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Jul 19, 2019 · Not only was he a brilliant military commander, he was also a forceful personality and a flamboyant human being whose strong character led him through many difficulties. His fascinating life and ...
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General Patton was one of the most relentless and ruthless military leaders in the fight against Nazi Germany during World War II. Under his command, American Allied forces penetrated deep into...
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The Tragic Death of General George S. Patton. There are many famous and controversial figures to emerge from World War II, but General S. Patton is arguably one of its most controversial....
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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.
Patton’s pictures show the victorious face of war: American GIs on the move, Sherman tanks with hedgerow cutters welded to their hulls, and military bridges being built. They also show defeat: smashed German tanks, hapless prisoners of war, and dead bodies strewn across the landscape.
George Patton died peacefully at 1755 hours on December 21, 1945. The previous afternoon it had been necessary to give him oxygen to restore his breathing and X-rays revealed that a small pulmonary embolism had obstructed his upper right lung.
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Dec 9, 2014 · Taken to the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg and put in a body cast, Patton seemed to improve, but on December 21 he developed pneumonia and, unknown to the doctors at the time, a lung embolism. He died in his sleep that night.
