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Dwight Eisenhower replaced Lloyd Fredendall with George Patton

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Why was George s Patton given command of fake army before before the D-Day invasion?

Patton was given command of a fake army to confuse German spies as to where the invasion was going to take place. Patton's intent was to make them think of Calais as the target. It apparently worked as the Germans strengthened troops in Calais area.


Why was george a Patton given command of a fake army before the D-Day invasion?

Patton was given command of a fake army to confuse German spies as to where the invasion was going to take place. Patton's intent was to make them think of Calais as the target. It apparently worked as the Germans strengthened troops in Calais area.


Who led the British and American troops led by in the Battle of El Alamein?

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Why was George S. Patton given command of a fake army before the D-Day invasion?

Patton was given command of a fake army to confuse German spies as to where the invasion was going to take place. Patton's intent was to make them think of Calais as the target. It apparently worked as the Germans strengthened troops in Calais area.


Who was the subordinate commander General Eisenhower or General MacArthur?

they were equal as Eisenhower was commander in Europe and Macarthur was commander in the far east. however, eisenhower served under Macarthur years before WW2

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Why was George s Patton given command of fake army before before the D-Day invasion?

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How did two notches get on General George S Patton's Colt .45?

I read that he used it to kill 2 of Pancho Villa's lieutenants in Mexico. ANSWER I went to the George S. Patton Memorial Museum in Chiriaco Summit, California, about 30 miles east of Indio on I-10. They have a great museum about Patton and his Desert Training Center. The Desert Training Center was were General Patton conducted training for the then upcoming campain in North Africa. I sugest you try to go there because it is fantastic for a tank/ WW2/ Patton historian/ fan! They have real tanks from WW2 and Korea-Vietnam and real weapons. Also, they habve a map of the Training grounds that was actually used by Patton, giving you a glimpse of the magnitude of the size of the training size. Anyway, In the museum they/ the(the museum) had a display that said that right before WW1: In 1916, Patton, with General John J. Pershing on the "Hunt for Pancho Villa", accompanied by ten soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment, and using three armored cars, conducted the world's first armored vehicle attack, and in the process killed two Mexican leaders, including "General" Julio Cardenas, commander of Villa's personal bodyguard. The bodies were brought back to Pershing's headquarters strapped to the hoods of the vehicles like hunters strapped animals such as deer.