Patton is compared with Canaris only in the limited sense that each had a line he would not cross. Patton was a hard driver who demanded discipline and used overwhelming firepower when he believed it would save his soldiers and end a fight faster. A story about apologizing to a wounded soldier after criticizing his missing tie illustrates that his severity was not completely indifferent to circumstance. The passage separates a ruthless command style from a desire to kill for its own sake.
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Patton's hard command style still had limits
George Patton is used as another example of a forceful commander whose harshness did not erase a recognizable moral boundary.