Patton for my History project because he was a man that stood strong for his country and believed in his men. He was fearless, smart and led the country to many victories in WWI and WWII. He moved up in ranks fast because he had good war strategies and was the first to use mobile tanks in battle. He was a Four Star General. .
General Pattton was born on November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. He grew up in a wealthy military family and lived on a big estate. He was home schooled until he was 11 years old. He always wanted to be a war hero like his father and grandfather.
His legacy and leadership started in 1902 when he was 17 years old, he wrote a letter to the Senator wanting to be in the Virginia Military Institute. The senator told him that he had to take an entrance exam and he passed. General Patton struggled with reading, writing and math but was very good in military drills and uniform appearance so this helped him get recognized. He was recommended to go to West Point Academy. He still struggled with reading and writing but his military drills were so good that he graduated in 1909 as a Cadet Adjutant, which is the second highest post in the Academy. General Patton was also very good in fencing and riding horses, so in 1911 on his first military assignment, the unit he was in entered the first ever Pentathlon event and he made the team. They did so well they went to the 1912 Pentathlon Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. The pentathlon had 5 events: swimming, riding horses, fencing, running and shooting. He placed 5th out of 30 participants.
General Patton read a lot of military books, this made him know a lot about war plans. He was an expert in war plans and strategies and he used them in WWI and WWII. He was assigned to the first U.S Tank forces during WWI and used mobile tanks as his strategy to win. He was able to use his men to move 350 tanks to the frontlines.
General George Patton was born in San Gabriel, California; 1885. ... He was an aide to General Pershing in a journey to Mexico in 1916 and again traveled with him to France in 1917. ... By January 1942, Patton was commanding general of I Armored Corps. ... General George S. Patton was the most admired and controversial generals of his time. ...
Schaffner stars legendary actor George C. Scott portraying General George S. ... Patton's friendship with General Bradley is a constant theme through out the film just as it was in real life. ... (Finke, 11) Just as the film accurately portrays Patton the General I feel that it also accurately portrays Patton the man. ... I honestly feel that the movie was ended here to preserve an American hero, because in real life General George S. ...
General George S. Patton, Jr. was born november11th 1885 in San Gabriel,California to George Smith and Ruth Patton. ... Unlike many war heroes who had no intention of ever becoming famous, George Patton decided during childhood that his goal in life was to be a hero. ... On December 21st he died from these injures and was buried in Luxembourg, a country which still considers George S. Patton its liberator. ...
General George S. ... A single sentence was relayed back to General Patton which reportedly came from President Roosevelt himself - Destroy the castle and all the beasts that will not surrender! ... General Patton could see that whatever the creatures were they were going to force him to go in after them from here on out. ... Upon hearing this General Patton flew into a fury letting lose a string of vulgarities as he called for his driver and stated he was going up front to see what was going on. General Patton arrived on scene and gathered a company of men together behind the line of She...
This massive, fictitious army was to be led by General George Patton. ... The allied ground commander immediately went to see General Eisenhower and brief him of this new plan. ... General Eisenhower agreed that it was risky, but could be the turning point in the war if successful. ... General Patton was given the full control of the Third Army, in eastern France, since his imaginary army no longer existed. ... At midnight of 05 August the German forces neared the city and unleashed a barrage of shells from there 88's. ...
On the political front, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. ... Harry S. ... General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General George Patton were two of these great heroes and leaders. ... General George Patton is one of the most colorful World War II generals. ...
Controversy of the Bomb Criticism and praise have always followed the debate over the United States government's decision to use atomic force in World War II. Depending on who is surveyed, one can get a variety of opinions. But the nature of the controversy, according to Ambrose and Brinkley, ...
"My Greatest Achievement" "If a man does his best, what else is there?" 1. - General George S. Patton (1885-1945) My greatest Achievement was when I graduated High School. This was a big Achievement for me because it met that now that I have finished school, it is time to move onto bigge...
In February of 1943, General Paulus, along with approximately 90,000 troops, surrendered against Hitler's orders. ... The Allies called on General George S. Patton to command the non-existent 9th army. ... The operation worked like a charm and German forces concentrated behind Calais prepared to throw Patton's ghost army back into the sea. ... However, as the C-47's carrying the Airborne troops came over France they flew into a virtual wall of Anti-Aircraft fire. ...
