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 ...
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, often hailed as one of the greatest war films ever made, now has a rival. Movie buffs have discovered ...
War film enthusiasts have discovered another movie they believe is on par with Saving Private Ryan, praising it as the ...
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 ...
Patton, a war biopic released in 1970, has been hailed as one of the greatest war films ever made by Amazon Prime Video ...