General Bradley’s classic quote

“If the war is expanded to Communist China, it will involve us in a war in the wrong place, wrong time and In the wrong war with the wrong enemy"

Bradley

A five-star general in the U.S. Army. Born on February 12, 1893 in Clark, Missouri, USA. After graduating from the U.S. Army Military Academy (West Point) in 1915, he entered the Infantry School at Fort Benning and the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth for further studies. In February 1941, he was appointed principal of the Infantry School at Fort Benning. Since February 1942, he has served as the commander of the 82nd and 28th Infantry Divisions. In February 1943, he went to North Africa and served as the personal battlefield representative of D.D. Eisenhower, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in the Mediterranean Theater. Later, he succeeded G.S. Patton as commander of the 2nd Army and led his troops to participate in the Tunisia Campaign and the Sicily Landing Campaign. In September 1943, he was appointed commander of the 1st U.S. Army. In October, he opened the 1st Army Headquarters in Bristol, England, and participated in formulating the Normandy landing plan.

During the Normandy landing campaign in June 1944, the command post cleared the German troops on the Cotentin Peninsula. In July, the "Cobra" combat plan was implemented to break through the German defense lines and break the stalemate that occurred after the landing. On August 1, he was appointed commander of the 12th Army Group. He severely damaged the German army in the Battle of Falaise, and then liberated Luxembourg and southern Belgium through northern France and invaded Germany. From December of the same year to January of the following year, the German offensive was defeated in the Battle of the Ardennes. From February to April 1945, it broke through the Siegfried Line, crossed the Rhine River, and annihilated the heavy Ruld Army group with the coordination of the Allied 21st Army Group. In August of the same year, he was appointed director of the Veterans Administration.

He was appointed Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in February 1948, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in August of the following year. In September 1950, he was awarded the rank of five-star general of the Army. Participated in formulating U.S. military strategy during the Korean War. Retired from active service in 1953. He is the author of the memoirs "A Soldier's Story" and "The General Returns from a Hundred Battles".