SHREVEPORT, La. - When you talk about the World War II, you must talk about the generals. The best known, of course, is ...

Such miscues forced General Eisenhower to reprimand the outspoken and colorful general. Patton's expertise in tank command helped frustrate the December 1944 German counteroffensive in the ...

Patton was to call Gay with a telephone code, which would instruct him to immediately activate his troops. "George," said Eisenhower, unknowingly instructing Patton, "I want you to command this ...

Patton. Patton had graduated from West Point five years before Eisenhower, and unlike Ike, he had seen action in World War I. Eisenhower eagerly absorbed Patton's instruction regarding tank ...

Patton saluted the men before going in to meet with Eisenhower. When a water shortage hit war-ravaged Rheims, France, Army GIs stationed there, including Maczulak, had one other option with which ...

Eisenhower for Patton’s actions, “no one has asked where Eisenhower was for the months leading up to this incident.” Hymel argues that had Eisenhower not been “hiding in his cave” (p. 231) and had ...

Eisenhower was likewise a successful president ... the volatile George S. Patton. It is difficult to cite any major military decision that Bradley made in the critical year 1944 that proved ...