General George Smith Patton Jr. is the kind of soldier who makes legend as spontaneously as he inspires the fierce and prideful affection of his men. Last week another chapter, possibly apocryphal ...

The German staff officer Günther Blumentritt regarded him with admiration as ‘the most aggressive panzer-general ... George Patton’s paternal grandfather, also called George Smith Patton ...

Shortly before his death Brigadier General Hugh (“Iron Pants”) Johnson made a prophecy about his friend Major General George Smith (“Old Blood and Guts”) Patton Jr.: “Critics say he is ...

George S. Patton Jr. Audacious and profane, General George S. Patton Jr. was one of the ablest and most controversial U.S. commanders in World War II. The San Gabriel, California native was fond ...

The best known, of course, is Dwight Eisenhower, but the most popular general was General George Patton. Several years ago, I met a man who not only knew General Patton but talked to him on the ...

Ike, Bradley, and Walter Bedell Smith were all prone to hector Patton ... the late 1930s would have had no real place for a General George S. Patton. We, of course, live in lesser times (though ...