Patton was , of course , on the side of the Allies .
Battle of the Bulge.
general george s. Patton
Patton was the best combat General the Allies had. A fierce, combative fighter, Patton was the main reason the Allies won the battle of the Bulge. He was the one General the Nazis feared most, and many said so.
Yes it was, under General George S. Patton.
As a kid, George Patton loved riding horses and pretending he was riding into battle.
Battle of the Bulge.
general george s. Patton
Patton was the best combat General the Allies had. A fierce, combative fighter, Patton was the main reason the Allies won the battle of the Bulge. He was the one General the Nazis feared most, and many said so.
Patton's Third Army was led by the irascible and stubborn General George Patton. They fought bravely in the Battle of the Bulge and across Germany to Berlin.
Yes it was, under General George S. Patton.
General George S. Patton was a hero on and off the battlefield. He won several campaigns including those in Italy, Tunisia and the Battle of El Guettar.
Casualties were heavy for the Americans, as they took the brunt of the fighting. 19000 men died, and over 80,000 wounded. Patton took Third Army in a drive north and relieved the 101st Airborne at Bastogne. But the Allies won the battle.
As a kid, George Patton loved riding horses and pretending he was riding into battle.
Colonel George S. Patton, his grandfather, served in the 22nd Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States of America and was killed during the Battle of Opequon. As an interesting side note: The Confederate Congress had promoted Colonel Patton to brigadier general; however, at the time, he had already died of battle wounds, so that promotion was never official. Had he survived a few more days he would have been the first "General Patton" instead of his grandson.
Battle of the Bulge/relief of bastogne
Patton was a bit of a glory seeker, profane beyond belief sometimes, yet devoutly religious. Aggressive in battle, his motto was "Never dig in. Always attack!" He often did and said things that got him in trouble with his superiors, but no one did more than Patton to defeat Germany.
George Smith Patton, Jr. was a US Army general, best know for his command of the Seventh US Army and later the Third US Army, in the European Theater of World War Two. George died Dec. 21,1945.