After the end of the Second World War, general George S. Patton said that America defeated the wrong enemy.
I've heard that he wanted America to ally National Socialist Germany in order to destroy the U.S.S.R.
Is this true? If so, what do you think of his opinion?
From General Patton by Hirshson, it's fairly evident that Patton distrusted the Soviets and thought the US should shift its attention to them - militarily, not just diplomatically/strategically.
His infamous quote re: the Russians/Soviets was:
The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognisance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously.
From C. Province's The Unknown Patton, he also was quoted as saying the following, when speaking about the Allied forces liberating Europe:
I'll say this; the Third Army alone with very little help and with damned few casualties, could lick what is left of the Russians in six weeks. You mark my words. Don't ever forget them... Someday we will have to fight them and it will take six years and cost us six million lives.