Leutnant General Patton trägt Lederjacke und Helm mit drei Sternen, 30. März 1943. George Smith Patton, Jr. (11. November 1885 - 21. Dezember 1945) war ein General der United States Army am besten bekannt für seine Beherrschung des siebten der Vereinigten Staaten
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Lieutenant General Patton wearing leather jacket and helmet with three stars, March 30, 1943. George Smith Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army best known for his command of the Seventh United States Army, and later the Third United States Army, in the European Theater of World War II. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, and later the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He first saw combat during the Pancho Villa Expedition in one of the earliest instances of mechanized combat. He later joined the newly formed United States Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force and saw action in World War I, first commanding the U.S. tank school in France before being wounded near the end of the war. Rising through the ranks, he commanded the U.S. 2nd Armored Division at the time of the U.S. entry into World War II. Patton led U.S. troops into the Mediterranean theater with an invasion of Casablanca during the North African Campaign in 1942. He commanded the Seventh Army during the Invasion of Sicily, where he beat British General Bernard Law Montgomery to Messina. He returned to command the Third Army following the Invasion of Normandy in 1944, where he led a highly successful, rapid drive across France. He led the relief of beleaguered U.S. troops at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, and advanced his army into Nazi Germany by the end of the war. His strong emphasis on rapid and aggressive offensive action proved effective. While Allied leaders held sharply differing opinions on Patton, he was regarded highly by his opponents in the German High Command. After the war Patton became the military governor of Bavaria, but he was relieved of this post because of his statements on denazification. He died following an automobile accident in Europe on December 21, 1945 at the age of 60.
