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1. www.nationalww2museum.org › war › articlesA Costly Failure: Patton’s Raid to Liberate Hammelburg

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   On the evening of March 25, 1945, sensitive orders made their way down from Lieutenant General George S. Patton, commander of Third US Army, to the 4th Armored Division. His orders directed a no-notice armored raid to liberate the Americans imprisoned at Oflag XIII-B prisoner-of-war camp near Hammelburg, Germany, where Allied intelligence ...

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2. www.nps.gov › eise › blogs“The present situation is to be regarded as one of ...

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   Dec 17, 2020 · The plan was to squeeze the sides of the German salient, hitting it from the north and the south. General George S. Patton promised to attack with three divisions from the Saar region within three days—while Eisenhower was skeptical, Patton promised it could be done.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Siege_of_BastogneSiege of Bastogne - Wikipedia

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   Meanwhile, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, ordered forward the SHAEF reserve, composed of the 82nd Airborne Division, commanded by Major General James Gavin, and the 101st Airborne Division, temporarily under command of Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, at Reims.

   • Date: 20-26 December 1944

   • Result: American victory

5. warfarehistorynetwork.com › article › buchenwaldThe Buchenwald Concentration Camp: Patton's Bastardly Discovery

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   During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, 4th Armored was one of the key elements that made a historic winter march in record time to help break the siege on American forces at Bastogne, Belgium, thus earning the sobriquet “Patton’s Best.”

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   Why did Eisenhower want Patton to attack Bastogne?

   • Juggling operational boundaries, Eisenhower wanted General Jake Devers’ Seventh Army to move up from the south of France into areas from which Patton had planned to jump off into the Saar, and Patton to attack the southern flank of the Bulge below Bastogne.

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   What did George Patton promise Eisenhower?

   • General George S. Patton promised to attack with three divisions from the Saar region within three days—while Eisenhower was skeptical, Patton promised it could be done. At the meeting’s close, Eisenhower—whose promotion to a 5-star general was to be official the following day—quipped to Patton, “George, every time I get promoted, I get attacked.”

   “The present situation is to be regarded as one of opportunity for us

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   Who was in Bastogne after the Battle of the Bulge?

   • General Eisenhower, General Patton, and General Bradley standing in the town of Bastogne after the Battle of the Bulge, February 1945. [Associated Press] The Battle of the Bulge stands as one of the great contests of the Second World War.

   “The present situation is to be regarded as one of opportunity for us

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   Did Eisenhower get frightened after the Battle of the Bulge?

   • At a presidential press conference a dozen years after the December 1944 Battle of the Bulge, President Dwight D. Eisenhower confessed, “I didn’t get frightened until three weeks after it had begun, when I began to read the American papers and found…how near we were to being whipped.”

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7. www.pbs.org › features › bulge-eisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower and George S. Patton Jr. - PBS

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   In April 1945, Patton was promoted to temporary four-star general but was removed by Eisenhower from his leadership of the Third Army for making inflammatory remarks concerning the...

8. www.britannica.com › event › Battle-of-the-BulgeBattle of the Bulge | Summary, Commanders, & Significance

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   Apr 17, 2024 · December 16, 1944 - January 16, 1945. Location: Ardennes. Belgium. Meuse River. Participants: Germany. United Kingdom. United States. Context: World War II. Key People: Dwight D. Eisenhower. George Patton. Gerd von Rundstedt. Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr. Walther Model. (Show more) Top Questions. Who won the Battle of the Bulge?

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    Dec 16, 2021 · At a presidential press conference a dozen years after the December 1944 Battle of the Bulge, President Dwight D. Eisenhower confessed, “I didn’t get frightened until three weeks after it had begun, when I began to read the American papers and found…how near we were to being whipped.”