General George Patton was an anti-Semite ... less casual anti-Semitism or fewer death camps? Last spring, when it was revealed that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, a billionaire ...
In the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg (a former German cavalry barracks), General George Smith Patton Jr. was fighting for his life. His neck had been broken in an auto accident when he was ...
In 1944 and 1945 he demonstrated his mastery of this form of warfare by commanding large armoured formations and deploying them in mobile, high-speed operations. ‘The only way you can win a war ...
Considered one of the most successful combat generals in US history, General George S. Patton died on December 21, 1945, twelve days after breaking his neck in a car accident near Mannheim, Germany.
Faith mattered to men confronting death. Patton instructed his men: “Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day.” He believed the Third ...