choice of tactics were mainly influenced by his low opinion of French and British troops and his high opinion of his own soldiers. He felt that all the Hun needed was to face some "Real Men". He disregarded advice from several sources and went his own way. The fact that he was sucessful despite all that means I place him into histories "Lucky Bastards" bin as opposed to the "Military Geniuses" one.
In his defence, he inspired the men who followed him (a trait not to be dismissed lightly) and was not put off by the bloody necessaties of fighting in that era.