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George Smith Patton Jr. (11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Colonel George S. Patton Sr. (June 26, 1833 – September 25, 1864) was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. He was the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton . George Patton was also the great-grandfather of Major General George Patton IV , who died in 2004.
The 12th Army Group was commanded by Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, and it controlled the US First Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges, and the US Third Army, under the command of Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. [18] Also under Eisenhower's direct command fell the British 21st Army Group, commanded by General ...
First United States Army Group (often abbreviated FUSAG) was a fictitious (paper command) Allied Army Group in World War II prior to D-Day, part of Operation Quicksilver, created to deceive the Germans about where the Allies would land in France.
It was bordered to the south by the North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), which later became the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army (MTOUSA). The term theater of operations was defined in the US Army field manuals as the land and sea areas to be invaded or defended, including areas necessary for ...
Patton Museum Fort Knox 1940 Barracks Exterior Sherman M4A3E8 Medium Tank and shop van General George S. Patton's Ivory-handled Pistols StuG III at Patton Museum. The General George Patton Museum of Leadership is a publicly accessible museum on Fort Knox, Kentucky, dedicated to the memory and life lessons of General George S. Patton, Jr., and the continuing education of Junior Army leaders in ...
The General Patton Memorial Museum at Chiriaco Summit is a fascinating slice of history paying homage to the iconic San Gabriel native. The General Patton Memorial Museum at Chiriaco Summit is a ...
The Biscari massacre was a war crime committed by members of the United States Army during World War II. [1] [2] It refers to two incidents in which U.S. soldiers were involved in killing 71 unarmed Italian and 2 German prisoners-of-war at the Regia Aeronautica ' s 504 air base in Santo Pietro, a small village near Caltagirone, southern Sicily, Italy on 14 July 1943.