The second Italian Facist regime : la Repubblica Sociale Italiana (RSI) was set up today, with its capital, not in Rome, but Salo, a small town in Lombardy on Lake Garda, Northern Italy, where the RSI had his Foreign Office.
Mussolini was its head, but it was nothing more than a German puppet, dependent on its military and financial support.
Mussolini had been rescued from captivity in a daring raid by a soon to be famous German SS Colonel, Otto Skorzeny on September 12th.
Italy had surrendered on the 8th and the Allies had landed at Salerno on the 9th and were fighting the Germans in the south of Italy at this time, though they had not yet captured the city port of Naples.
Patton's Death
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It may be a new book, but it’s an old conspiracy theory. It even inspired a suspense movie called Brass Target, released way back in 1978.
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I’ve read alot on this subject, and although I voted “Yes it’s a conspiracy”…
I have to say that after all is said and done, after reviewing all the evidence, talking to all the players, and sifting through all the line items. The mostly likely truth is the official story. He died in a car accident.
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I’ve read alot on this subject, and although I voted “Yes it’s a conspiracy”…
I have to say that after all is said and done, after reviewing all the evidence, talking to all the players, and sifting through all the line items. The mostly likely truth is the official story. He died in a car accident.
Guys,
––I, too, have read extensively on General Patton (40+ books) and I agree with Gar and his wording of the matter.
“The most likely truth is the official story. He died in a car accident.”
––And not that it matters,…but my Dad who served in Patton’s 3rd Army in Europe during WW2, and a Patton fan himself, thinks he broke one of his own rules (speed limit) and died in a car accident.“Tall Paul”
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He was a little to volatile and not good in some public opinions, They wanted him out of the way and they got their desired results.
I also think he was one of the great Generals of all time and to get there you would need to have a personality like the way his was developed. I think he was a great man and individual also, a lot of respect for the man.
“This is why we fight”
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Brad Meltzer’s show Decoded on the History Channel had an episode devoted to this topic. Its a good episode, if any of you get a chance watch it.