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George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Jul 22, 2024 · George Patton (born November 11, 1885, San Gabriel, California, U.S.—died December 21, 1945, Heidelberg, Germany) was a U.S. Army officer who was an outstanding practitioner of mobile tank warfare in the European and Mediterranean theatres during World War II.
Nov 9, 2009 · George S. Patton (1885‑1945) was a high‑ranking WWII general, who led the U.S. 7th Army in its invasion of Sicily and northern France in the summer of 1944.
General George S. Patton, Jr., one of America’s greatest battlefield commanders, died on December 21, 1945 in an Army hospital in Heidelberg, Germany.
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...
Dec 16, 2021 · On the enemy side, with Lieutenant General George S. Patton below the southern flank of the surprise German thrust, the high command under Feldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt realized the hazards of the Bulge from the start. Whatever the initial momentum, the operation had to succeed quickly.
May 27, 2014 · George S. Patton. As a 26-year-old Army cavalry officer, Patton was selected to compete in the first-ever Olympic modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm. Of the 42 competitors,...
Jun 30, 2004 · Maj. Gen. George S. Patton, the son and namesake of the World War II armored commander and a veteran of combat in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, died on Sunday at his home in Hamilton, Mass....
On March 5, as the First U.S. Army launched its attack, General George S. Patton finally obtained Eisenhower’s authority to advance into the rest of the Rhineland Palatinate.
Dec 21, 2015 · The “audacious, unorthodox and inspiring” nature of his life, including his tradition of going into battle with “two pearl-handled revolvers in holsters on his hips” and his “unprintable brand of eloquence,” helped cement Patton as one of the nation’s great war heroes.