Roosevelt never took shit. He was a diplomat more or less but still a straight shooter. Truman was an extreme straight shooter, that was for sure. Truman wouldn't put up with shit that could see the world thrown into a new world war. MacArthur had learned that the hard way... The hardest way that man could ever learn. But why now, did Eisenhower have to deal with a bunch of pansies? Why did he get terrible excuses from those with authority. That was a question everyone and everypony asked themselves.
For Montgomery, he used to ask himself why people were not exactly fond of him... that was, until he died and saw his beloved wife again. From then on... he learned. He kept himself somewhat in-check thanks to his wife. He learned not to show the heavy prejudice he showed against those of color. He learned... well, somewhat learned... how to be less blunt and more diplomatic, a certain issue that people took notice of and despised him for... namely General Bedell-Smith after the incident involving a B-17 and a bet.
For Patton... well... Patton never really questioned a whole lot of things until after he was relieved of command in Bavaria. But even then, it still took a while for him to fully grasp it all and actually look back on his mistakes and triumphs. It wasn't until after his death where he really looked back on things... and there was a lot to look back on. Namely, the incidents where he slapped some soldiers. Granted, he wasn't exactly the most diplomatic then but he had learned to restrain himself from such conduct again.
And then there was Bradley, the career officer. Not a lot of questions went through his mind other than how incompetent did these ponies become when they had a good system only a few year ago. But that was his Patton side asking that question. His Eisenhower side knew that it was a mix of incompetence, mismanagement, and pure bureaucracy. He had a good mix of both men so he did not exactly contain the worst qualities of both men. He minded his own business and did his job, letting both sides of him do what was necessary.
But now... the ponies... of boy. Celestia... she was more or less too embarrassed with herself to really ask any questions. She was viewed as a strong leader who did not put up with nonsense but somehow, she managed to make one of the worst messes possible when it came to government management and management of the entire national defense. She was lucky herself that the navy was not exactly full of ponies who would fall over at the sight of a feather and actually stood up to nobles who threatened to cut the budget. The nobility within the navy itself was also full of straight-shooters, thanks to its far proximity from the bureaucracy of Canterlot.
Luna was embarrassed as well, but not enough to not have any questions. Well, her questions were never truly geared towards herself, but to what her sister had managed to fuck up in the 1000 years that Luna was gone. But there was one question that she was asking herself... Why did she try to deflect Eisenhower's question concerning a national army? The idea of a national army was itself something that she saw necessary, but she didn't know why she tried to deflect it like her sister. Maybe a bit of her sister and the politics of Canterlot was beginning to bury itself in her own thought process. The thought of that was very much sickening...
And now Shining Armor... the stallion caught in the middle of it all. He had too many questions to even organize within his own mind, no matter how good he was at his job. But, there was one question he kept asking himself. How long would it all take? How long would it take to clean up the mess of Mareclellan and the nobles? When would he be able to return home? It was all questions that were pushed into the back of his mind whenever he had to do some work in the administration office with Montgomery, but after said work was done, the questions kept him up at night... the endless possibilities were all nerve-wracking.
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The daily routine was simple... Get up, get dressed, eat shit, do work, eat more shit, do more work, eat even more shit, relax, pour a drink, relax, and fucking sleep. Simple... straight to the point.
A few days back, Patton sent his list of tacticians over to Luna so that she would forward it over to Chuck so that he could look over the list and deal with it. However he was forewarned not to include Walter Model on the list so he relented, even though a good defensive tactician would've been worth it for the benevolence of Equestria. So far, no response was given from Chuck so he was probably either busy with heaven shit or looking over the choices.
Sitting back in a chair on the balcony of their quarters, Patton silently looked over the courtyard and city below. For a minute, it almost reminded him of West Point... but the tranquility of the moment was broken by the sound of metal crashing and a bit of cursing in German from multiple voices, each with their own distinct dialect.
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The day was uneventful for Eisenhower. He did not have to deal with Montgomery, Patton, or Bradley (well, Bradley was not exactly a nuisance unlike the other two). However, he did have to deal with two certain princesses in still trying to form a centralized land army and that as a whole was a pain due to the magnitude of laws and old decrees which needed to be read over numerous times so that there would not be any legal issues that the nobles would be able to bring up once the proposition was brought up to them. But if anything... it was like a simple day in Washington, minus McCarthy.
