Patton, or MacArthur?
For WWII....Patton. And he was right about Russia, but he respected the chain of command too much to buck it. A shame he met an artificial and untimely end by the powers that be....
For the Korean War...MacArthur. He was right about China - we should have drove straight through to Beijing. It would have eliminated 2 major current problems being dealt with today.
MacArthur is rightfully respected in military history circles...but if he'd shown the same chutzpah in WWII that he showed in the Korean War...the Iron Curtain may never have been a thing in Eastern Europe....
Just sayin'....
