General george patton biography for children
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George Patton
George S. Patton was a famous soldier who excelled at military matters. He had a forceful personality and was a strong promoter of using the tank in war. He demanded a lot from himself and from the soldiers under his command.
Early Years
George Patton was born on November 11, His family had a history of military service and Patton followed their footsteps. He entered the Virginia Military Institute in and although he had trouble with the academic portion of the program, he did extremely well with the military drills. He remained at the Virginia Military Institute for approximately a year before he was accepted to West Point.
Patton’s academic difficulties continued at West Point and after failing mathematics, he had to repeat the year. Patton focused on his academic studies and the following year showed a marked improvement. Patton graduated from West Point on June 11, with the commission of second lieutenant in the cavalry.
In , Patton married Beatrice Ayer.
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George S. Patton
United States Army general (–)
"Patton" and "George Patton" redirect here. For other uses, see Patton (disambiguation) and George Patton (disambiguation).
George Smith Patton Jr. (11 November – 21 December ) 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 Alliedinvasion of Normandy in June
Born in , Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M Cavalry Saber, more commonly known as the "Patton Saber." He competed in the modern pentathlon in the Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden finishing in fifth place. Patton entered combat during the Pancho Villa Expedition of , the United States' first military action using motor vehicles. He fought in World War I as part of the new United States Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces: he commanded
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Rommel, Guderian, Liddell-Hart, and JFC Fuller: early exponents and practitioners of armored warfare. These tactics were to break the dödläge that had characterized World War inom. Advocates of the tank and, above all, speed, it was their ideas which decimated Saddam Husseins forces in the Gulf War. But among the proponents and practitioners of armored warfare, the brash, bold, arrogant, and eccentric George S. Patton remains the worlds greatest armored commander bygd the one yardstick that really counts: the slagfält. In , Patton's Third Army raced across nordlig Europe, covering more ground and destroying more enemy resources than any other equivalent force in