General george patton
General george pattonU.S. Army officer George Smith Patton was an outstanding
practitioner of mobile tank warfare in the European and
Mediterranean theatres during World War II. His strict
discipline, toughness, and self-sacrifice elicited pride within
his ranks. General Patton was referred to as "Old
Blood-and-Guts." In 1909 he graduated from U.S military
academy at West Point, New York. He began his army career
as a cavalry lieutenant and After serving with the U.S. Tank
Corps in World War I, Patton became a vigorous proponent of
tank warfare. He was made a tank brigade commander in July
1940. On April 4, 1941, he was promoted to major general,
and two weeks later he was made commander of the 2nd
Armored Division. Soon after the Japanese surprise air attack
on Pearl Harbor, he was made corps commander in charge of
both the 1st and 2nd Armored divisions and organized the
desert training centre at Indio, California. Patton was
commanding general of the western task force during the U.S.
operations in North Africa in November 1942. He was
promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in March 1943 and
led the U.S. 7th Army in Sicily, employing his armour in a
rapid drive that captured Palermo in July. The apogee of his
career came with the dramatic sweep of his 3rd Army across
northern France in the summer of 1944. Prior to the
Normandy Invasion, he was publicly placed in...
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