George S Patton

George S. Patton: "A genius for war"

William Jay Wiltbank

A half century after his death, the name Patton still rings with much of its old resounding force, calling up the memories of a hell on wheels commander who helped break Hitler's plan for a thousand year Reich. He lived and he died at the top of his immoderate voice, to many his behavior sometimes bordered on self parody, and when it came to the bloody business of war the enemy found nothing at all humorous at all about general George S. Patton Jr.

Although George S. Patton would live to be 60 years old he actually only lived in American's minds and heart for about 3 years (1942-1945), but what a three years they were, in the biggest and most flaming campaigns of world war II he empowered the cutting edge of American vengeance and power against the axis powers.

George S. Patton signed photo by U.S. Army

Lieut. Col. George S. Patton, Jr., 1st Tank Battal...

LTG George Smith Patton, Jr.

He broke Hitler's legions with the head long élan of western cavalry men that he indeed was, but the heart and spirit that always seemed so confident and invincibly had weakness' and despair from which even his mighty Third Army couldn't save him. The truth was that Patton the soldier was one of the most complicated men who ever dominated a battle field. He believed that god had put him on earth for a purpose, and that purpose was to lead a great army into battle. While he was never defeated in battle he often found the battles of peace unbearable hard. Little about the man or his background was expectable or as it seemed, except the size of the fight and determination in him, it ran in the family blood. #

The fighting Patton blood came to Virginia in 1770 with Robert Patton; a highly successful merchant and...