Yes he led our first armored batallion in ww1.
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USA GEN George S. Patton Jr. commanded the 3rd Army during WWII; his son, also named COL George S. Patton Jr. commanded the 11th ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment-Blackhorse) in the Vietnam War.
he did the picketts charge wich didnt work
Yes- He was a 2Lt in the Royal Garrison Artillery.
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General Patton did not fight the wrong enemy during World War II. He was a key figure in the Allied forces and played a significant role in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
USA GEN George S. Patton Jr. commanded the 3rd Army during WWII; his son, also named COL George S. Patton Jr. commanded the 11th ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment-Blackhorse) in the Vietnam War.
After the war in Europe, which ended in May of 1945, General Patton expressed his desires to fight the Japanese, now that he had finished fighting the Germans.
General George S. Patton fought on the side of the Allies during World War II. He made the statement "we fought on the wrong side" in reference to the Soviet Union, a former ally, after the war ended.
Colonel George S. Patton, his grandfather, served in the 22nd Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States of America and was killed during the Battle of Opequon. As an interesting side note: The Confederate Congress had promoted Colonel Patton to brigadier general; however, at the time, he had already died of battle wounds, so that promotion was never official. Had he survived a few more days he would have been the first "General Patton" instead of his grandson.
He bassically wanted to help his Indian friends and stuff, so yeah!
General George S. Patton, famous for his 3rd Army breakthrough to Bastogne, a town in Belgium that was surrounded by the German 5th Panzer Army. The American Troops in Bastogne were part of the 101st Airborne Division, commanded by General MacAuliffe. Patton broke-through into Bastogne, and the 101st said that they could've held out from the German. Patton was one of the best tank commanders in World War II. He was a good commander, nicknamed " Old Blood and Guts " He always made bad remarks about the other allies. So basically, General Patton was a great general appointed under General Eisenhower to fight the Germans in World War II. There is a movie based on him called: Patton
he did the picketts charge wich didnt work
George Washington was most prominent, but there were a few.
George Gordon Meade was a Northern General, who was appointed as commander of the Army of the Potomac just a few days before the Battle of Gettysburg, in which he was the victor.
That's a good question, and one that is not answered in the History Channel's presentation of Gen. George Patton's campaign in North Africa. I was wondering that myself, since France and the U.S. were allies in WWII!
Yes, Ip Man did engage in a fight with a Japanese general during the Japanese occupation of China in World War II.