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Hace 2 días · 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.
Hace 4 días · Following WWII and the sudden death of General Patton in December 1945, the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor was established at Ft. Knox in 1948, with the Museum evolving over the decades to meet the demands of a changing military and a changing country. When the Army’s Armor School moved to Ft. Benning, Georgia in 2011, the Patton Museum ...
Hace 4 días · Patton was given command of the U.S. 3rd Army for the liberation of Europe. After breaking out of the beachhead on D-Day, the 3rd Army was the only army which managed to reach stranded pockets of Airborne troops at Le Mont St-Michel.
Hace 5 días · The ultimate fighting general, Patton, fought in Africa, Sicily and Europe. He was perhaps the most animated and outspoken of all the allied generals. His Third Army assignment during the liberation of Europe saw him sweep through Southern France at great speed.
Hace 3 días · The American competitor George S. Patton (later better known as the Second World War US Army General) used a Colt revolver, while the Danish competitors preferred the Danish Army service pistol, the Germans and Norwegians used the Luger P08 pistol and the Swedes used a target practice pistol by Smith & Wesson.
Hace 5 días · On April 12, 1945, Gen. Eisenhower, accompanied by Gen. George Patton and Omar Bradley, traversed Ohrdruf completely unprepared for the sights that awaited them. Until that moment, Eisenhower...
Hace 4 días · Many of the academy's most famous graduates graduated during the 15-year period between 1900 and 1915: Douglas MacArthur (1903), Joseph Stilwell (1904), Henry "Hap" Arnold (1907), George S. Patton (1909), Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Omar Bradley (both 1915).
