"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one
behind me." --- General George S. Patton

Urban legend?

Possibly. It appears Patton was fluent in French and presumably got along
well enough with the French (certainly better than he got along with
British General Montgomery). It seems nothing ascribed to him, true or not,
should be given much weight since he also wrote in "War As I Knew It" that
"a colored soldier cannot think fast enough to fight in armor." This
despite the good performance of the black 761st Tank Battalion.

Anyway, all I found on Snopes was this link (scroll down to the long second
post by "GI Joe"):

http://msgboard.snopes.com/message/u.../1.html#000001