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Apr 3, 2014 · Considered one of the most successful combat generals in U.S history, George Patton was the first officer assigned to the Tank Corps in WWI. During WWII, he helped lead the Allies to victory in...
Apr 2, 1970 · Patton: Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. With George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong. The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
Patton is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott as Patton and Karl Malden as General Omar Bradley , and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North , who based their screenplay on Patton: Ordeal and Triumph ...
Jun 15, 2019 · By. Kennedy Hickman. Updated on June 15, 2019. George S. Patton (November 11, 1885–December 21, 1945) was an American Army general noted for winning battles in World Wars I and II. He first came to attention as a commander fighting Pancho Villa in Mexico and helped revolutionize the use of tanks in warfare.
Every day, memories of World War II—its sights and sounds, its terrors and triumphs—disappear. Give Today. General George S. Patton, Jr., one of America’s greatest battlefield commanders, died on December 21, 1945 in an Army hospital in Heidelberg, Germany.
George S. Patton, (born Nov. 11, 1885, San Gabriel, Calif., U.S.—died Dec. 21, 1945, Heidelberg, Ger.), U.S. army officer. He graduated from West Point and fought in World War I with the newly formed tank corps. He was later promoted to major general and given command of the 2nd Armored Division (1940).
filmratings.com. Featuring an Oscar®-winning performance by George C. Scott, PATTON is Twentieth Century Fox's legendary World War II epic. PATTON is a study of two men: the brilliant, erratic General George S. Patton, Jr., and Omar N. Bradley, the steady professional General of the Army.
