Patton and Eisenhower

This picture was taken October 15, 1945. A few days earlier Eisenhower had begged Patton to run for Congress, “presumably in the belief that I might help him” become President. Patton, however, was disgusted with the way Eisenhower had run the European campaign, sacrificing thousands of lives for political benefit. Because of this, Patton had every intention of going back to America and telling people what Eisenhower was “really” doing so that Ike would be unable to become President. And while this was going on, they both managed to smile during this intra-army football game in Germany.