>Dwight D Eisenhower, rank in class 61, highest rank, 5 star

Amerifats hate people who do well in school.

>>1812138

>George E. Stratemeyer, rank in class 158, highest rank, 3 star general, commander of the Airforce in the Chinese theater

All of these guys were part of the 1915 class at West Point

High ranks are all about politics.

>>1812138

It's like they say in Med School: Even if you finished Last-In-Class, you're still a doctor.

>>1814045
This

Generals are political appointments.


Eisenhower was made Supreme Allied Commander because he had the best politics.

>>1814089
>Eisenhower was made Supreme Allied Commander because he had the best politics.
Mr. Smooth with the Brits.

Making nice-nice with Monty after Patton drove him crazy.

Everybody liked Ike.

Political connections

>>1812138
Performance in school doesn't necessarily translate to performance in the real world.

>>1814134
Monty was an under performer. He screwed up Africa and Market Garden. Setting back the Anglo war effort by at least a year.

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>>1814223
>Monty was an under performer.

And the U.S. hadn't captured the Remagen Bridge, the Allies would have been stuck with Monty's "plan", which consisted of repeated frontal assaults straight into the teeth of the German defenses...