US WW 2 General George Patton was a brilliant general and he was a gentleman and a military expert. Some of his characteristics were:* An untiring student of war, reading widely and deeply on war tactics and strategies;
* Patton was always working on at least two or more operations at a time;
* He was always open to the suggestions and ideas of others, he was never close minded;
* Patton never opened a campaign without thoroughly exploring it with his commanders, he never "jammed" his ideas down the throats of others;
* He always encouraged free and frank discussions; and
* He never failed to give credit to others, whnenever he himself was decorated, he gave credit to those who had helped him.
General George PAtton
General George Patton is sometimes compared to Napoleon's General Vandamme.
General George S. Patton was about freedom. He hated the Nazi party, and wanted to declare war on the USSR. He was relieved of duty because of his comments, but died before returning to America in a car accident. Some say that he was killed by Russians, simply because he managed to live through years of war in Europe and died so ironically. I am one of those people. God Bless General George S. Patton!
General George S. Patton was about freedom. He hated the Nazi party, and wanted to declare war on the USSR. He was relieved of duty because of his comments, but died before returning to America in a car accident. Some say that he was killed by Russians, simply because he managed to live through years of war in Europe and died so ironically. I am one of those people. God Bless General George S. Patton!
George S. Patton's wife, Beatrice Ayer Patton, died of cancer on March 31, 1953. She had been battling the disease for some time before her passing. After her husband's death in 1945, she continued to honor his legacy and worked on his memoirs. Her death came as a significant loss to their family and those who admired General Patton.
Leader, Brave, Heroic
Patton was very aggressive, and had an excellent ability to grasp a situation quickly. If the top Allied Command had listened to his plan in Sicily instead of Montgomery's, no doubt many thousands of enemy forces would have been captured. Patton did however, sometimes take unnecessary risks, and this was due to his search for personal glory.
Germany, when some solders came back from a party and they were in a skate bed truck. They took a left turn and never saw George Patton and they hit the front of his car when he was also turning left.
The list is endless, but heres one sample: Colonel George S. Patton Jr. (son of WII General Patton) commander of the Black Horse Regiment 11th ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment) in South Vietnam 1968.
Eisenhower, Patton, Macarthur, Stilwell, are some of the General officers of note.
Some characteristics of George Washington are Brave and Honest.
No, some men love war, some men love baseball. To each his own.