How did Bradley fly to North Africa to make contributions?

1February, 893 12, olma n bradley was born in Clark, Missouri, USA. 19 15 After graduating from West Point Military Academy, he went to Fort Benning Infantry School and Fort Leavenworth Command and Staff School for further study.

1941On February 23rd, Bradley became the principal and resident commander of Fort Benning Infantry School, and became a brigadier general.

A few weeks after Bradley took office, he made a comprehensive plan to expand the Fort Benning Reserve Military Academy by 24 times. At first, he took the plan to find the infantry commander hodges and the personnel department of the General Staff, but the result was fruitless. People laugh at the graduates of preparatory schools as "90-day prodigies".

Finally, Bradley bypassed everyone and sent the plan directly to Marshall. Naturally, Marshall was so excited that he gave the green light to the plan. This is Bradley's first big event in Fort Benning. Later, Fort Benning Reserve Military Academy became a model of American Reserve Military Academy under Bradley's hand. The officers it trained were continuously transported to the battlefields in Europe and the Pacific. Bradley made great contributions to the mobilization of American troops.

On May 13, Bradley left Tunisia for Algiers. He and Eisenhower reviewed the battle plan of "Husky" in detail and discussed the gains and losses of American troops in the battle of Tunisia. After that, he flew to Muskanan, a coastal city east of Oran. Barton led the guard of honor at the headquarters to welcome Bradley and his party at the airport. At the luncheon, Barton boldly celebrated Bradley's victory, calling him "a conqueror greater than Cyprus". The victory of the Battle of Tunisia made the Allies as happy as a holiday. On May 20th, Eisenhower invited Barton and Bradley to fly to Tunisia for the "Victory Parade". Alexander, Anderson, Ted, Cunningham, Zhu An and other senior military generals and French dignitaries sat on the main reviewing stand. Eisenhower was as busy as a bee, leaving Barton and Bradley in the cold, and the main American generals could only sit on the reviewing stand. Fortunately, Montgomery went home on vacation, otherwise Barton would be tearing his hair out. Nevertheless, Eisenhower was still regarded as a pro-British by Barton, who said to Bradley, "What a fucking waste of time." Then he returned to Mustaganan to continue his battle plan, hoping to win back some honors in Sicily.

Bradley wants to set the headquarters of the 2nd Army in Mustaganan, close to Barton's headquarters for contact. Barton wants Bradley's headquarters to be located in Raleigh Zan, known as the "City of Flies". The village is full of stench and flies, the weather is hot and it is surrounded by a desert. Bradley was promoted to Lieutenant General Samsung Company on June 2nd, with the same rank as Barton. Bradley thinks Barton put him here out of vanity, and Barton doesn't allow generals of the same rank to stay with him. Bradley led his men to clean up the dilapidated barracks with anger. He set his headquarters in a school, and lived with two adjutants, Chet Hansen and Lou Bridge, as well as the orderly, driver and Bradley, like a small family.

Bradley is one of the main generals of the Seventh Army. He will lead two divisions to undertake assault missions, which is both a good job and a hard job. To this end, Bradley did not dare to neglect and worked hard to train the troops. Bradley's opponent, Allen, has long considered him undisciplined and bluffing, and repeatedly wanted to remind Eisenhower to transfer him back to China as commander. But Barton likes Allen, and they have something in common in personality and style. Bradley reluctantly agreed with Barton to keep Allen's opinion. Another teacher, Middleton, was the youngest colonel in the First World War. He works with Barton at Fort Leavenworth Command and Staff School. After retiring for a period of time, he resumed active service on 1942, and was the commander of the 45th Division of China. This division is considered to be the best-trained national guard division, but it has no actual combat experience. The division will arrive in Oran from the United States before landing, and then take part in the first large-scale amphibious landing in World War II after a rest. Bradley is worried about two departments.

Several divisions who participated in the battle of Tunisia showed two obvious weaknesses on the battlefield: first, they lacked the spirit of actively searching and approaching the enemy, and junior officers were timid and afraid of death; Second, it is easy to surrender without authorization when outnumbered, which is always caused by the judgment of winning more than winning less in domestic exercises. In addition, the divisions who participated in the Battle of Tunisia thought it was time to return home by rotation, and they were seriously war-weary and even confronted or even used force. These conflicts occurred between the Red First Division and the Red Third Division. The former is the sharp knife that Bradley had to rely on when landing in Sicily. In Tunisia, the "Red First Division" ran wild all the way from the largest to Oran, and the soldiers ran wild, but Allen didn't control it. In Algiers, the soldiers of the "Red First Division" even strut, searching in the rear and attack force. Finally, Eisenhower ordered Bradley to transfer Allen's "Red First Division" to the suburbs.

