C Muckrakers and women’s organizations
The answer is George S. Patton of the 7th Army. He led a successful campaign both in Africa
and Sicily where he defeated the Germans and led the allies closer to
liberating France. This overshadowed by
a slapping incident that caused him his command. He would later redeem himself when he landed
in France with the 3rd Army.
Captain E.J Smith was believed to be trying to better the crossing time than the Titanic’s White Star sister ship ,The Olympic, but in 2004 an engineer speculated that the reason for such high speeds was to control a fire which broke loose in one of the ships coal bunkers.
The US warned that it would break off diplomatic relations unless Germany changed its tactics.
