The US military has always excelled when it comes to individuals taking the initiative and charging ahead in the face of what seemed an impossible task.
The trouble that totalitarian governments have always faced is that the above sort of behavior is not only discouraged, it can be fatal to those that attempt it...and at the hands of their own leaders.
Their biggest strength is also their biggest weakness.
If Hitler�s generals could have acted on their own without having to clear everything with him the war in Europe might have turned out allot differently than it did.
