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Patton’s breakout west: The Brittany campaign that tested the Third Army
On August 1, 1944, General George S. Patton unleashed the U.S. Third Army in a rapid drive into Brittany. The objective was ...
Nearly 70 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1944, then-Lt. Gen. George S. Patton took command of the American Third Army in France. For the next 30 days they rolled straight toward the German border. Patton ...
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The World War II general who saved Bastogne in 48 hours
In December 1944 during World War II, the German army launched a surprise offensive that threatened to split the Allied ...
Benjamin W. Patton stands with his father, Gen. George Patton in 1978 at the North Africa American Cemetery in Tunisia. His grandfather, Gen. George S. Patton commanded the U.S. II Corps in 1943.
A case in point: the day a 31-year-old U.S. Army lieutenant assigned to hunt Mexican rebel general Pancho Villa was ordered to buy corn, taking 10 soldiers and three cars. After dutifully securing the ...
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