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I think the best judge of generals is what the enemy thinks of them. Patton is the only Allied General who the Germans actually feared. They respected him so much that they gave him a German designation.
"Kampfgruppe Patton".
Feared is putting it a little too strongly, respected as an equal might be closer to the truth. American officers were generally regarded as having little experience and almost no ability to manage large armies in the field. That was the opinion of both German and British command staff.