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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.
George Patton (born November 11, 1885, San Gabriel, California, U.S.—died December 21, 1945, Heidelberg, Germany) was a U.S. Army officer who was an outstanding practitioner of mobile tank warfare in the European and Mediterranean theatres during World War II.
General George S. Patton, Jr., one of America’s greatest battlefield commanders, died on December 21, 1945 in an Army hospital in Heidelberg, Germany.
Nov 9, 2009 · George S. Patton (1885‑1945) was a high‑ranking WWII general, who led the U.S. 7th Army in its invasion of Sicily and northern France in the summer of 1944.
Jun 15, 2019 · George S. Patton (November 11, 1885–December 21, 1945) was an American Army general noted for winning battles in World Wars I and II. He first came to attention as a commander fighting Pancho Villa in Mexico and helped revolutionize the use of tanks in warfare.
George S. Patton, (born Nov. 11, 1885, San Gabriel, Calif., U.S.—died Dec. 21, 1945, Heidelberg, Ger.), U.S. army officer. He graduated from West Point and fought in World War I with the newly formed tank corps.
Jul 27, 2020 · Gen. George S. Patton, the brilliant but troublesome U.S. Army commander of World War II, did just that during his campaigns across North Africa and Europe from 1942 through 1945. A troop of Army bridge builders.
Nov 11, 2021 · Share this post: On March 11, 1916, two days after Pancho Villa’s deadly raid on Columbus, New Mexico, Lieutenant George S. Patton, Jr., made a tentative first entry in his earliest war diary.
George Patton, U.S. Army officer who was an outstanding practitioner of mobile tank warfare in the European and Mediterranean theaters during World War II. His strict discipline, toughness, and self-sacrifice elicited exceptional pride within his ranks.
George S Patton – A Timeline of his life. Loading... 1885 November 11 Patton was born in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California. 1897–1903 Patton attended Stephen Cutter Clark’s Classical School for Boys, Pasadena, California. 1903–1904 Patton attended Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, as Cadet.
