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George Smith Patton Jr. was born on 11 November 1885, [1] [2] in the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, California, to George S. Patton and his wife, Ruth Wilson, the daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson, the second mayor of Los Angeles, and Margaret Hereford, a widow from Virginia. [3]
On 6 March 1943, George Patton took command of the U.S. II Corps from Lloyd Fredendall, who had been in command before and during the Kasserine engagement. His first move was to organize his U.S. II Corps for an offensive back toward the Eastern Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountains.
In the early 1970s, well-known family game designer Sid Sackson turned his hand to wargames, and with Bob Champer, designed The Major Battles and Campaigns of General George S. Patton, which was released by RGI in 1973.
Patton's speech to the Third Army was a series of speeches given by General George S. Patton to troops of the United States Third Army in 1944, before the Allied invasion of France. The speeches were intended to motivate the inexperienced Third Army for impending combat.
LTG George S. Patton (10 July 1943 – 1 January 1944) LTG Mark W. Clark (1 January 1944 – 2 March 1944) LTG Alexander Patch (2 March 1944 – 2 June 1945) LTG Wade H. Haislip (2 June 1945 - August 1945) LTG Geoffrey Keyes (8 September 1945 – 31 March 1946) (inactivated) LTG Oscar Griswold (11 June 1946 – 15 March 1947) (inactivated)
Third Army commanded by Lieutenant General George Patton and the German Army commanded by General Otto von Knobelsdorff. [1] Strong German resistance resulted in heavy casualties for both sides. [2] The city was captured by U.S. forces and hostilities formally ceased on 22 November; the last of the forts defending Metz surrendered on 13 December.
George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army, described it as “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” The M1 Garand gave the U.S. military a significant advantage over the Axis ...
In March 1943, after a change of command to Major General George Patton, II Corps recovered its cohesion and fought for the rest of the Tunisia Campaign, with a stalemate at the Battle of El Guettar. II Corps held the southern flank of the British First Army during the destruction of the remaining Axis forces in North Africa.