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Oscar W. Koch (January 10, 1897 – May 16, 1970) was a brigadier general in the United States Army. He was most notable for his service as Third Army's Intelligence officer (G-2) under General George S. Patton in World War II.
Oscar Koch entered the Army in 1915 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was commissioned on 15 April 1918 as an Artillery Officer. BG Koch did more for the development of combat intelligence than any...
Jan 14, 2020 · “It was not intelligence (evaluated information of the enemy) that failed. The failure was the commanders’, and certain G-2s’, who did not act on the Intelligence they had,” wrote then LTC Robert S. Allen, Assistant G-2 of Patton’s Third U.S. Army to COL Oscar Koch, during the Battle of the Bulge.
Nov 27, 2013 · But the Third Army G2, Colonel (later Brigadier General) Oscar Koch, was deeply concerned. Despite the advances of three Allied army groups along the Siegfried Line, there was a large force of...
Apr 1, 2002 · Colonel Oscar W. Koch served as the G2 for Lieutenant General (LTG) George S. Patton, Jr., from February 1944 through the end of World War II. LTG Patton's biographer, Herbert Essame, calls COL Koch "the spark plug of the Third Army" and says he was "in the field of intelligence, probably the most penetrating brain in the American Army."
Apr 18, 2023 · Oscar Koch's sterling performance as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.'s intelligence chief, G-2, was a critical element of Patton's success in World War II and earned Koch the reputation as arguably the most brilliant intelligence officer in U.S. Army history.
- Robert Hays
Aug 23, 1999 · The enigmatic science of military intelligence is examined in this personal record, written by Brig.Gen. Oscar W. Koch, who served during World War II as chief of intelligence for General George S. Patton, Jr., one of the most colorful military leaders in American history.
- Brig.Gen. Oscar W. Koch
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