General georges patton jr biography

United States Army general (1885–1945)

"Patton" and "George Patton" redirect here. For other uses, see Patton (disambiguation) and George Patton (disambiguation).

George Smith Patton III (11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Alliedinvasion of Normandy in June 1944.

Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point.

General georges patton jr biography

He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known as the "Patton Saber." He competed in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Patton entered combat during the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916, the United States' first military action using motor vehicles.

He fought in World War I as part of the new United States Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force