General George S. Patton Assassinated?

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General George S. Patton was assassinated to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book - Tim Shipman, Daily Telegraph

The newly unearthed diaries of a colourful assassin for the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA, reveal that American spy chiefs wanted Patton dead because he was threatening to expose allied collusion with the Russians that cost American lives.

The death of General Patton in December 1945, is one of the enduring mysteries of the war era. Although he had suffered serious injuries in a car crash in Manheim, he was thought to be recovering and was on the verge of flying home.

But after a decade-long investigation, military historian Robert Wilcox claims that OSS head General "Wild Bill" Donovan ordered a highly decorated marksman called Douglas Bazata to silence Patton, who gloried in the nickname "Old Blood and Guts".

His book, "Target Patton", contains interviews with Mr Bazata, who died in 1999, and extracts from his diaries, detailing how he staged the car crash by getting a troop truck to plough into Patton's Cadillac and then shot the general with a low-velocity projectile, which broke his neck while his fellow passengers escaped without a scratch...

[J Wolfsberger]

... shot the general with a low-velocity projectile, which broke his neck ...

And nobody noticed the wound? Why not just shoot him, fire up the car and other passengers, then blame it on Werwolf, S.S., etc.?

I'll keep an open mind, but this sounds too bizarre.

[William F. Owen]

errr..... isn't this the script of the 1978 Movie "Brass Target" with John Cassavetes and George Kennedy?? I'm pretty sure it is.

Sounds likes Information Operations to me....

[slapout9]

errr..... isn't this the script of the 1978 Movie "Brass Target" with John Cassavetes and George Kennedy?? I'm pretty sure it is.

Sounds likes Information Operations to me....

I think your right Wilf. Also the reason had something to do Oil (at least in the movie) somehow in involved a secret German formula for Synthetic fuels if I remember correctly. Anyway it is high time we had a thread dedicated to Conspiracies

[Rex Brynen]

Anyway it is high time we had a thread dedicated to Conspiracies

In fact, I think that its VERY suspicious that we don't....

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In fact, I think that's its VERY suspicious that we don't....

Shsssh.

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In fact, I think that its VERY suspicious that we don't....

But "they" DO have one. You just have to be one of the "IN" crowd to access the special conspiracy theory forum...

[Captain Kaos]

I think your right Wilf. Also the reason had something to do Oil (at least in the movie) somehow in involved a secret German formula for Synthetic fuels if I remember correctly. Anyway it is high time we had a thread dedicated to Conspiracies

I think you are confusing "Brass Target" with "The Formula", which ironically starred George C. Scott who portrayed "Patton"

[selil]

And nobody noticed the wound? Why not just shoot him, fire up the car and other passengers, then blame it on Werwolf, S.S., etc.?

I'll keep an open mind, but this sounds too bizarre.

I haven't read the book and doubt I will. When I read "Low velocity projectile" in the post I jumped to the idea of a high power bean bag gun. The powerful ones could easily accomplish the task, as well as breaking ribs. Most corners would state blunt force trauma but not look for the projectiles evidence (fabric transfer) as a projectiles instead concluding it was the interior of the vehicle.

[slapout9]

I haven't read the book and doubt I will. When I read "Low velocity projectile" in the post I jumped to the idea of a high power bean bag gun. The powerful ones could easily accomplish the task, as well as breaking ribs. Most corners would state blunt force trauma but not look for the projectiles evidence (fabric transfer) as a projectiles instead concluding it was the interior of the vehicle.

In the movie Wilf talks about they use a rubber bullet shaped like the knob you used to pull up and down to lock and ulock your car doors. If it was discovered at the scene of the crime no one would realize it was used as a bullet.