Bradley, Patton and Hodges had rattled the cages of Somervell’s command in Washington about what they said were failures by General Lee’s ComZ to issue their armies with adequate supplies of ammunition. This was now blowing up in the press in the United States, and was getting dangerously close to putting Eisenhower’s job on the line – not the intended result. Bedell Smith first got rid of one of Somervell’s men, Aurand. Now his replacement had arrived at SHAEF headquarters – a second chance to get rid of Lee – but there was a huge danger – unthinkable to the Americans. Was there the need to appoint the ground forces commander that Field Marshall Montgomery had been unrelenting in pushing for.

Tag words: Bradley; General Patton; Hodges; Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell; General Lee; ComZ; Eisenhower; Bedell Smith; Beetle Smith; Aurand; Major General LeRoy Lutes; Field Marshall Montgomery; Dominick Graham; Shelford Bidwell; Coalitions, Politicians and Generals; Everett Hughes; Hank H Cox; The General Who Wore Six Stars; DR Crosswell; SHAEF; General Sir Humfrey Gale; General George Marshall; David Irving; The War Between the Generals; LeRoy Lutes; John Kennedy Ohl; General Ewart G Plank; General Simpson;