In February 1943, Beiderlinden was assigned to command the 44th Division Artillery at Fort Lewis, and in March he was promoted to brigadier...
This quote was used on Jeopardy last night. Sounded suspicious to me. "I fired him because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the President. I...
JAPANESE SURRENDER AT TOKYO BAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 1945 MacArthur, along with Nimitz and Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey, Jr., received the Japanese...
I am much more familiar, even with Germans, Generals in Africa and Europe than i am in "The Pacific". When i do Hear/Read something about...
Saw this great picture today. He's firing a Walther PP or PPK which was most like a war trophy. He has his 1908 General Officers model Colt 1908...
"The British and American peoples are destined to rule the world together." ;)
Came across this today. Patton mentions "Kent Lambert Incident". Anyone know what that means? He went on to say that General Marshall had wired...
From Illustrated London News 02 October 1948 Review by Cyril Falls [ATTACH]
This book, by Michael Reynolds (retired General), was published in paperback by Pen and Sword in 2010. It starts with brief accounts of the...
Col. Richard Stillman served as Gen. George Patton's aide throughout Patton's leadership of the U.S. Third Army. His memories, as you might...
Hello. Since this forum is more about British Commonwealth side of war I would like to meantion about Bernard Montgomery and controversy...
any one know of the unit(s) taken over by Patton, the one to leave and did not ?
[IMG] The caption reads: "George, you take the high road and I'll take the low road, and I'll beat you to Messina." :) It actually...
I'm posting this as George Patton was a man who fascinates me. I have never studied him in depth but this is soon to be rectified with the...
Given the choice of halting the retreating german armies or being the first in to liberate Rome, Gen Clark chose Rome and the glory I was lead to...
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