Jonathan Bratten

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318 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6 Apr

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Dan Snow's History Hit · The Commanders: The Best of the Rest · 6 Apr 2026 podcast

Sort of brought in to rehabilitate what is often referred to as a really series of catastrophic first battles for the US Army in North Africa.

I think a little unfairly, everyone's got to have their first bloody nose in their first fight.

This is Kasserine Pass and other skirmishes, battles around it.

And he's coming into an environment where so many commanders are getting relieved for minor stuff that even Patton says, hey, maybe we're kicking people out too fast.

Maybe people should have a second chance.

Everyone had their first combat.

Maybe they should be allowed to have another chance.

So he's coming into a very, very difficult situation there to try to rebuild the forces in North Africa.

He does very well.

He's really masterful, once again, at logistics.

I mean, he is a guy who can move...

a lot of people and stuff to the decisive point and do the simple things that also build up morale.

Make sure that food is good and on time.

Making sure that soldiers have the right equipment.

Making sure that they have the right uniforms for the type of terrain and weather they're fighting in.

He's going to come to the fore.

Eisenhower picks him not because he doesn't like Patton, but because Bradley has shown the ability to do the things that sort of Eisenhower is doing, which is

Don't stir the pot, be a good ally, work well with others, which is vital in coalition warfare, and be a sort of master of logistics, which is going to mean that he's going to command an army group in the European theater, which is unfathomable.

Maneuvering armies around, I mean, it's unfathomable for us.

The Soviets, of course, have been doing it for several years in World War II.

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