Aboard a transport, one of a thousand ships bearing the U.S. Seventh Army to Sicily, a colonel climbed atop a gun mount and read out an Order of the Day from Lieut. General George Smith Patton Jr.: We ...

Saving Private Ryan, often hailed as one of the greatest war films ever made, now has a rival. Movie buffs have discovered ...

The U.S. was shocked by the first scandal in the U.S. Army High Command in World War II. It centered on a hero of Casablanca, El Guettar and Sicily: gaudy, profane Lieut. General George Smith Patton ...

Saving Private Ryan, widely recognized as one of the greatest war films ever made, now has a competitor. Viewers have ...

Patton's forces embark on the road to Germany by invading North Africa. Pro-Nazi French forces put up surprisingly strong resistance on land, at sea, and in the air. After three days of intense ...

Introduction: Command and controversy -- To the Army born -- Cadet, soldier, athlete, swordsman -- In pursuit of Pancho Villa -- The Great War and the new weapon -- At war with peace -- Restless ...

Well before his death in 1945, George Patton had become a polarizing symbol, a paradoxical me{acute}lange of humility and megalomania, geniality and rage, heroics and lunacy. From the moment he ...