From the end of May, Bradley led the troops to start a month-long intensive training, including live-fire drills in urban street battles after landing on the island. When Bradley inspected 1, the 9th Infantry Division and the 2nd Armored Division, he stressed the need to be careful about the mines laid by the enemy, and warned them to dare to fight as a team and never surrender until they were desperate.

On June 27, Bradley closed the command post of Ralizan and moved to Oran to make final preparations for landing. On July 4th, Bradley went to Kebil Port, a French naval base 9 kilometers west of Oran, and boarded the amphibious command ship Ankang.

Bradley and his troops set out on the evening of July 5 and sailed around Sicily for five days. Bradley not only suffered from seasickness and vomiting, but also suffered from severe hemorrhoids, which was extremely painful. Worried that the pain was out of control, I went to Ankang's doctor for a local operation.

1 1 In the morning, Barton and Bradley landed separately. The 2nd Army Command is located in Skoli, the 45th Division. Bradley endured postoperative pain and gritted his teeth to command the troops.

The fierce battle lasted 1 day, and the German tanks almost advanced to less than 2 kilometers from the beachhead position. The American army fought back hard and the navy bombarded the enemy with heavy artillery. In the evening, the Germans were defeated. Bradley complained about the weakness of close air support, and his troops were expecting air support all day.

The day after landing, Barton and Bradley had a quarrel. Barton exceeded his authority and ordered the "Red First Division" to attack the strong positions of the German army, and was defeated. Bradley was furious and asked Barton why he didn't discuss it with him, which forced Barton to apologize. Barton later told Eisenhower that Bradley was "not brave enough", and Bradley firmly believed that there was a strict difference between recklessness and bravery.

When attacking Mexico, Bradley suggested to Barton that Palermo's small naval forces could be used to carry out an amphibious siege of "leapfrog" or "amphibious circle" on the positions occupied by Axis forces on the northern coastal highway. In fact, this new tactic is very effective.

On the night of August 7 ~ 8, the first "leapfrog" attack began, and two reinforcement battalions cooperated with the 3rd Division to besiege Santagata. The Germans panicked and the 29th German Armored Division began to retreat. Due to heavy casualties, landing too late failed to consume the effective strength of the Germans.

On the night of August 10 ~ 1 1, the second "leapfrog" attack was carried out in Brollo. In advance, Barton arranged many war correspondents to accompany him. Truscott asked for a 24-hour delay, and the enemy's resistance was tenacious. Barton was worried that the news report would be bad for the seventh army and opposed the postponement. Helpless, Truscott asked Bradley to convince Barton. Bradley warned Barton to strictly control the scale of the battle and ensure that the landing troops closed quickly, otherwise the landing would fail. Barton refused Bradley for a message, and the battle went on as planned.

Bradley thinks this is the second time Barton has ignored his rights, intervened beyond his authority and even made him do stupid things. Barton exceeded his authority this time and suffered serious losses. In this battle in Brollo, 650 troops were killed or injured, 277 people were missing, and the casualty rate was 27%. The Germans escaped with little loss.

On the same day, Barton visited another rear hospital. He beat another soldier named Paul G Bennett. After leaving the hospital, Barton came to Bradley's command post. This time, Barton told Bradley lightly that he had no choice but to hit someone. Bradley ignored Barton, but two days later, the hospital sent Bradley an explosive official letter detailing the beating. Bradley was surprised, but immediately realized that if this matter was made public, the US military would lose a talented general. According to the regulations, the official letter should be sent to Patton, commander of the Seventh Army, but Bradley thinks it will let more people know about it, which is useless. If you cross Barton to send Eisenhower, it is tantamount to offending your immediate boss and not loyal enough. After careful consideration, Bradley locked the official letter in the safe.

On August 10, American troops attacked the triangle beachhead position near Mexico. Axis forces have no air and sea control rights and have to retreat. However, due to the lack of plans and actions of the Allied Forces to cut off the Mexican Strait, 70,000 Italian troops, 40,000 German troops and 1 10,000 vehicles (including 47 tanks and10.7 million tons of materials and equipment) slipped away quietly within one week. The three German divisions that have been fighting with the Allies have been completely preserved, and they can also participate in the war at any time. Bradley believes that this campaign has achieved a superficial victory, and the failure to hit the Axis forces is due to tactical mistakes and the lack of a unified operational plan within the Allies, and the command team cannot be United.