Aboard a transport, one of a thousand ships bearing the U.S. Seventh Army to Sicily, a colonel climbed atop a gun mount and read out an Order of the Day from Lieut. General George Smith Patton Jr.: We ...

The U.S. was shocked by the first scandal in the U.S. Army High Command in World War II. It centered on a hero of Casablanca, El Guettar and Sicily: gaudy, profane Lieut. General George Smith Patton ...

This segment delves into the German perspective on General George S. Patton, the Allied commander renowned for his audacity, aggression, and rapid maneuvers. Unlike Eisenhower, who was seen as a ...

Introduction: Command and controversy -- To the Army born -- Cadet, soldier, athlete, swordsman -- In pursuit of Pancho Villa -- The Great War and the new weapon -- At war with peace -- Restless ...

Well before his death in 1945, George Patton had become a polarizing symbol, a paradoxical me{acute}lange of humility and megalomania, geniality and rage, heroics and lunacy. From the moment he ...