After the daily grind was complete, he decided that it was finally time to hit the sack and get some rest. About halfway through his walk, he met up with Bradley and Montgomery, the latter being oddly quiet and seemingly distant and tired. He would've pressed the annoying Field Marshal about what was wrong but he relented, deciding that it was probably best discussed after getting some shut-eye.
He was just about ready to close his eyes when they got to their quarters, only to hear the sound of metal crashing, Germans cursing, and a large compliment of curse words and extremely vulgar (and albeit funny) phrases that only George S Patton could ever come up with.
The sight the 3 officers were about to see would be something quite memorable and quite messy as well.
Rommel, Eric Von Manstein, and Albert Kesselring?
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So Rommel and 2 war criminals with Manstein being a fervent Anti-Semite.
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Rokossovsky was competent, calm and much more humble and respectful to his subordinates than Zhukov, who, despite his talent and the cult around his persona in Russian military historiography, was an walking prototype of stereotype of Russian general who draws enemies in his soldiers' corpses
Probably want to hire them, not higher them.
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Oh shit, I never noticed that. Thanks a lot!
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Lol, Kesselring could never truly act as a "handler" for Rommel... besides, I have something else in mind. And I really don't want to put Manstein in, especially since the guy lied about the Stalingrad breakout. And granted... well... I was actually half tempted to put in Dietrich as the guy was a noted expert of small arms tactics, considering he fought close quarters in the Great War and managed to get out of said war. But alas, the war crimes. I was tempted to make him a "General on lone from hell" though, and having a general who could not read a military map would be quite interesting.
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If I remember correctly... didn't Hitler want to remove Manstein early on because of his nose resembling that of what the Nazis perceived as "jewish traits"? May be something I discussed on an online forum but it wouldn't surprise me... Manstein's nose was huge.
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In Russia, he was too Polish. In Poland, he was too Russian.
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Some quality material
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He was dismissed for retreating in 1944 which despite Hitler giving permission, Hitler did not like to do. Manstein believed in the idea that Jews were behind communism and that to save Europe they had to be removed. He criticized Hitler over military decisions and not over racial policies.
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I know that... I am talking about early in the war before all that when Manstein rose to prominence in the Wehrmacht.
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The Austrian legend himself.
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Wouldn't Kesselring be on loan from hell as well since the guy ordered massacres during the Italian campaign and approved of Jewish slave labor? In fact, Manstein, Rommel, Kesselring, and almost every German general would be on loan from hell due to their support of Hitler and committing war crimes.
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I didn't said that myth of 'drowning enemies in your soldiers' corpses' is true, if that what you are implying. I just saying that Zhukov loved ruthlessly advancing no matter what.
It might not just be WWII Germans. Might be some WWI ones as well. I know that 'Red Baron' would be good for making sure the Pegasi are in good shape.
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to be fair, advancing no matter what is not always right thing to do
and subjunctive applied to history
A shame. Guderian was a genius. Rommel would be a good replacement for him. In a pinch as would Bayerlein.
Airwise General Frank Andrew's or Hap Arnold would be a good fit. Eisenhower would love to see Andrew's again. Mostly because without Andrew's death, Eisenhower probably wouldnt have had his job on D-Day.
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Guderian was vehemently a truly opportunistic National Socialist. During his time commanding forces in Russia, evidence of crimes against civilians and implementation of the Commissar order are present, mainly due to the fact that his division's documentation was relatively intact after the war. When he was appointed Inspector of the Panzer Forces in 1943, Hitler had given him a rather large villa in Poland and from then on until said villa was lost, Guderian became a mouthpiece for the Regime through mobilizing the Volkstrum, his appointment to Chief of the General Staff after the July 20th plot (his activity during the day is suspicious as he probably did know of the plot considering that he appointed Stauffenberg, retired to his villa the day of the plot, and delayed the mobilization of vehicles which were assisting the plot). He may have avoided prosecution at the time due to a general lack of evidence (he literally participated in a Holocaust denial film in March '45) but he still would be in hell.