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All category topics on the military, political, social, and cultural aspects of the Second World War.
All category topics on the military, political, social, and cultural aspects of the Second World War.
U.S. General George S. Patton has a red-white-and-blue reputation in the annals of popular American culture, but this traditional Episcopalean was suprisingly open minded when it came to other religions. Part of his interest came in wanting to understand the inhabitants of foreign theatres of war: He reportedly read the…
Patton arrived in Europe in 1917 as a captain. He took an interest in tanks and studied this emerging form of mobile weaponry with intensity. At the end of 1917 he was assigned to establish the American Expeditionary Force Light Tank School. In August 1918, he was placed in charge…
George S. Patton was not directly involved in the implementation or planning of the Invasion of Normany. But that is not to say that he did not perform his own critical part in its success. Like the rest of the world, Patton learned of the Normandy invasion by listening to…
General Patton had his work cut out for him. The inexperienced American army’s first major encounter with the Germans resulted in a resounding defeat at the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia. On February 14, 1943, Rommel’s Tenth and Twenty-first Panzer Divisions of the Afrika Korps launched an attack against the U.S.…
God of Our Fathers From Patton’s speech to the Second Armored Division, December 1941: I shall be delighted to lead you against any enemy, confident in the fact that your disciplined valor and high training will bring vic-tory. Put your heart and soul into being expert killers with your weap-ons.…
George S Patton - A Timeline of his life 1885 November 11 Patton was born in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California. 1897–1903 Patton attended Stephen Cutter Clark’s Classical School for Boys, Pasadena, California. 1903–1904 Patton attended Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, as Cadet. 1904 June 16 Patton entered U.S.…
Here you will find articles about the thousands of figures that supported the Axis cause before, during, and after the Invasion of Normandy. These include Axiscommanders, generals, and military branches. Scroll down to find relevant articles.
Here you will find articles about the thousands of figures that supported the Allied cause before, during, and after the Invasion of Normandy. These include Allied commanders, generals, military branches, and cultural figures. Scroll down to find relevant articles.
Weaponry of all sorts was used, of course, to varying degrees of success, during the second world war. Here you will find articles about the individual and collective weapons used by the Allied soldiers, whether on foot or exiting landing ships, and German soldiers during the Battle of Normandy. Certainly, the…
Patton, the infamous General of his day, delivered a compelling speech at the end of the war! HEADQUARTERS THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY APO 403 GENERAL ORDERS 9 May 1945 NUMBER 98 SOLDIERS OF THE THIRD ARMY, PAST AND PRESENT During the 281 days of incessant and victorious combat, your penetrations…
